13-1 Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Number of Corporate (unit)	3796	471	394	502	502	518
Wholesale and Retail Trades	3639	443	370	479	477	483
Catering Trade	157	28	24	23	25	35
Number of Economic Active Unit (unit)	4667	499	431	571	595	610
Wholesale and Retail Trades	4297	456	382	511	524	530
Catering Trade	370	43	49	60	71	80
Wholesale and Retail Trades
Total Purchases (100 million yuan)	606	377.9	404.3	472.1	519.4	700.9
Total sales (100 million yuan )	712.8	463.2	478.3	506.2	624.8	776.4
Total Inventory (100 million yuan)	244.3	157.8	120.8	143.3	116.1	129.5
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (100 million yuan )	327.5	347.4	374.5	406.3	442.9	421.2
By Location of Establishments
City	197.7	214	233.7	256.6	284.8	311.3
County	59.9	61.5	65.2	69.7	74.3	49.2
Below County Level	69.9	71.9	75.6	80	83.8	60.7
By Sector
Wholesale and Retail Trade	206.9	222.6	242.3	266.4	296.2	341.9
Catering Trade	27.8	32.7	38.2	44.5	53	60.6
Others	92.8	92.1	94	95.4	93.7	18.7
Note: a) Figures since 1999 on purchase, sales and inventory by wholesale and retail trade refer to units above designated size.
b) Numder of corporation unit, economic active units and persons employed since 1999 refer to those enterprise above designated size.
c) Retail Volume for Social Consumer’s Goods After 2003 Excludes Retail Volume for Farmers and Manufacturers(The same as follows).