Chinanews.com, August 14th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in July, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 3.220.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1% (the actual decline was 2.7% after deducting price factors. The following are nominal increases unless otherwise specified). The rate of decline narrowed by 0.7 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles was 2,888.9 billion yuan, down 2.4%.
From January to July, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 20,445.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.9%. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles was 18.489 trillion yuan, down 9.7%.
According to the location of the business unit, in July, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 280.25 billion yuan, down 1.1% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.9 percentage points from the previous month; the retail sales of rural consumer goods were 417.8 billion yuan, down 1.3%, and the rate of decline was 0.1% larger than the previous month. Percentage points. From January to July, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 17,737 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.0%; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 278.8 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.5%.
In terms of consumption types, in July, retail sales of goods amounted to 2,892 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.2%, and in June it was a decrease of 0.2% year-on-year; catering revenue was 328.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 11.0%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 4.2 percentage points from the previous month. From January to July, the retail sales of goods were 1,86568 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%; catering revenue was 1,799.1 billion yuan, a decrease of 29.6%.
From January to July, the national online retail sales reached 6,078.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.0% and an increase of 1.7 percentage points from January to June. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 511.8 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7%, accounting for 25.0% of the total retail sales of consumer goods; in the online retail sales of physical goods, food and consumer goods increased by 38.2% and 18.6%, respectively, and clothing. Commodities fell by 0.9%.
Main data of total retail sales of consumer goods in July 2020
| index | July | January to July | ||
| Absolute amount (100 million yuan) | Year-on-year growth (%) | Absolute amount (100 million yuan) | Year-on-year growth (%) | |
| The total retail sales of social consumer goods | 32203 | -1.1 | 204459 | -9.9 |
| Of which: retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles | 28894 | -2.4 | 184890 | -9.7 |
| Of which: retail sales of consumer goods above designated size | 11351 | 2.2 | 73332 | -8.6 |
| Of which: online retail sales of physical goods | - | - | 51018 | 15.7 |
| By business location | ||||
| town | 28025 | -1.1 | 177370 | -10.0 |
| rural | 4178 | -1.3 | 27088 | -9.5 |
| By consumption type | ||||
| Catering income | 3282 | -11.0 | 17,891 | -29.6 |
| Including: income from catering of units above designated size | 721 | -8.2 | 3831 | -27.0 |
| Commodity retail | 28920 | 0.2 | 186568 | -7.5 |
| Including: retail of commodities above designated size | 10630 | 3.0 | 69501 | -7.3 |
| Grain, oil, food | 1130 | 6.9 | 8560 | 12.0 |
| Beverages | 189 | 10.7 | 1214 | 10.5 |
| Tobacco and alcohol | 283 | 5.0 | 2001 | -2.0 |
| Clothing, shoes, hats, knitting textiles | 889 | -2.5 | 5959 | -17.5 |
| Cosmetics | 230 | 9.2 | 1708 | 1.0 |
| Gold and silver jewelry | 179 | 7.5 | 1150 | -20.0 |
| Daily necessities | 494 | 6.9 | 3410 | 5.5 |
| Household appliances and audio-visual equipment | 685 | -2.2 | 4427 | -10.8 |
| Chinese and Western medicines | 417 | 5.3 | 2936 | 5.7 |
| Cultural office supplies | 264 | 0.5 | 1769 | 1.4 |
| Furniture | 137 | -3.9 | 793 | -12.5 |
| Communication equipment | 388 | 11.3 | 2806 | 6.5 |
| Petroleum and products | 1428 | -13.9 | 9260 | -17.8 |
| Automotive | 3308 | 12.3 | 19569 | -11.6 |
| Construction and decoration materials | 151 | -2.5 | 856 | -9.7 |
| Note: 1. The speed in this table is the nominal growth rate without deducting the price factor; 2. Due to rounding, some of the data in this table may differ from the total to the sub-item total. |