Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number of Corporation Unit
Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Trades	548487	592487			27115	25567
Engaged in Catering Trade	45201	48240			3266	3508
Persons Engaged (person)
In Wholesale and Retail Trade	41515693	44991244			4922171	4485335
In Catering Trade	7100962	7753108			660850	664749
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Total Purchases ¨100 million yuan©	36983.6	38549.7	39788.3	24297.4	24580.8	29784.1
Total Sales ¨100 million yuan©	40545.3	42546.9	55168.7	56437.7	58780.1	65359.5	70052.8
Total Inventory ¨ 100 million yuan©	6705.5	7227.3	7544.8	3789.7	3629.7	3569.9	4156.9
Total Retail Sales of Consumer
Goods ¨100 million yuan©	20620.0	24774.1	27298.9	29152.5	31134.7	34152.6	37595.2
By Location of Establishments
City	12376.7	14951.2	16650.4	17825.2	19091.6	21110.3	23543.4
County	2919.6	3280.0	3500.1	3681.9	3892.5	4217.2	4583.2
Under County Level	5323.7	6542.9	7148.4	7645.4	8150.6	8825.1	9468.6
By Sector
Wholesale and Retail Trade	13801.3	16205.1	18108.3	19185.8	20551.8	23042.3	25510.8
Catering Trade	1579.2	2024.9	2433.3	2816.4	3199.6	3752.6	4368.9
Manufacturing	1540.7	1775.3	1987.9	2037.6	2094.5	2191.8	4191.7
Farm Producers	2777.6	3261.9	3744.9	4088.7	4205.0	4035.8	7715.5
a) Figures since 1998 on purchase, sales and inventory by wholesale and retail trade refer to units
above designated size.
b) Data on total retail sales of consumer goods since 1997 exclude purchase of commodity housing by households.
c) Number of corporation units in 1999 refer to those enterprises above designated size.