China News Service, June 15th, according to the National Bureau of Statistics website, in May, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3137.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8% (the actual price deducted by 3.7% after deducting price factors, the following are all nominal growth unless otherwise specified), The decline was 4.7 percentage points narrower than last month. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles were 2,859.7 billion yuan, down 3.5%.
From January to May, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 13.873 trillion yuan, a nominal decrease of 13.5% year-on-year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles were 125,946 billion yuan, down 13.0%.
According to the location of the business unit, in May, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,788.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%, a decrease of 4.7 percentage points from the previous month; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 409.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.2%, and the decrease was narrower than the previous month 4.5 percentage points. From January to May, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas reached 120294 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.5%; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas reached 1.8437 trillion yuan, a decrease of 13.0%.
In terms of consumption type, in May, retail sales of goods were 2,895.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%, a decrease of 3.8 percentage points from the previous month; catering revenue was 301.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 18.9%, a decrease of 12.2 percentage points from the previous month. From January to May, retail sales of goods were 1,273.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.6%; catering revenue was 1,134.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 36.5%.
From January to May, the national online retail sales amounted to 4,017.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, an increase of 2.8 percentage points from January to April. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 3.3739 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5%, accounting for 24.3% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods; of the online retail sales of physical goods, food and consumer goods increased by 37.0% and 14.9%, respectively. Commodities fell by 6.8%.