Domestic Trade |
Brief Introduction |
I. the data in this chapter
show the development of China's domestic market and the sales of the commodities
in wholesale and retail sale trades as well as catering trade, including
mainly the circulation of commodities in the wholesale and retail sale
trades, the financial condition of the wholesale, retail and catering trade
enterprises, the total sales of the consumer goods in the whole country and
the domestic fair trade, etc. |
II. Data in this chapter are
collected and processed in accordance with the statistical reporting scheme
on wholesale and retail sale trades as well as catering trade, stipulated by
the Department of Trade and External Economic Relations of the National
Bureau of Statistics. Data on the urban and rural fair trade are provided
respectively by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. |
III. Statistical coverage and survey
methods: Statistics on financial conditions include all corporate enterprises
of wholesale, retail and catering trade that are above the designated size.
Statistics on retail sales of consumer goods include all enterprises,
institutional units and peasants engaged in retail sale business. are the method
used in data collection for enterprises (units) above designated size is a
complete enumeration, under which all units are covered in the survey and data
are reported from lower to higher level statistical offices. for units below the designated size, sample surveys are
used, and in some cases, administrative registers from industrial and commercial
administration and taxation administration are used in the estimation. |
IV. in this chapter, the sum
of total retail sales of consumer goods of all provinces is not equal to the national
total, as the national total has been adjusted and modified in line with national
accounts data and data from other departments. |