China News Service, April 17, according to the National Bureau of Statistics website, in March, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 264.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.8% (actually a decrease of 18.1% after deducting price factors, the following are all nominal growth unless otherwise specified), The decrease was 4.7 percentage points narrower than that in January-February. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles was 2,384.1 billion yuan, down 15.6%.
From January to March, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 785.8 billion yuan, a nominal decrease of 19.0% year-on-year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles were 7.2254 trillion yuan, a decrease of 17.7%.
According to the location of the operating unit, in March, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,297.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.9%, a decrease of 4.8 percentage points from January to February. It narrowed by 3.9 percentage points in February. From January to March, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 678.55 billion yuan, down 19.1% year-on-year; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 1072.5 billion yuan, down 17.7%.
By consumption type, in March, retail sales of goods were 246.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 12.0%, a decrease of 5.6 percentage points from January-February; catering revenue was 183.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 46.8%, a decrease of 3.7% from January-February percentage point. From January to March, retail sales of commodities reached 725.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.8%; catering revenue was 602.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 44.3%.
In terms of retail formats, the retail sales of supermarkets in retail units above designated size in January-March increased by 1.9% year-on-year, while department stores, specialty stores and specialty stores decreased by 34.9%, 24.7% and 28.7% respectively.
From January to March, the national online retail sales amounted to 2.2169 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%, and the decrease was 2.2 percentage points narrower than that of January-February. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods were 1,853.6 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%, accounting for 23.6% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods; of the online retail sales of physical goods, food and consumer goods increased by 32.7% and 10.0%, respectively, wearing Commodities fell by 15.1%.