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

Aug-15 02:30By: MNI Editorial 4
China
Jul Jun May Apr Mar Jan-Feb Dec Nov
Total Year-on-year 2.5 3.1 12.7 18.4 10.6 3.5 -1.8 -5.9
Year-to-date 7.3 8.2 9.3 8.5 5.8 3.5 -0.2 -0.1
Month-on-month -0.06 0.24 0.35 0.23 0.56 2.31 -0.92 -0.64
Urban retail sales 2.3 3.0 12.7 18.6 10.7 3.4 -1.8 -6.0
Rural retail sales 3.8 4.2 12.8 17.3 10.0 4.5 -1.3 -5.2
Grain & food oil 5.5 5.4 -0.7 1.0 4.4 9.0 10.5 3.9
Clothing 2.3 6.9 17.6 32.4 17.7 5.4 -12.5 -15.9
Stationery -13.1 -9.9 -1.2 -4.9 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -1.7
Household non-durables -1.0 -2.2 9.4 10.1 7.7 3.9 -9.2 -9.1
Home appliances -5.5 4.5 0.1 4.7 -1.4 -1.9 -13.1 -17.3
Cosmetics -4.1 4.8 11.7 24.3 9.6 3.8 -19.3 -4.6
Furniture 0.1 1.2 5.0 3.4 3.5 5.2 -5.8 -4.0
Building & decoration materials -11.2 -6.8 -14.6 -11.2 -4.7 -0.9 -8.9 -10.0
Gold, silver & jewellery -10.0 7.8 24.4 44.7 37.4 5.9 -18.4 -7.0
Communications equipment 3.0 6.6 27.4 14.6 1.8 -8.2 -4.5 -17.6
Auto -1.5 -1.1 24.2 38.0 11.5 -9.4 4.6 -4.2
Oil & oil products -0.6 -2.2 4.1 13.5 9.2 10.9 -2.9 -1.6

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