Total retail sales of goods in November continues to the increase

04/12/2018 07:57

(BNP) - Total retail sales of goods in November was estimated at VND 3,183.4 billion with an increase of 2.7% compared with previous month and 7.7% compared with same month last year.

People choose goods at Dabaco Supermarket (Bac Ninh city).

To control the inflation of the price market, the Provincial People's Committee on November 19th 2018 signed the Decision no. 2105/QD-UBND approving the Price Stabilization Program for 10 essential commodities in the province with total provincial budget of VND 60.1 billion on the occasion of Lunar New Year Ky Hoi 2019. Over the years, this program has contributed to balance the supply and demand of goods, meet the demand of people… as well as encouraged people to carry out the campaign "the Vietnamese prefer to use made-in-Vietnam goods".

After 11 months, revenue from retail sales of goods reached VND 33,629.1 billion, up 9.6% in comparison with the same period last year. Among which, the individual economy accounted for 60.8%, up 7.9%; private sector accounted for 37.9%, up 12.4%. According to commodity group, 12 out of 12 commodity groups increased in comparison with the same period. In particular, some commodity groups had higher growth than the general rise index such as wood and construction materials; automobiles of all kinds; vehicles; petroleum; other fuels; other goods and revenue from repair services.