HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s retail sales by value fell by 3.5% in March from a year earlier, marking an 13th consecutive month of declines, government data showed on Friday.
Sales declined to HK$30.1 billion ($3.88 billion), with the percentage change narrowing from a 13% fall in February.
In volume terms, March retail sales fell 4.8% from a year earlier, compared with a 15.1% decline in February.
($1 = 7.7553 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom. Editing by Mark Potter)
