Before April, The Total Retail Sales Of Consumer Goods In China Dropped By 16.2%, And Online Retail Sales Of Wearing Goods Decreased By 12%.

According to the National Bureau of statistics, in April 2020, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China totaled 28178 billion yuan, down 7.5% from the same period last year, a decrease of 8.3 percentage points from last month. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than cars amounted to 25095 billion yuan, down 8.3%.

In the first 4 months, the total retail sales of consumer goods totaled 106758 billion yuan, down 16.2% from the nominal level. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than cars amounted to 97357 billion yuan, down 15.5%. In the first 4 months, the retail sales volume of the whole country was 30698 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7% over the same period last year, a decrease of 0.8% from January to March. Among them, the online retail sales of physical commodities increased by 25751 yuan, an increase of 8.6%, accounting for 24.1% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods. In the online retail sales of physical commodities, the consumption and consumption of commodities increased by 36.7% and 12.4%, respectively, and the wearing commodities decreased by 12%.

According to the location of the business units, in April, the retail sales of urban consumer goods amounted to 24558 billion yuan, down 7.5% from the same period last year, a decrease of 8.4 percentage points from last month, and 362 billion retail sales of rural consumer goods, a decrease of 7.7%, a decrease of 7.4 percentage points from last month. In the first 4 months, the retail sales of urban consumer goods amounted to 92413 billion yuan, down 16.3% from the same period last year, and the retail sales of rural consumer goods amounted to 14345 billion yuan, down 15.4%.