Chongqing Retail Sales Grew By Two Figure In The First Quarter

< p > Chongqing Bureau of statistics analysis shows that the main reason for the two quarter growth of total retail sales of consumer goods in Chongqing in the first quarter is mainly due to the pulling of the Spring Festival.

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< p > < strong > before the Spring Festival, the citizens consume ahead of time < /strong > < /p >.

< p > > a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > Chongqing < /a > Statistical Bureau analysis said that in the first quarter, Chongqing was affected by the consumption factors in advance of the Spring Festival, and the consumption of people's shopping and gathering was concentrated in January. In January, the consumer goods market was obviously better than 2 and March.

According to statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 45 billion 145 million yuan in January, an increase of 16.1% over the same period last year.

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< p > from the perspective of industry structure, wholesale and retail industries play a leading role as the dominant force in the consumer goods market.

In the first quarter, wholesale and retail businesses achieved retail sales of 106 billion 265 million yuan, accounting for 85.4% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, an increase of 13% over the same period last year, stimulating the total retail sales of consumer goods to increase by 11.1 percentage points.

Among them, the wholesale industry achieved retail sales of 19 billion 221 million yuan, an increase of 13.3% over the previous year, and retail sales reached 87 billion 44 million yuan, an increase of 13% over the same period last year.

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< p > < strong > mass consumption supports the stable development of catering industry < /strong > < /p >

< p > accommodation and catering enterprises have been developing smoothly in the first quarter after changing their business philosophy and adjusting their business strategies.

Data show that the first quarter, the housing and catering industry achieved operating income of 18 billion 135 million yuan, an increase of 12.3% over the same period last year, an increase of 1.9 percentage points over the same period last year.

According to the industry, the business income of the housing industry reached 1 billion 587 million yuan, an increase of 5.9% over the same period last year, and the restaurant business realized 16 billion 548 million yuan, an increase of 12.9% over the same period last year.

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< p > analysis shows that on the one hand, mass consumption and distinctive catering business flourishing, achieving rapid growth, and effectively supporting the stable development of the catering industry in the whole city.

On the other hand, the income of top grade Gaestgiveriet Hotel continues to decline, but the decline has narrowed. The total income of the four star hotels has dropped by 8.2%, a decrease of 6.1 percentage points over the same period last year.

In the 21st century, Jin Yuan Hotel, Tian Lai Hotel, Jinke and other star rated hotels have narrowed their income in different degrees.

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< p > < strong > "eat, wear and use" is the main force < /strong > < /p >.

Except for P, 14 categories of commodities, except cosmetics, sports and entertainment products, stationery and office supplies decreased by 3.6%, 9.3%, and 9% respectively, the remaining 11 categories of commodities, < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > retail sales < /a, maintained a steady growth.

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In the first quarter of the year, the retail sales volume of the legal person enterprises above Designated Size in the city had maintained a steady growth in the retail sales of "eat" and "a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "> /a >" P.

Retail sales of Cereals, oils, foodstuffs, beverages, cigarettes and liquor reached 10 billion 600 million yuan, up 12.8% over the same period last year, down 1.5 percentage points from the same period last year.

Clothing, shoes and hats and needle textiles achieved retail sales of 7 billion 280 million yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the same period last year, down 0.4 percentage points from the same period last year.

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The retail sales volume of "P" goods was 56 billion 840 million yuan, an increase of 20.6% over the same period last year, which is 5.5 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year.

The automobile industry continued to grow rapidly, the growth rate was 34.4%; the daily use category, the high growth rate of Chinese and Western medicines increased by 20% and 27.2% respectively; the consumption of household appliances and building decoration materials increased significantly, the growth rate was 16.9% and 19.2%; the consumption of gold, silver, jewelry and Petroleum increased slightly, the growth rates were 3.6% and 10.4% respectively; the consumption of furniture and communication equipment slowed down obviously, the growth rates were 3% and 12.2%, respectively, which dropped by 11 and 36 percentage points respectively over the same period last year.

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