<P>Reporter learned from the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Commerce was informed that the first quarter, the city's retail sales of social consumer goods 95.19 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%. In the five separate cities and 15 sub-provincial cities were ranked No. 3, No. 6. Among them, the above-mentioned catering industry turnover of 1.09 billion yuan,
folding chairs and tables wholesale an increase of 2.7%, retail sales of more than 31.31 billion yuan, an increase of 8%, limited to the wholesale business sales of 70.25 billion yuan, down 1.5%.</P>
<P>From the urban and rural areas, in the first quarter, urban and rural areas respectively, retail sales of social consumer goods 799.4 billion yuan and 15.25 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6% and 9.5%. In the first quarter, the wholesale sector achieved retail sales of 11.59 billion yuan, up 7.5%,
kids folding wooden table and chair lower than the same period last year 9.2 percentage points; retail sales to achieve retail sales of 73.09 billion yuan, up 10% over the same period last year 1.1 percentage points; Industry turnover of 9.82 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%, lower than the same period last year 1.5 percentage points.</P>
<P>From the scale, the first quarter, above the quota of enterprises and the following units to achieve social consumer goods retail sales of 29.66 billion yuan, 65.53 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%,
special price floating lounge chair dealers 10.2%. The increase in the turnover of the catering industry and the sales growth of the retail enterprises was higher than the 8.1% and 2.4 percentage points respectively in the same period of last year. The sales growth of the wholesale enterprises was 20.1 percentage points lower than that of the same period of last year.</P>
