Wholesale and retail trades 2016

In 2016, the total sales value of wholesale and retail trades reached 58.89 trillion yuan($8.87 trillion), and the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 33.23 trillion yuan, a growth of 10.4 percent from 2015, or a real growth of 9.6 percent after deducting price factors.

An analysis of different areas showed that the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas stood at 28.58 trillion yuan, up by 10.4 percent, and in rural areas they reached 4.65 trillion yuan, up by 10.9 percent. Grouped by consumption patterns, the retail sale total of commodities was 29.65 trillion yuan, up by 10.4 percent, and that of the catering industry was 3.58 trillion yuan, up by 10.8 percent.

Of the total retail sales of commodities by enterprises above a designated size, the year-on-year growth of sales for grain, oil, food, beverages, tobacco and liquor was up by 10.5 percent; for clothes, shoes, hats and textiles, it was up by 7.0 percent; for cosmetics, it was up by 8.3 percent; for gold, silver and jewelry, the same as that of 2015; for daily necessities, it was up by 11.4 percent; for household appliances and audio visual equipment, it was up by 8.7 percent; for traditional Chinese and western medicines, it was up by 12.0 percent; for cultural and office appliances, it was up by 11.2 percent; for furniture, it was up by 12.7 percent; for telecommunication equipment, it was up by 11.9 percent; for building and decoration materials, it was up by 14.0 percent; and for motor vehicles, it was up by 10.1 percent. The retail sales of petroleum and petroleum products went up by 1.2 percent.

Online retail sales were 5.16 trillion yuan in 2016, an increase of 26.2 percent compared with 2015. The online retail sales of commodities were 4.19 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.6 percent, accounting for 12.6 percent of the total retail sales of consumer goods. Among the online retail sales of commodities, the sales of food increased by 28.5 percent, clothing by 18.1 percent and daily necessities by 28.8 percent.