Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Went Up by 12.1 percent from January to June 2021

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China / Updated: 2021-07-30
In June, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,758.6 billion yuan, up 12.1 percent year on year; It was 10.0 percent higher than that in June 2019, with an average growth rate of 4.9 percent in two years. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles reached 3,371.9 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1 percent. After deducting price factors, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in June 2021 increased by 9.8 percent in real terms, with an average growth of 3.2 percent in two years. On a month-on-month basis, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 0.7 percent in June.

From January to June, the total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 21,190.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.0 percent, with an average growth rate of 4.4 percent in two years. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles reached 18,999.7 billion yuan, an increase of 22.2 percent.