Taiwan (China) - Retail Sales
Taiwan (China): Retail Sales
| Mnemonic | WRT.ITWN | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Ths. TWD, NSA | |
| Adjustments | Not Seasonally Adjusted | |
| Monthly | 2.6 % | |
| Data | May 2026 | 415,303,086 |
| Apr 2026 | 404,763,978 | |
Series Information
| Source | Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Republic of China |
| Release | Sales of Wholesale, Retail and Food Services [RSI] |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Start Date | 1/31/1999 |
| End Date | 5/31/2026 |
Release Information
For Tawain (China), monthly data on "sales in wholesale, retail and food services," a.k.a. distributive trade, domestic trade or internal trade, as opposed to external merchandise trade.
Sales level
Active:
- Industry classification: SIC Rev. 10
- Measurement: Thousands of Taiwan new dollars (Ths. TWD)
- Adjustments:
- Seasonally adjusted (SA)
- Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
- Native frequency: Monthly
- Start dates:
- 1999m1 for most
- 2010m1 for branch 4871 (e-commerce)
Predecessors:
- 1999m1 to 2024m3 ("_16")
- 1999m1 to 2019m3 ("_11")
- Annual - 2000 to 2014 (no specifier)
- Annual, pre-2009 method - 2002m11 to 2009m2 ("09")
- Monthly, pre-2009 method - 2003m1 to 2009m2 ("09")
Global concept aliases:
- WRT.ITWN
Sales index
Active:
- Measurement: Fixed-base volume index relative to 2021 (Vol. Index 2021=100)
- Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
- Native frequency: Monthly
- Start date: Uniformly 1999m1
Predecessors:
- 2016=100 - 1999m1 to 2024m3 ("_16")
- 2016=100, select items - 1999m1 to 2022m5 ("_22")
- 2011=100 - 1990m1 to 2019m3 ("_11")
- 2006=100 (no specifier)
- 2001=100 - 2002m11 to 2009m2 ("01")
Published by the Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The source does not provide methodology for retail trade.
Moody's Analytics supplements
For the index of total retail sales, we construct a seasonally adjusted supplement using X-13ARIMA-SEATS.
Yes. Data are provisional when first released and revised in the next release.
For the index, the base year is advanced every fifth year.
Further reading
At the source:
- Theme page: Statistical Release » Sales of wholesale, retail and food services
- Economic Indicators » Industry & commerce » C-3 Sales of wholesale, retail and food services
- Summary data: C-3 Sales of wholesale, retail and food services (pdf)
- Sales of Wholesale, Retail and Food Services in April 2024 (23 May 2024)
- Sep 2005 - Initial version, using base 2001.
- May 2009 - Reclassified, rebased to 2006.
- Jul 2019 - Rebased to 2016.
- Jun 2024, Phillip Thorne - Rebased to 2021: Properties.