Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in June 2022

In June, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3,874.2 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1 percent year-on-year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles reached 3,419.2 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8 percent.

In the first half of the year, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 21,043.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7 percent. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles were 18,925.1 billion yuan, down 0.1 percent.

According to the location of business units, the retail sales of urban consumer goods in June was 3,357.1 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1 percent year-on-year; the retail sales of rural consumer goods reached 517.1 billion yuan, an increase of 2.7 percent. In the first half of the year, the retail sales of urban consumer goods reached 18,270.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8 percent; and the retail sales of rural consumer goods reached 2,772.6 billion yuan, down 0.3 percent.

By consumption type, in June, retail sales of goods reached 3,497.7 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9 percent year on year; catering revenue was 376.6 billion yuan, down 4.0 percent. In the first half of the year, retail sales amounted to 19,039.2 billion yuan, an increase of 0.1 percent year on year; and catering revenue was 2,004 billion yuan, down 7.7 percent.

In the first half of the year, the retail sales of supermarkets, convenience stores and professional stores in retail units above the designated size increased by 4.2, 4.7 and 2.8 percent respectively year-on-year, while department stores and specialty stores decreased by 8.4 and 4.1 percent respectively.

In the first half of the year, the national online retail sales reached 6,300.7 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1 percent year-on-year. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods reached 5,449.3 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6 percent, accounting for 25.9 percent of the total retail sales of social consumer goods; among the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and consumer goods increased by 15.7, 2.4 and 5.1 percent respectively.

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 include 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.

As the scope of wholesale and retail enterprises, accommodation and catering enterprises (units) above the designated size changes every year, the same period used to calculate the growth rate of retail sales per unit of consumer goods above the designated size is consistent with the statistical range of enterprises (units) in this period, and there is a caliber difference from the data released last year in order to ensure that the current year's data are comparable with the previous years. The main reasons are as follows: some enterprises (units) reach the designated size and are included in the scope of the investigation every year, at the same time, some enterprises (units) withdraw from the scope of the investigation because their scale is smaller than the designated size, and there are also the effects of newly opened enterprises, bankruptcy, note (revocation) enterprises (units).

3. Survey Methods

All enterprises (units) above designated size is 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 June 2021 was revised. The revised results and the month-on-month data of June 2022 are as follows: