China News Service, May 15th, according to the National Bureau of Statistics website, in April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 2,871.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5% (actually a decrease of 9.1% after deducting price factors, the following are all nominal growth unless otherwise specified), The decline was narrower than last month by 8.3 percentage points. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles were 2509.5 billion yuan, down 8.3%.
From January to April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 10.658 trillion yuan, a nominal decrease of 16.2% year-on-year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles was 973.57 billion yuan, a decrease of 15.5%.
According to the location of the operating unit, in April, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,455.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%, a decrease of 8.4 percentage points from the previous month; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 362 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.7%, a decrease from the previous month 7.4 percentage points. From January to April, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 924.13 billion yuan, down 16.3% year-on-year; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 1,443.5 billion yuan, down 15.4%.
In terms of consumption type, in April, retail sales of goods were 2,587.1 billion yuan, a decrease of 4.6%, a decrease of 7.4 percentage points from the previous month; catering revenue was 230.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 31.1%, a decrease of 15.7 percentage points from the previous month. From January to April, the retail sales of commodities was 98425 billion yuan, a decrease of 13.1%; catering revenue was 833.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 41.2%.
From January to April, the national online retail sales amounted to 3.0698 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%, and a decrease of 0.8% from January to March. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 257.51 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%, accounting for 24.1% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods; of the online retail sales of physical goods, food and consumer goods increased by 36.7% and 12.4%, respectively. Commodities fell by 12.0%.