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China's retail sales down 1.5% in January-May

Updated: Jun 20, 2022 Xinhua Print
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An employee of Evowera (right) introduces the company's electric toothbrushes to a customer at a Sundan electronic appliances store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in July, 2021. [Photo/China Daily]

China's retail sales of consumer goods went down 1.5 percent year-on-year in the first five months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday.

The country's retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 17.17 trillion yuan ($2.54 trillion) during the period, data from the NBS showed.

In May alone, retail sales decreased 6.7 percent from a year ago to 3.35 trillion yuan.

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