National Bureau of Statistics: Market sales have recovered, and basic lifestyle sales and online retail continue to grow

China Economic Net, Beijing, June 15th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in May, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3354.7 billion yuan, a year -on -year decrease of 6.7%, and the decline was narrowed by 4.4 percentage points from the previous month; and 0.05%month -on -month.According to the location of the operating unit, the retail sales of consumer goods in cities and towns were 2920.5 billion yuan, a year -on -year decrease of 6.7%; the retail sales of rural consumer goods were 434.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 6.3%.According to the type of consumption, the retail sales of goods were 3053.5 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.0%; catering revenue was 301.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 21.1%.Basic living consumption increased steadily, and the retail sales of grain, oil, oil and food, and beverage products of units above the limit increased by 12.3%and 7.7%, respectively.From January to May, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 171.689 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%.The national online retail sales were 4960.4 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9%.Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods were 4271.8 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%; the proportion of the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 24.9%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from January to April.

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