Industrial Production Operation in August 2013
By CnAgri
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In August 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 10.4 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.7 percentage point higher than that in last month. In June, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size went up by 0.93 percent month-on-month. In the first eight months, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.5 percent.
Analysis on different types of enterprises showed that, in August, the year-on-year growth of the state-owned enterprises and state holding enterprises increased 9.5 percent, collective enterprises increased 2.9 percent, joint-stock enterprises increased 11.7 percent, enterprises funded by foreign investors or investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan province increased 8.7 percent.
In view of three sectors, the value added of mining and quarrying increased 5.8 percent in August, that of manufacturing increased 10.9 percent, and that of production and distribution of electricity, gas and water was up by 12.5 percent, year-on-year.
Grouped by different sectors, in August, 39 industries within 41 industrial divisions kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the growth of textile industry was 8.1 percent; the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products, up by 12.3 percent; the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, up by 11.7 percent; the ferrous metal smelting and pressing, up by 13.6 percent; the manufacture of general-purpose machinery, up by 8.0 percent; the manufacture of automobile industry, up by 13.9 percent; the manufacture of railway locomotives, building of ships and boats, manufacture of air and spacecrafts and other transportation equipments, up by 2.2 percent; the manufacture of electric machinery and equipment, up by 12.8 percent; the manufacture of computer, communication equipment and other electronic equipment, up by 10.7 percent; the production and supply of electricity and heat, up by 12.2 percent.
In terms of different regions, in August, the value-added of eastern region increased 9.3 percent year-on-year; the central region went up by 11.4 percent; western region rose by 12.9 percent.
In terms of different products, of the total 464 products, the output of 305 products in August showed a year-on-year growth. Of this total, the output of electricity was 498.7 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 13.4 percent; that of pig iron was 91.94 million tons, up by 15.6 percent; that of cement was 214.84 million tons, up by 8.2 percent; that of crude oil was 39.74 million tons, up by 5.5percent; that of 10 kinds of nonferrous metals was 3.37 million tons, up by 5.7 percent; and that of ethylene was 1260 thousand tons, up by 7.7 percent; that of automobiles was 1796 thousand sets, up by 14.8 percent; that of cars was 1023 thousand sets, up by 11.2 percent.
The sales ratio of industrial products in August was 98.3 percent, or 0.1 percentage point lower than that in the same period of last year. The total export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 943.2 billion yuan, a nominal year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent.
