On August 17^th, it was learned from the Municipal Bureau of Statistics that from January to July, the city has achieved sales of above-quota goods of 63.27 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1%. Among them, the wholesale and retail sales reached 59.53 billion yuan, increased by 9.5%, while the growth rate slightly dropped by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month; and the accommodation and catering industry achieved retail sales of 3.73 billion yuan, up 2.7%, and the growth rate increased by 0.6 percentage points from the previous month.

From the perspective of retail categories, automobile sales remained stable from January to July with an amount of 20.44 billion yuan, accounting for 34.3% of the above-quota wholesale and retail trade, up 10.8%.