Ministry Of Industry And Information Technology: The Growth Rate Of Clothing Sales Reached 22.27% In May

In May 2010, the year-on-year growth rate of retail sales of 100 large retail enterprises in China was 17.0%, down 3.9 percentage points compared with the same period last year. This was the first month in which the growth rate of retail sales was lower than that of the same period last year, and the growth rate slowed down significantly.

From the perspective of growth, the growth rate of retail sales of major categories of goods in the market in May showed a slight upward trend compared with the same period last year, but the growth rate of individual categories of goods declined significantly. Among them, clothing The growth rate of retail sales of category A and daily necessities was relatively large, and the growth rate of clothing sales reached 22.27%, up 3.5 percentage points over the same period of the previous year; Daily use category increased by 23.35%, 9.76 percentage points year-on-year.

The growth rate of food and household appliances was relatively small. The growth rate of food was only 18.75%, a slight increase of 1.74 percentage points over the same period; The growth rate of household appliances was 14.48%, only 0.27 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year. In addition, the sales of other goods related to the real estate market, such as building and decoration materials, furniture and other goods, slowed down or even declined.