The Spring Festival holiday of 2025 has come to a close. The reporters learned from the Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce that the consumption market in the province was well-supplied and stable in terms of prices during the holiday. Various promotional activities were abundant, and the market operated smoothly and orderly. The 214 key retail and catering enterprises monitored in the province achieved a total sales revenue of 2.402 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 2.93%.

Market monitoring indicated that the prices of eight major categories of essential goods remained stable. Specifically, the prices of cooking oil, meat, and dairy products decreased by 0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.6% respectively compared to the previous month, while the prices of fruits and aquatic products increased by 1.7% and 0.1%. The prices of grains, eggs, and vegetables remained unchanged.

There was a slight increase in overall sales revenue. Among the 214 key monitored retail and catering enterprises in the province, the total sales revenue reached 2.402 billion yuan, up 2.93% year-on-year. Of this, the 192 monitored retail enterprises achieved sales of 2.234 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.76%, while the 22 monitored catering enterprises reported sales of 167 million yuan, up 5.24%. In terms of key industry sales, driven by the "trade-in" consumption policy, sales of communication equipment, automobiles, household appliances, and audio-visual products saw significant growth, increasing year-on-year by 86.35%, 25.18%, and 19.62% respectively. The sales revenue of grain, oil, and food products, as well as petroleum and related products, showed an upward trend, with increases of 4.67% and 4.47% year-on-year.

Source: Anhui Daily