Over the past year, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in Xiamen reached 266.536 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. Among which the retail sales of commodity was 238.669 billion yuan, up by 3.2%, and that of the catering services was 27.867 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9%.  

With a growth rate of 6.7%, the retail sales of enterprises above the designated amount reached 171.684 billion yuan, accounting for 64.4% of that of the city¡¯s social consumer goods; while the retail sales of enterprises below the designated amounted shrunk by 2.6% year-on-year to 94.853 billion yuan. 232 wholesale and retail enterprises with annual retail sales of above 100 million yuan had achieved retail sales worth of 139.955 billion yuan in total, with a net increase of 13.474 billion yuan or 10.7% increase from the previous year. 189 lodging and catering enterprises had the retail sales revenue exceed 10 million yuan each, achieving 12.29 billion yuan of retail sales in total, a net increase of 2,124 million yuan and up by 20.9% year on year.

Among the wholesale and retail enterprises above the designated amount, the retail sales of motor vehicles was 40.389 billion yuan ,up by 4.0% from a year earlier; that of clothing, shoes, hats and needle textiles was 45.723 billion yuan, up by 5.1%; that of grain, oil, food, alcohol, tobacco and beverage was 22.179 billion yuan, up by 13.8%; that of petroleum and related products was 9.525 billion yuan, up by 22.3%; that of telecommunication equipment was 3.877 billion yuan, decreasing by 8.9%; that of daily necessities was 12.841 billion yuan, up by 21.4%; that of stationery was 4.882 billion yuan, up by 4.4%; that of gold, silver and jewelry was 2,675 million yuan, decreasing by 25.5%; and that of cosmetics was 2,648 million yuan, rising by 3.9%.