MNI DATA TABLE: China Retail Sales By Category (Jan-Feb 2023)
Mar-15 05:55By: MNI Editorial 4
China
| Jan-Feb | Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | |
| Total Year-on-year | 3.5 | -1.8 | -5.9 | -0.5 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Year-to-date | 3.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.7 |
| Month-on-month | -0.02 | -0.07 | 0.14 | -0.15 | 0.53 | -0.15 | 0.32 | 3.37 |
| Urban retail sales | 3.4 | -1.8 | -6.0 | -0.6 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Rural retail sales | 4.5 | -1.3 | -5.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Grain & food oil | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 9.0 |
| Clothing | 5.4 | -12.5 | -15.9 | -7.5 | -0.5 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Stationery | -1.1 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -2.1 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 8.9 |
| Household non-durables | 3.9 | -9.2 | -9.1 | -2.2 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| Home appliances | -1.9 | -13.1 | -17.3 | -14.1 | -6.1 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 3.2 |
| Cosmetics | 3.8 | -19.3 | -4.6 | -3.7 | -3.1 | -6.4 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| Furniture | 5.2 | -5.8 | -4.0 | -6.6 | -7.3 | -8.1 | -6.3 | -6.6 |
| Building & decoration materials | -0.9 | -8.9 | -10.0 | -8.7 | -8.1 | -9.1 | -7.8 | -4.9 |
| Gold, silver & jewellery | 5.9 | -18.4 | -7.0 | -2.7 | 1.9 | 7.2 | 22.1 | 8.1 |
| Communications equipment | -8.2 | -4.5 | -17.6 | -8.9 | 5.8 | -4.6 | 4.9 | 6.6 |
| Auto | -9.4 | 4.6 | -4.2 | 3.9 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 13.9 |
| Oil & oil products | 10.9 | -2.9 | -1.6 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 17.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 |
All figures year-on-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.
