Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods up by 7.5 percent in August 2019
In August 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,389.6 billion yuan, up by 7.5 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 5.6 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no additional explanation). Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles reached 3,084.5 billion yuan, increased by 9.3 percent.
From January to August 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 26,217.9 billion yuan, up by 8.2 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles was 23,705.6 billion yuan, increased 9.1 percent.
In terms of different areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,913.4 billion yuan in August, up by 7.2 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 476.2 billion yuan, up by 8.9 percent year-on-year. From January to August, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 22,441.2 billion yuan, up by 8.1 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 3,776.8 billion yuan, up by 9.0 percent.
In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in August gained 385.7 billion yuan, up by 9.7 percent, year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 3,003.9 billion yuan, up by 7.2 percent. From January to August, the catering services gained 2,879.5 billion yuan, up by 9.4 percent year-on-year; the retail sales of goods gained 23,338.5 billion yuan, up by 8.1 percent.
From January to August 2019, the national online retail sales of goods and services was 6,439.3 billion yuan, increased 16.8 percent year-on-year. Of which, the online retail sales of physical goods was 5,074.5 billion yuan, increased 20.8 percent, accounting for 19.4 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 30.6, 19.7 and 20.2 percent respectively.
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods In August |
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Absolute Value (100 million yuan) | Y/Y (%) | Absolute Value (100 million yuan) | Y/Y (%) |
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Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods | 33896 | 7.5 | 262179 | 8.2 |
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Of Which: Retail Sales of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size | 30845 | 9.3 | 237056 | 9.1 |
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Of Which: Retail Sales of the Enterprises (units) excluding automobiles | 11772 | 2.0 | 93881 | 4.3 |
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Of Which: Online Retail Sales of Physical Goods | - | - | 50745 | 20.8 |
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City | 29134 | 7.2 | 224412 | 8.1 |
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At and Below County Level | 4762 | 8.9 | 37768 | 9.0 |
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Catering Services | 3857 | 9.7 | 28795 | 9.4 |
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Of which: Income of Catering Services of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size | 815 | 7.6 | 6048 | 7.3 |
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Retail Sales of Goods | 30039 | 7.2 | 233385 | 8.1 |
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Of which: Income of Retail Sales of Goods of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size | 10957 | 1.6 | 87833 | 4.1 |
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Of which: Grain, Oil, Foodstuff | 1176 | 12.5 | 9233 | 10.6 |
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Beverages, | 183 | 10.4 | 1350 | 9.9 |
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Tobacco and Liquor | 312 | 12.6 | 2497 | 7.3 |
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Garments, Footwear, Hats, Knitwear | 946 | 5.2 | 8427 | 3.2 |
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Cosmetics | 232 | 12.8 | 1893 | 12.7 |
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Gold, Silver and Jewelry | 212 | -7.0 | 1735 | 1.5 |
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Commodities | 504 | 13.0 | 3791 | 13.8 |
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Household Appliances and AV Equipment | 687 | 4.2 | 5783 | 5.9 |
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Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines | 476 | 7.7 | 3811 | 10.6 |
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Cultural and Office Appliances | 288 | 19.8 | 2026 | 7.4 |
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Furniture | 161 | 5.7 | 1220 | 5.8 |
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Communication Appliances | 365 | 3.5 | 2942 | 6.1 |
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Petroleum and Related Products | 1710 | -1.2 | 12948 | 2.0 |
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Automobile | 3052 | -8.1 | 25123 | -0.5 |
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Building and Decoration Materials | 181 | 5.9 | 1262 | 3.5 |
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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. |
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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 August 2018 was revised. The revised figures and figures in August 2019 are as follows:
The Month-on-Month Growth Rate of Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods
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2018- August | 0.62 |
September | 0.68 |
October | 0.75 |
November | 0.66 |
December | 0.65 |
2019-January | 0.84 |
February | 0.39 |
March | 0.92 |
April | 0.40 |
May | 0.65 |
June | 0.89 |
July | 0.21 |
August | 0.66 |
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