Chinanews, October 19th, on the 19th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website released the operation of the food industry from January to August 2020.

From January to August, the cumulative retail value of grain, oil and food commodities was 973.38 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.0%.

Data map: People purchase daily necessities.

(Data Picture) Photo by Liu Xin, a reporter from China News Agency

Production situation:

In August 2020, the added value of the agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 2.5% year-on-year, the added value of the food manufacturing industry increased by 0.5% year-on-year, and the added value of the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry decreased by 3.6% year-on-year.

Sales:

From January to August 2020, the cumulative retail value of grain, oil and food products was 973.38 billion yuan, an increase of 11.0%; the cumulative retail value of beverages was 141.04 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9%; tobacco and alcohol products The cumulative value of retail sales was 230.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%.

Benefits:

From January to August 2020, the total profits of enterprises above designated size in the national food industry reached 372.28 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year, 12.4 percentage points higher than all industries.

Among them, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry achieved a total profit of 112.71 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%; the food manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 115.09 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%; the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 144.48 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase Decrease 0.5%.