Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in the First Six Months of 2016

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2016-07-15 16:57 Print| Large| Medium| Small

Infirst six months of 2016, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,685.7 billion yuan, up by 10.6 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 10.3 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no additional explanation). Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of unitsabove designated size was 1,300.6 billion yuan, increased 8.1 percent.

From January to June, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 15,613.8 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of unitsabove designated size was 7,107.5 billion yuan, increased 7.5 percent.

In terms of different areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,308.2 billion yuan in June, up by 10.5percent, year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 377.5 billion yuan, up by 11.2percent, year-on-year.From January to June, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 13,424.9 billion yuan up by 10.2 percent, year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 2,188.9 billion yuan, up by 11.0 percent, year-on-year.

In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in June gained 290.7 billion yuan, up by 11.1 percent, year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 2,395.1 billion yuan, up by 10.6 percent. From January to June,the catering services gained 1,668.3 billion yuan, up by 11.2 percent, year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 13,945.5 billion yuan, up by 10.2 percent.

The retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size in Junewas 1,226.2billion yuan, up by 8.2 percent year-on-year. From January to June,the retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size in Junewas 6,685.7billion yuan, up by 7.6 percent year-on-year.

From January to June, the national online retail salesof goods and services was 2,236.7billion yuan, increased 28.2 percent year-on-year. Of which, the online retail sales of physical goods was 1,814.3billion yuan, increased 26.6 percent, accounting for 11.6 percent of the total retail sales of consumer goods; Of the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and other commodities went up by 36.0 percent, 16.9 percent and 30.1 percent respectively.

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in June
Item	Jan-Jun
Item	Absolute Value (100 million yuan)	Y/Y (%)

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods	156138	10.3
Of Which: Retail Sales of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size	71075	7.5
Of Which: Online Retail Sales of Physical Goods	18143	26.6
Grouped by Different Areas
City	134249	10.2
At and Below County Level	21889	11.0
Grouped by Consumption Patterns
Catering Services	16683	11.2
Of which: Income of Catering Services of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size	4218	6.6
Retail Sales of Goods	139455	10.2
Of which: Income of Retail Sales of Goods of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size	66857	7.6
Of which: Grain, Oil, Foodstuff	7001	12.3
Beverages,	982	10.7
Tobacco and Liquor	2010	9.2
Garments, Footwear, Hats, Knitwear	6816	7.0
Cosmetics	1073	8.9
Gold, Silver and Jewelry	1477	-1.5
Commodities	2518	11.7
Household Appliances and AV Equipment	4076	7.3
Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines	3981	13.3
Cultural and Office Appliances	1440	9.2
Furniture	1249	15.6
Communication Appliances	1829	14.9
Petroleum and Related Products	8815	-1.3
Automobile	18270	7.7
Building and Decoration Materials	1445	15.6

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.

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.

Online Retail Sales: refers to the sales of goods and services got through public online trading platform (including self-built websites and third-party platform). Goods and services include physical goods and non-physical goods (such as virtual product, services).

The total retail sales of consumer goods includes online retail sales of physical goods, excludes online retail sales ofnon-physical goods.

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 sinceMay 2014 was revised. The revised figures and figures in June 2016are as follows:

The Month-on-Month Growth Rate of Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods
Months	Growth Rate (%)

2015-June	0.93
July	0.79
August	0.91
September	0.82
October	0.82
November	0.92
December	0.85
2016-January	0.90
February	0.58
March	0.98
April	0.82
May	0.77
June	0.92

5. Data of the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2013 was revised according to the results of the Third National Economic Census, and data of the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2014 was adjusted accordingly.