Nghe An, total retail sales of goods increased by over 12%
(Baonghean.vn) - Market prices in Nghe An in the first 6 months of the year were generally stable. Total retail sales of goods in the first half of 2018 were estimated at over 21 trillion VND, up 12.35% over the same period last year.
By retail group, the food and foodstuff group accounted for the largest proportion with estimated revenue in the first 5 months reaching over 6.4 trillion VND (accounting for 30.3% of the total), up 15.0% over the same period last year; the household appliances, tools and equipment group 2.8 trillion VND, up 12.18%; the wood and construction materials group 1.5 trillion VND, up 11.31%.
In the first half of the year, retail and service activities were bustling, people's shopping needs increased sharply, peaking in the month before Lunar New Year.
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| Total retail sales of goods in the first 5 months of 2018 are estimated at over 21 trillion VND. Photo: Phuong Thuy |
However, the market management force coordinates with sectors and localities to regularly check and control price posting and selling at the correct listed price. Therefore, the situation of goods and prices in the past 6 months has been relatively stable.
In particular, commodity groups such as: food, foodstuff, cooking oil, sugar, milk, liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline... are regularly inspected. Therefore, there is no situation of sudden price increases, price pressure, speculation, hoarding, market disruption, or hoarding.
6/11 groups of goods and services had price indexes decrease and the largest decrease was in the group of clothing, hats, caps, and footwear, down 0.84% due to the decrease in people's demand for clothes; the group of household equipment and utensils, down 0.51%; the group of food and catering services, down 0.25% (of which food decreased 0.51%; food decreased 0.25%); the group of beverages and tobacco decreased 0.15% due to the decrease in demand for items such as beer, wine, and soft drinks.
The three groups with price increases are housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials, up 0.16%; transportation, up 1.11% due to a 2.96% increase in gasoline prices; culture, entertainment and tourism, up 0.3%; and two groups that remained unchanged are medicine and medical services and post and telecommunications.
Total retail sales of goods in the last months of 2018 are expected to improve./.
