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retail sales of consumer goods in east china’s anhui province totaled 551.7 billion yuan ($84.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, up 3.7 percent from the same period a year ago, data from the official website of the bureau of statistics of anhui showed. the growth was 0.4 percentage points higher than the national average. during the jan-mar period, retail sales of consumer goods rose 3.6 percent to 456.5 billion yuan in urban areas of the province, and those in its rural areas increased 4 percent to 95.3 billion yuan. in terms of type of consumption, the province’s retail sales of commodities stood at 471.6 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6 percent year--on-year, and its catering income grew 4 percent to 80.1 billion yuan.
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