Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in December 2017

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2018-01-25 10:59 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In December 2017, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,473.4 billion yuan, up by 9.4 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 7.8 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 1,740.9 billion yuan, increased 6.7 percent.

 

In the whole year of 2017, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 36,626.2 billion yuan, up by 10.2 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of units above designated size was 16,061.3 billion yuan, increased 8.1 percent.

 

 

 

In terms of different areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,975.4 billion yuan in December, up by 9.3 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 498.1 billion yuan, up by 10.1 percent year-on-year. In the whole year of 2017, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 31,429.0 billion yuan, up by 10.0 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 5,197.2 billion yuan, up by 11.8 percent.

 

In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in December gained 368.9 billion yuan, up by 10.1 percent year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 3,104.5 billion yuan, up by 9.3 percent. In the year 2017, the catering services gained 3,964.4 billion yuan, up by 10.7 percent year-on-year; the retail sales of goods gained 32,661.8 billion yuan, up by 10.2 percent.

 

The retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size in December was 1,641.7 billion yuan, up by 6.8 percent year-on-year. In the whole year of 2017, the retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size was 15,086.1 billion yuan, up by 8.2 percent year-on-year.

 

In the year 2017, the national online retail sales of goods and services was 7,175.1 billion yuan, increased 32.2 percent year-on-year. Of which, the online retail sales of physical goods was 5,480.6 billion yuan, increased 28.0 percent, accounting for 15.0 percent of the total retail sales of consumer goods; In the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and other commodities went up by 28.6, 20.3 and 30.8 percent respectively.

 

In the whole year of 2017, of the total retail sale, the supermarket, store, pro shop and exclusive shop of units above designated size went up by 7.3, 6.7, 9.1 and 8.0 percent respectively.

 

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in December

 

Item

December

Jan-Dec

 

Absolute Value

(100 million yuan)

Y/Y

(%)

Absolute Value

(100 million yuan)

Y/Y

(%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

34734

9.4

366262

10.2

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

17409

6.7

160613

8.1

  Of Which: Online Retail Sales of Physical Goods

-

-

54806

28.0

Grouped by Different Areas

 

 

 

 

 City

29754

9.3

314290

10.0

 At and Below County Level

4981

10.1

51972

11.8

Grouped by Consumption Patterns

 

 

 

 

 Catering Services

3689

10.1

39644

10.7

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

993

6.0

9751

7.4

 Retail Sales of Goods

31045

9.3

326618

10.2

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

16417

6.8

150861

8.2

   Of which: Grain, Oil, Foodstuff

1600

9.7

15332

10.2

Beverages,

231

9.6

2274

10.3

Tobacco and Liquor

453

3.9

4430

7.9

      Garments, Footwear, Hats, Knitwear

1664

9.7

14557

7.8

      Cosmetics

261

13.8

2514

13.5

      Gold, Silver and Jewelry

309

0.4

2970

5.6

      Commodities

557

5.4

5512

8.0

      Household Appliances and AV Equipment

1012

8.7

9454

9.3

      Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines

973

13.5

9482

12.4

      Cultural and Office Appliances

434

12.7

3661

9.8

      Furniture

310

12.5

2809

12.8

      Communication Appliances

429

13.4

4330

11.7

      Petroleum and Related Products

1908

10.6

19743

9.2

      Automobile

4963

2.2

42222

5.6

      Building and Decoration Materials

363

5.2

3221

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 of non-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 since November 2016 was revised. The revised figures and figures in December 2017 are as follows: