Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in April 2014

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2014-05-13 17:05 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In April 2014, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,970.1 billion yuan, up by 11.9 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 10.9 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no additional explanation). Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of units above designated size was 1,001.0 billion yuan, increased 9.4 percent. From January to April, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 8,178.2 billion yuan, up by 12.0 percent year-on-year. Of which, the online retail sales [1] of units above designated size was 113.90 billion yuan, increased 52.0 percent.

 

 

 

In terms of different areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 1,706.0 billion yuan in April, up by 11.7 percent, year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 264.1 billion yuan, up by 13.2 percent, year-on-year. From January to April, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 7,061.4 billion yuan, up by 11.8 percent, year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 1,116.9 billion yuan, up by 12.9 percent.

 

In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in April gained 201.7 billion yuan, up by 10.7 percent, year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 1,768.4 billion yuan, up by 12.1 percent. From January to April, the catering services gained 848.2 billion yuan, up by 10.0 percent, year-on-year; the retail sales of goods gained 7,330.1 billion yuan, up by 12.2 percent.

 

The retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size was 941.7 billion yuan, up by 9.6 percent. From January to April, the retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size was 3,780.2 billion yuan, up by 10.1 percent.

 

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in April

 

 

Item

April

Jan-Apr

 

Absolute Value

(100 million yuan)

Y/Y

(%)

Absolute Value

(100 million yuan)

Y/Y

(%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

19701

11.9

81782

12.0

 

 Of Which: Retail Sales of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size

10010

9.4

40249

9.6

 

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 City

17060

11.7

70614

11.8

 

 At and Below County Level

2641

13.2

11169

12.9

 

Grouped by Consumption Patterns

 

 

 

 

 

 Catering Services

2017

10.7

8482

10.0

 

  Of which: Income of Catering Services of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size

592

5.3

2447

2.0

 

 Retail Sales of Goods

17684

12.1

73301

12.2

 

  Of which: Income of Retail Sales of Goods of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size

9417

9.6

37802

10.1

 

   Of which: Grain, Oil, Foodstuff, Beverages, Tobacco and Liquor

1182

11.9

5324

10.4

 

      Garments, Footwear, Hats, Knitwear

894

11.2

3945

9.3

 

      Cosmetics

136

6.6

586

8.7

 

      Gold, Silver and Jewelry

208

-30.0

1011

-4.8

 

      Commodities

320

10.7

1313

9.2

 

      Household Appliances and AV Equipment

569

2.9

2179

7.5

 

      Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines

552

14.2

2101

16.1

 

      Cultural and Office Appliances

190

18.0

721

11.6

 

      Furniture

164

15.5

613

14.5

 

      Communication Appliances

191

28.8

718

18.0

 

      Petroleum and Related Products

1637

8.0

6175

6.5

 

      Automobile

2619

12.3

10139

12.3

 

      Building and Decoration Materials

200

16.7

716

13.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

1.The growth rate in this table are all nominal growth rate.

2.For parts of data, the total is not equal to the total of sub-items due to round-off.

 

 

Note: [1] Online retail sales of units above designated size refers to the retail sales of consumer goods got by units above designated size, through public online trading platform (including self-built websites and third-party platform).

 

Annotations:

 

1. Explanatory Notes

 

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods: refers to the sales of physical commodity or the income of catering services sold or provided by enterprises (units) to individuals, social organizations for non-production and non-operation purposes.

 

2.Statistical Coverage

 

The corporate enterprises, industrial activity units or self-employed individuals which retail goods or provide catering services. Enterprises (units) above designated size refer to those wholesale enterprises (units) with an annual revenue from primary business of 20 million yuan and above, those retail enterprises (units) with an annual revenue from primary business of 5 million yuan and above, and those hotel and catering enterprises (units) with an annual revenue from primary business of 2 million yuan and above.

 

3. Survey Methods

 

All enterprises (units) above designated size are surveyed, while the data of enterprises (units) below designated size are collected by sampling survey.

 

4. Month-on-Month Figure Revision

 

According to the auto-revision function of the seasonal adjustment model, the growth rate of the total retail sales of consumer goods since April 2013 was revised. The revised figures and figures for April 2014 are as follows:

 

The Month-on-Month Growth Rate

of Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

 

Months

Growth Rate (%)

 

 

2013-April

0.99

May

0.97

June

1.03

July

1.04

August

0.90

September

1.03

October

0.95

November

0.99

December

0.97

2014-January

0.79

February

0.69

March

1.24

April

0.83