Monday, January 24, 2011

Beijing retail sales of social consumer goods 61.8 billion record high last month

 Reporter learned yesterday from the statistics department, Beijing, December 2010, the city's retail sales of social consumer goods the first time exceeded 600 billion yuan, Reached 61.84 billion yuan for the history of the highest monthly sales volume, compared with 19.8% growth in the same month last year, after deducting price factors, the actual growth of 17.1%. January to December total, the city's retail sales of 622.93 billion yuan of social consumer goods, up 17.3% over the previous year.

Use from the goods of view, last December with the class of goods (food, clothing, burning outside of the class of goods) increase in higher retail sales of 41.22 billion yuan, an increase of 26%; food, clothing, burn (fuel) types of goods, retail sales of 11.12 billion yuan, respectively, 5.34 billion yuan and 41.7 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%, respectively, 13.1% and 6.7%.

Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau Deputy Director, Yu Xiuqin spokesman, said Beijing in December last year, retail sales of social consumer goods, especially with the higher increase in commodities, mainly due to the impact of car sales. End automobile sales affected by the policy focus on heavy volume, 11 months and 12 months vehicle sales reached 151,000 and 236,000, more than 10 months before the average sales of 10 million units, retail sales contributed to a lot.

Xiuqin said in Beijing this year, the number of control new motor vehicle consumption will certainly be some impact, but can be expanded consumer demand, especially in the development of service industries in Beijing to promote consumption. Beijing is the proportion of the service sector has exceeded 70% of consumption by the service, to maintain an active consumer market. While also increasing income of residents in Beijing has taken a series of measures to stabilize the people's consumption of these expectations, expanding consumption, promoting growth will have a very good role. (Xinhua Ma Wenting)

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