TRS 2019

In 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 41,164.9 billion yuan($5967.22 billion), went up by 8.0 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 6.0 percent. The following are nominal growth rates if there’s no additional explanation). Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles reached 37,226.0 billion yuan, an increase of 9.0 percent.

In December 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,877.7 billion yuan, up by 8.0 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles was 3,434.9 billion yuan, up by 8.9 percent.

In terms of different areas, retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas generated 35,131.7 billion yuan in 2019, up by 7.9 percent year-on-year, while those in rural areas brought in 6,033.2 billion yuan, up by 9.0 percent year-on-year. Of which, in December, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas totaled 3,270.4 billion yuan, up by 7.8 percent year-on-year, while those in rural areas generated 607.3 billion yuan, up by 9.1 percent.

In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in 2019 gained 4,672.1 billion yuan, up by 9.4 percent year-on-year. Retail sales of goods gained 36,492.8 billion yuan, up by 7.9 percent. Of the total, in December, the catering services gained 482.5 billion yuan, up by 9.1 percent year-on-year, the retail sales of goods gained 3,395.2 billion yuan, up by 7.9 percent.

In terms of retail format, in 2019, the retail sales of supermarkets, department stores, specialty stores and specialty stores in the retail sector above designated size increased by 6.5, 1.4, 3.2 and 1.5 percent respectively over the previous year.

In 2019, the national online retail sales reached 10,632.4 billion yuan, an increase of 16.5 percent over the previous year. Online retail sales of physical goods were worth 8,523.9 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5 percent, accounting for 20.7 percent of the total retail sales of social consumer goods. Online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and consumer goods increased by 30.9, 15.4 and 19.8 percent respectively.

Note:

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods(TRS) refers to the sale of physical commodities or the income from catering services sold or provided by enterprises (units) to individuals, social organizations for non-production and non-operation purposes.

Online retail sales refers to the sale of goods and services through public online trading platform (including self-built websites and third-party platform). Goods and services include physical goods and non-physical goods (such as virtual products and services).

The total retail sales figures for consumer goods include online retail sales of physical goods but exclude online retail sales of non-physical goods.