12-1Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Number of Corporate (unit)	5942	3796	471	394	502	502
Wholesale and Retail Trades	5715	3639	443	370	479	477
Catering Trade	227	157	28	24	23	25
Number of Economic Active Unit	7109	4667	499	431	571	595
Wholesale and Retail Trades	6637	4297	456	382	511	524
Catering Trade	472	370	43	49	60	71
Wholesale and Retail Trades
Total Purchases (100 million yuan)	798.2	606	377.9	404.3	472.1	519.4
Total sales (100 million yuan )	892.1	712.8	463.2	478.3	506.2	624.8
Total Inventory (100 million yuan)	274.3	244.3	157.8	120.8	143.3	116.1
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods(100 million yuan )	310.4	327.5	347.4	374.5	406.3	442.9
By Location of Establishments
City	186.4	197.7	214	233.7	256.6	284.8
County	57.5	59.9	61.5	65.2	69.7	74.3
Under County Level	66.5	69.9	71.9	75.6	80	83.8
By Sector
Wholesale and Retail Trade	198.7	206.9	222.6	242.3	266.4	296.2
Catering Trade	22.2	27.8	32.7	38.2	44.5	53
Others	89.5	92.8	92.1	94	95.4	93.7
Manufacturing	22.8	23.7	22.3	22	22	22
Farm Producers	47.1	50.1	49.6	51.2	52.3	52.8
Note: a) Figures since 1998 on purchase, sales and inventory by wholesale and retail trade refer to units above designated size.
b) Data on total retail sales of consumer goods since 1997 exclude purchase of commodity housing by households.
c) Numder of corporation unit, economic active units and persons employed since 1999 refer to those enterprise above designated size.