China's April retail sales of consumer goods up 5.1% year-on-year: Chinese report

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, total retail sales of social consumer goods in April increased 5.1% year-on-year to 3.7174 trillion former (about 74.9 trillion yen). Of this, retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles increased by 5.
The total retail sales of consumer goods for the first four months of this year increased 4.7% year-on-year to 16.1845 trillion yen (approximately 326 trillion yen).
Of these, retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles increased 5.2% to 14.5 trillion yen (about 282 trillion yen). By location of business establishments, retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas increased 5.2% to 3.5 trillion yen in April.
In January-April, the total amount of new construction goods in urban areas increased by 4.7% to 14.433 trillion formers (approximately 282.9 trillion yen), while in rural areas the total amount of new construction goods increased by 4.7% to 14.433 trillion formers (approximately 282.9 trillion yen).
In April, retail sales of goods increased 5.1% to 3.3 trillion yen (about 43 trillion yen), while in rural areas, sales increased 4.8% to 2.1 trillion yen (about 43 trillion yen).
100 billion yen, and restaurant revenue increased 5.2% to 416.7 billion yen (approximately 8.4 trillion yen). Retail sales for January to April increased 4.7% to 14.3651 trillion yen (approximately 289.3 trillion yen).
In addition, restaurant revenue increased 4.8% to 1.8194 trillion yen (approximately 36.6 trillion yen). National online retail sales for January-April increased 7.7% to 4.7419 trillion yen (approximately 95.5 trillion yen).
Of this, physical goods increased by 5.8% to 3.9265 trillion yen (approximately 79 trillion yen), accounting for 24.3% of the total social consumer goods retail sales.
Goods increased by 14.6%, clothing by 0.5%, and daily necessities by 5.5%.