The total sales reached a staggering 14.98 trillion yuan (around $2.16 trillion) in the January-April period of 2023, said local media reports quoting NBS data.
The country’s urban retail sales in March amounted to nearly 3.29 trillion yuan, a YoY increase of 10.7 per cent, while rural retail sales increased by 10 per cent YoY. In March, retail sales of goods grew by 9.1 per cent YoY, reaching around 3.41 trillion yuan.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2023, online consumption remained strong, with online retail sales growing by 8.6 per cent YoY, totalling about 3.29 trillion yuan in the first three months.
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