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Hubei Province in November to run the consumer goods market analysis

This year, the province's demand for consumer goods market has maintained a relatively high growth rate, January-November, the province's total retail sales of social consumer goods implementation 443.016 billion yuan, up 23.4 percent, unchanged from January to October growth rate than the same period last year speeding up 5.5 percentage points. One of implementation in November retail sales of consumer goods 47.003 billion yuan, compared with the same period last year 23.0 percent growth, single-month growth rate for nine months maintained at more than 20%, and continued this year, the stability of the consumer goods market growth, but growth has been a slight decline. The province's consumer goods market showed the following major characteristics:

First, the province's retail sales down

By the financial crisis, consumer confidence and frustrated residents, the province in November retail sales of consumer goods fell more than growth ring, an increase of chain fell by 1.2 percentage points, in particular the retail industry sales are down significantly. The province in November retail sales of consumer goods retail industry achieve 31.978 billion yuan, year-on-year growth rate down 5.5 percentage points, the Central also fell more than 0.4 percentage points. Zero from the above trade sales situation is also true of the province this month, above the wholesale and retail trade industry achieve retail sales of 8.87 billion yuan, up 15.8 percent, but the ring than the growth rate dropped 8 percentage points.

Second, the coordinated development of urban and rural markets, speed up the growth rate synchronous

The first 11 months of this year, the province's urban and rural consumer market showed a simultaneous increase in the operating situation, further narrowing the gap between the growth rate, the province's consumer goods market and the development of more coordination and more. January to November, achieve retail sales of consumer goods in our province city 311.078 billion yuan, rural (and below the county level) to achieve retail sales of consumer goods 131.938 billion yuan, respectively, compared with year-on-year growth of 23.6% and 22.8%, an increase respectively over the same period last year to speed up the 5.5 and 5.3 percentage points. At the same time, the income of the farmers continued to grow, the rural consumption environment has improved, the burden of farmers under the influence of factors such as the reduction of rural consumer market has shown strong momentum of growth. November, county retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 27.4 percent, 6.1 percentage points higher than the city.

Three, accommodation and catering industry market remained active

January to November, the province's accommodation and catering industry retail sales of consumer goods society achieve 58.943 billion yuan, an increase of 25.2 percent, an increase of 8.4 percentage points, still is the fastest growing industries, especially in the January-November the retail industry achieve The slowdown in retail sales of social consumer goods, the consumer goods market to maintain the province's rapid growth has played a driving role. And wholesale trade and retail trade compared to the cumulative growth rate higher than 0.7, respectively, and 2.3 percentage points; and the community as a whole the total retail sales of merchandise of the growth rate higher than 1.8 percentage points, representing the province's consumer goods market share of 13.3%, improve by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

Fourth, food, clothing, used merchandise steady growth

Above from the wholesale and retail enterprises classified merchandise retail situation, with the daily lives of residents of food, clothing, used merchandise categories continued to maintain steady growth, 1-November food and drink alcoholic drinks and tobacco, clothing shoes and hats textile needle type, commodity type Retail sales grew 31.4 percent year-on-year, 22.6% and 23.2%.

2008-12-16