Statistics Bureau: total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 18.4% in April compared with the same period last year.

(statistics Bureau: 18.4 percent year-on-year increase in retail sales of consumer goods in April)-according to data released by the Bureau of Statistics, in April, retail sales of consumer goods totaled 3.491 trillion yuan, up 18.4 percent from the same period last year. Of this total, retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles totaled 3.129 trillion yuan, up 16.5%. From January to April, retail sales of consumer goods totaled 14.9833 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5 percent over the same period last year. Of this total, retail sales of consumer goods other than cars totaled 13.5719 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.0%.