China's total retail sales of consumer goods increased 2.1% year-on-year in August: Chinese report

China's National Bureau of Statistics announced on the 14th that the total retail sales of social consumer goods in August was 3.8726 trillion former (approximately 76.5 trillion yen), up 2.1% from the same month last year.
Total retail sales of social consumer goods for the first eight months of this year increased 3.4% year-on-year to 31.2452 trillion yen (approximately 617.4 trillion yen).
000 billion yen), of which retail sales of consumer goods excluding automobiles increased 3.9% to 28.1772 trillion yen (approximately 560 trillion yen).
By location of business establishments, urban areas increased by 1.8% to 3.3575 trillion yen (about 66 trillion yen) in August,
In rural areas, the figure increased 3.9% to 515.1 billion formers (approximately 10 trillion yen). In January-August, urban areas increased 3.2% to 27.825 trillion formers (approximately 535 trillion yen), while rural areas increased 4.4% to 4.1627 trillion formers.
Looking at the breakdown of consumption, retail sales in August increased 1.9% to 3.4375 trillion yen (about 68 trillion yen), while restaurant revenue increased 3.3% to 4.531 trillion yen.
From January to August, retail sales increased 3.0% to 27.7454 trillion yen (about 550 trillion yen), and restaurant revenue increased 6.6% to 3.4998 trillion yen (about 69 trillion yen).
Online retail sales in January-August increased 8.9% year-on-year to 9.6352 trillion yen (approximately 190 trillion yen). Of this, sales of physical goods increased 8.1% year-on-year to 8.143 trillion yen (approximately 158 trillion yen), while total retail sales of social consumer goods increased 8.1% year-on-year to 9.6352 trillion yen (approximately 190 trillion yen).
Of online retail sales of physical goods, food increased by 19.1%, clothing by 5.0%, and daily necessities by 7.0%.