Economic Survey: income, profits of enterprises in retail trade

The following are statistics with the total income and profits of enterprises in China's retail trade in the year 2004, with the value in 1 billion yuan, citing results of China's first national economic survey:

Items Total income Total Profits
Total 1868.18 24.95
Comprehensive Retail Trade 547.28 7.23
Food, Beverages and Tobacco 68.17 0.19
Textile, Clothing and Commodities 70.71 1.54
Culture and Sports Articles and Appliances 70.50 1.56
Medicines and Health Care Appliances 89.06 0.59
Vehicles, Motors, Fuel and Components 627.35 7.33
Household Appliances and Electronic Products 246.76 2.64
Metal, Furniture and Decoration Materials 80.60 2.17
Others 67.75 1.70

The first-ever national economic survey, which formally began on Dec. 31, 2004, was jointly published by the Leading Group of First National Economic Census of the State Council and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).



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