BEIJING — China's retail sales of consumer goods went down 0.2 percent year-on-year in the first four months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on May 16.

The country's retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 13.81 trillion yuan (about $2 trillion) during the period, data from the NBS showed.

In April alone, retail sales declined 11.1 percent from a year ago to 2.95 trillion yuan.