| Indicator
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Explanation
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| Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods
| refer to the sum of retail sales of consumer
goods sold by all sectors of the national economy to
urban and rural residents and social groups. This indicator
is used to show the supply of consumers goods through
various channels to households and institutions, and
is very important for the study on changes at the domestic
retail market, and on economic cycles.
The retail sales of consumer goods include:
(1) commodities sold to urban and rural residents for
their daily use and building materials sold to them
for the construction or repair of houses;
(2) office appliances and supplies sold to institutions;
(3) food and fuels sold to canteens of institutions,
enterprises, schools, military units and to canteens
of hotels and hostels that only serve their guests,
and commodities produced by enterprises, institutions
or state farms and sold directly to their employees
or their canteens;
(4) grain and non-staple food, clothing, daily articles
and fuels sold to military personnel; (5)consumer goods
sold to foreigners, overseas Chinese, and Chinese compatriots
from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao during their stay in
the mainland of China;
(6) Chinese and western medicines, herbs and medical
facilities purchased by residents;
(7) newspapers, books and magazines directly sold to
residents and social groups by publishers, new and old
commemorative stamps, special stamps, first-day covers,
stamp albums and other stamp-collection articles sold
by stamp companies;
(8) consumer goods purchased and then sold by second-hand
shops;
(9) stoves and other heating facilities and liquefied
gas sold by gas companies to households and institutions;
(10) commodities sold by farmers to non-agricultural
residents and social groups. Excluded under this heading
are: raw materials, fuels, equipment, tools sold to
enterprises, institutions and state farms for production
purpose; commodities sold to trade establishments for
re-selling; commissioned sales at second-hand shops;
operational income of urban public utilities; stamps
sold at post offices; income of water, power, gas production
and supply establishments from the supply of their products;
and sales of commodities among farmers.
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| Purchase, Sales and Stock of Commodities by Wholesale
and Retail Trade
| refer to the purchase, sales and stock
of commodities by wholesale and retail establishments
of different status of registration (excluding individual
sellers).
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| Total Purchases of Commodities
| refer to the total value of purchases
of commodities by the establishments from other establishments
or individuals (including direct import from abroad)
for the purpose of re-selling, either with or without
further processing of the commodities purchased. This
indicator is used to show the total value of purchases
of commodities by wholesale and retail establishments
from domestic and overseas markets.
The total purchases include:
(1) agricultural and industrial products purchased from
producers;
(2) books, magazines and newspapers purchased from distribution
departments of the publishers; (3) commodities purchased
from wholesale and retail establishments of different
status of registration;
(4) commodities purchased from other units, such as
surplus materials purchased from government agencies,
enterprises or institutions, commodities purchased from
catering and service establishments, confiscated goods
purchased from customs authorities or market management
agencies, second-hand goods and wastes purchased from
residents;
(5) commodities directly imported from abroad. Excluded
are commodities purchased by establishments (units)
for use in their own business operation, commodities
obtained without buying or selling procedures, rejected
commodities, etc.
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| Total Sales of Commodities
| refer to value of commodities sold by
the establishments to other establishments and individuals
(including direct export). This indicator is used to
show the total value of sales of commodities at domestic
markets and export.
The total sales include:
(1) commodities sold to urban and rural residents and
social groups for their consumption;
(2) commodities sold to establishments in industry,
agriculture, construction, transportation, post and
telecommunications, wholesale and retail trades, catering
trade and public utility for their production and operation;
(3) commodities sold to wholesale and retail establishments
for re selling, with or without further processing;
(4)commodities for direct export to other countries.
Excluded are selling of waste packaging materials used
by the establishments (units) themselves, commodities
transferred without buying or selling procedures, commission
income from brokerage in transactions whose settlement
is directly handled by buyers and sellers, rejected
commodities in the purchase, loss in commodities, etc.
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| Commodity Stock of Wholesale and Retail Enterprises
| refers to total commodities possessed
by wholesale and retail enterprises (units) of various
types of registration status at the end of the reference
period, which reflects the commodity stock level of
various wholesale and retail enterprises and the potential
for market supply.
It includes: (1) commodities located in storage, garages,
counters, and shelves of operating units (such as sale
stores, wholesale centers, and operating offices) of
wholesale and retail enterprises; (2) commodities in
the process of selecting, sorting, and packing;
(3) commodities not arrived but recorded as purchase
in the account, i.e. commodities not arrived but payment
receipts for the commodities from the sellers or the
banks arrived;
(4) commodities deposited in other places rather than
places mentioned above, for instance: commodities in
the hold of purchasers temporarily due to the refusal
of payment and commodities not taken back after going
through the formalities;
(5) commodities entrusted to other units to sell but
not sold yet;
(6) commodities purchased for other units but not delivered
yet. Commodities not included as stock are those not
owned by the enterprises (units), those allocated to
financially independent factories rather than wholesale
and retail enterprises for processing but not taken
back yet, and finally those put in stock by wholesale
and retail enterprises on behalf of the state material
reserves units.
For the calculation of the value of commodities stock,
the value is calculated at purchasing prices in agricultural
goods purchasing units and wholesale units, and at the
accounting prices in retail units.
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| Volume of Transaction at Free Markets for Consumer
Goods
| refers to the value of transaction of
all goods at the free trade markets for consumer goods,
where markets include both free markets for farm and
sideline products and for manufactured consumer goods.
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