HK experiences retail growth of 6.5 percent year-on-year last November

Hong Kong's retail sector experienced a 6.5 percent growth year-on-year in November last year, a consecutive rise for seven months.

The provisional estimate for retail sales was 33.7 billion dollars, but continuous growth slowed, facing a monthly drop of 0.4 percentage points.

The greatest boost was recorded among durable goods at over 27 percent year-on-year, with the strongest growth seen in electronics.

A more-than-9 percent growth was recorded for medicine and make-up products.

There was a major drop in sales of fuel, books and stationary products.