Article: ANHUI 7-MONTH CONSUMPER PRODUCTS RETAIL SALES UP 22.8%


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08-27-2008
Anhui 7-Month Consumper Products Retail Sales up 22.8%

HEFEI, Aug 27, 2008 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- Anhui's retail sales of consumer products amounted to CNY 159.42 billion in the first seven months of 2008, leaping 22.8% year on year and up 6.5 percentage points compared with the growth in the January-July 2007 period, according to the provincial statistics bureau on August 25.

As for different areas, cities achieved retail sales of CNY 89.26 billion, jumping 24.1% year on year. In July alone, cities' retail sales rose 25.5% to CNY 12.69 billion.

Counties and county-below areas had retail sales of CNY 70.16 billion, growing 21.1% ...

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