Total retail sales of consumer goods growth rate year on year
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0.4%
China · August 2026
Total retail sales of consumer goods growth rate year on year in China came in at 0.4% in August 2026 (NBS China).
- Publisher
- NBS China
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- 3. Market Sales Scaled Up and Service Retails Saw Fast Growth.
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,982.4 billion yuan, up by 0.4 percent year on year, or down by 0.13 percent month on month.
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- APA
- National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2026). National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQ9
- MLA
- National Bureau of Statistics of China. "National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August." 2026, https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQ9.
- Chicago
- National Bureau of Statistics of China. "National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August." 2026. https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQ9.
- BibTeX
- @misc{nbschina2026retailcs3bq9, author = {{National Bureau of Statistics of China}}, title = {National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQ9}, note = {Original source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915\_1965305.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics of China · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- 3. Market Sales Scaled Up and Service Retails Saw Fast Growth.
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQ9