China's October Retail Sales: Details (Table)

By Cesilia Han

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Following is the detailed table for China's retail sales in October from the Beijing-based National Bureau of Statistics.

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                             Oct.  Sept.    Aug.    July    June Jan.-Oct.
                             2008   2008    2008    2008    2008      2008
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                          --------------------- YoY% -----------------------
Retail Sales                 22.0%  23.2%   23.2%   23.3%   23.0%     22.0%
Urban                       22.1%  23.9%   23.9%   24.0%   23.5%       n/a
Rural                       21.9%  21.8%   21.8%   21.8%   22.0%       n/a
Wholesale/Retail             21.9%  23.2%   23.2%   23.3%   23.0%       n/a
Accommodation/Catering       25.8%  26.2%   26.3%   26.5%   25.7%       n/a
Others                        3.0%   3.1%    2.6%    4.7%    4.6%       n/a
Grain/Oil                   10.2%  19.3%   23.1%   18.3%   19.7%       n/a
Meat/Poultry/Eggs           13.1%  14.3%   26.7%   18.4%   22.8%       n/a
Garments                    20.3%  29.2%   29.5%   26.8%   29.0%       n/a
Office Supplies             16.6%  16.2%   13.3%   16.1%   16.7%       n/a
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                             Oct.  Sept.    Aug.    July    June Jan.-Oct.
                             2008   2008    2008    2008    2008      2008
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                          --------------------- YoY% -----------------------
Sports/Recreational Items    2.1%  11.6%   10.1%   18.3%   18.6%       n/a
Daily-use Items             12.4%  17.9%   20.8%   19.5%   17.3%       n/a
Household Electronics        0.8%  30.3%   18.6%   18.8%    9.6%       n/a
Cosmetics                   14.5%  28.4%   26.6%   31.8%   22.2%       n/a
Furniture                   12.8%  18.5%   24.2%   19.6%   26.0%       n/a
Construction Materials     -14.8% -21.6%   -9.5%   -3.4%   -9.4%       n/a
Jewelry                     30.6%  35.5%   44.3%   43.6%   50.8%       n/a
Communication Appliances    -7.0%   7.7%    4.5%    6.1%    6.5%       n/a
Automobiles                 19.6%  16.7%   19.0%   27.8%   32.6%       n/a
Petroleum                   39.7%  45.5%   49.4%   55.2%   50.2%       n/a
                          ----------------- Billion Yuan -------------------
Retail Sales                1008.3  944.7   876.8   862.9   864.2    8796.8
Urban                       683.3  642.7   601.5   590.5   593.6       n/a
Rural                       324.9  302.0   275.3   272.4   270.6       n/a
Wholesale/Retail             841.1  784.1   736.1   730.3   730.7       n/a
Accommodation/Catering       147.3  143.6   124.4   116.8   119.4       n/a
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                             Oct.  Sept.    Aug.    July    June Jan.-Oct.
                             2008   2008    2008    2008    2008      2008
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                          ----------------- Billion Yuan -------------------
Others                        19.8   17.0    16.2    15.8    14.1       n/a
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Source: National Bureau of Statistics.

To contact the reporter on this story: Cesilia Han in Seoul at chan4@bloomberg.net