16-19 Total Purchases, Sales and Inventory of Wholesale and Retail Trade

 

Unit: 100 million yuan

Item

1996

1997

 

 

 

Total Purchase of Goods

38549.7

39788.3

From Produces

20994.2

14361.9

# Purchase of Farm and Sideline Products

2965.5

1325.1

From Wholesale Trade

15489.2

9731.0

Import

1583.7

1299.9

Others

482.7

237.3

Total Sales

42546.9

55168.7

Total Wholesale

33506.6

37528.9

To Units of Production Management

10789.1

6590.2

# Wholesale of Agricultural Producer Goods to Peasants

1548.6

686.7

To Wholesale and Retail Sale Trade

17979.1

13102.8

Export

4738.4

3794.1

Total Retail Sales

9040.3

17639.8

Inventory (year-end)

7227.3

7544.8

 

 

 

 

a)       Figures of 1996 in this table refer to statistics of wholesale and retail establishments of large, medium and small sizes. For 1997 figures, statistics on the total sales, sales of the wholesale trade and sales of the retail trade cover establishments of all types (including individual outlets); statistics on the total purchases and on inventory cover wholesale and retail trade establishments of large, medium and small sizes; and statistics on other items refers to large and medium sized wholesale and retail trade establishments.