MNI DATA TABLE: China Retail Sales By Category (Apr 2023)

May-16 04:08By: MNI Editorial 4
China
Apr Mar Jan-Feb Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug
Total Year-on-year 18.4 10.6 3.5 -1.8 -5.9 -0.5 2.5 5.4
Year-to-date 8.5 5.8 3.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.7 0.5
Month-on-month 0.49 0.78 1.64 -0.03 -0.04 -0.02 4.37 -0.04
Urban retail sales 18.6 10.7 3.4 -1.8 -6.0 -0.6 2.5 5.5
Rural retail sales 17.3 10.0 4.5 -1.3 -5.2 0.2 2.3 5.0
Grain & food oil 1.0 4.4 9.0 10.5 3.9 8.3 8.5 8.1
Clothing 32.4 17.7 5.4 -12.5 -15.9 -7.5 -0.5 5.1
Stationery -4.9 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -1.7 -2.1 8.7 6.2
Household non-durables 10.1 7.7 3.9 -9.2 -9.1 -2.2 5.6 3.6
Home appliances 4.7 -1.4 -1.9 -13.1 -17.3 -14.1 -6.1 3.4
Cosmetics 24.3 9.6 3.8 -19.3 -4.6 -3.7 -3.1 -6.4
Furniture 3.4 3.5 5.2 -5.8 -4.0 -6.6 -7.3 -8.1
Building & decoration materials -11.2 -4.7 -0.9 -8.9 -10.0 -8.7 -8.1 -9.1
Gold, silver & jewellery 44.7 37.4 5.9 -18.4 -7.0 -2.7 1.9 7.2
Communications equipment 14.6 1.8 -8.2 -4.5 -17.6 -8.9 5.8 -4.6
Auto 38.0 11.5 -9.4 4.6 -4.2 3.9 14.2 15.9
Oil & oil products 13.5 9.2 10.9 -2.9 -1.6 0.9 10.2 17.1

All figures year-on-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.