Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released news that in April, the total retail sales of consumer goods nationwide was 3,535.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%; an increase of 8.8% over April 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 4.3%.
Excluding price factors, the total retail sales of consumer goods in April increased by 15.8% in real terms, an average increase of 2.6% over the two years. From a month-on-month perspective, the total retail sales of consumer goods in April increased by 0.32%.
From January to April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 13,837.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.6%, and the two-year average growth rate was 4.2%.
From January to April, the national online retail sales reached 3763.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.6%, and an average increase of 13.9% over the two years. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 3,077.4 billion yuan, an increase of 23.1%, an average increase of 15.6% in two years, accounting for 22.2% of the total retail sales of consumer goods; among the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and consumer goods The growth rate was 24.5%, 33.8% and 20% respectively, and the two-year average growth rate was 30.4%, 8.5% and 16.2% respectively.
Among the retail sales of units above designated size, in April, the retail sales of clothing, footwear, and knitting textiles was 103 billion yuan, an increase of 31.2%. From January to April, the retail sales of clothing, footwear, and knitting textiles were 444 billion yuan, an increase of 48.1 %.