according to the data from the national bureau of statistics: 1 in 2022 – in july, national furniture retail sales decreased by 8.6% year-on-year, and the monthly sales in july decreased by 6.3% year-on-year. from january to july 2022, the national furniture retail sales will be 86.4 billion yuan, a cumulative decrease of 8.6% year-on-year. among them, the national furniture retail sales in july will be 13.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.3%. from january to july 2022, the sales of building materials and home furnishing stores across the country were 760.366 billion yuan, a cumulative increase of 32.88% year-on-year. among them, the sales of building materials and home furnishing stores nationwide in a single month in july were 111.810 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.52%. in july 2022, the national building materials and household prosperity index was 116.02, a year-on-year decrease of 4.82 points and a month-on-month decrease of 0.42 points.
the main reason is the sharp drop in demand in the real estate industry: from january to july 2022, the national residential commercial housing sales area was 660 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 27.1%, and the decline was 0.5pct larger than that from january to june 2022 . according to single-month data, in july 2022, the sales area of residential commercial housing nationwide was 80.3 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 30.3% and a month-on-month decrease of 47.0%. from january to july in first- and second-tier cities and key third-tier cities across the country, the cumulative area of new housing sales was -33.78% year-on-year, of which the transaction area in july was -33.03% year-on-year. overall, the transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large and medium-sized cities across the country from january to july was 86.49 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 33.78%, which was 0.13pct lower than the decline from january to june; the transaction area of commercial housing was 13.0813 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 33.03%. in terms of city levels, among the 30 large and medium-sized cities from january to july 2022, the transaction area of first-tier cities was 18 million square meters, a cumulative decrease of 29.95% year-on-year, of which 3.23 million square meters were sold in july, a year-on-year decrease of 5.73%; second-tier cities from january to july the transaction area in the city was 50.82 million square meters, a cumulative decrease of 29.91% year-on-year, of which 7.3122 million square meters were sold in july, a year-on-year decrease of 36.85%; the transaction area of third-tier cities from january to july was 17.67 million square meters, a cumulative decrease of 45.48% year-on-year, of which the transaction volume in july was 253.91 million square meters million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 43.91%.
residential new construction area from january to july, the accumulative decline was 36.8% year-on-year, and the single-month decrease in july was 45.1% year-on-year. from january to july 2022, the area of newly started residential buildings nationwide was 559 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 36.8%. among them, in july, the area of newly started residential buildings nationwide was 711.8 billion square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 45.1%, an increase of 0.2% compared with the single month of june. pct.
from the point of view of exports, customs data shows that2022year1-6the total export volume of sponge rubber or foam plastic mattresses133210,000, a year-on-year decrease28%.
figure1:2monthly statistics on the export volume of mattresses from 021 to 2022
in the first half of this year, the new crown epidemic is still raging around the world, and the conflict between russia and ukraine and the energy crisis have further intensified the global economic environment has deteriorated, and development has stagnated or even reversed. however, with the gradual control of the epidemic, the gradual stabilization of the international situation, and the steady reduction of raw material prices, the demand for relatively rigid home decoration such as upholstered furniture may usher in order restoration in the peak season of the second half of the year, and terminal demand may be released.
