Oct 19 (Reuters) - Pernod Ricard PERP.PA CEO Alexandre Ricard tells Reuters by phone:
* Martell cognac sales growth in China was close to 15 percent in Q1
* Q1 sales growth of 15 percent in China for Pernod Ricard sales cannot be extrapolated to full year
* Goal is that FY 2017//18 sales in China exceed the 2 percent achieved in FY 2016/17
* The mid-term goal in China is for high single-digit sales growth.