Wholesale and retail trades 2017

In 2017, the total sales value of wholesale and retail trades reached 63.02 trillion yuan($9.33 trillion), and the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 36.63 trillion yuan, a growth of 10.2 percent from 2016.

An analysis of different areas showed that the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas stood at 31.43 trillion yuan, up by 10.0 percent, and in rural areas they reached 5.20 trillion yuan, up by 11.8 percent. Grouped by consumption patterns, the retail sale total of commodities was 32.66 trillion yuan, up by 10.2 percent, and that of the catering industry was 3.96 trillion yuan, up by 10.7 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 9.7 percent; for clothes, shoes, hats and textiles, it was up by 7.8 percent; for cosmetics, it was up by 13.5 percent; for gold, silver and jewelry, it was up by 5.6 percent; for daily necessities, it was up by 8.0 percent; for household appliances and audio visual equipment, it was up by 9.3 percent; for traditional Chinese and western medicines, it was up by 12.4 percent; for cultural and office appliances, it was up by 9.8 percent; for furniture, it was up by 12.8 percent; for telecommunication equipment, it was up by 11.7 percent; for building and decoration materials, it was up by 10.3 percent; for motor vehicles, it was up by 5.6 percent; and for petroleum and petroleum products, it was up by 9.2 percent.