The National Bureau of Statistics released data on April 16. In March, the added value of industries above designated size actually increased by 4.5% year-on-year and a month-on-month decrease of 0.08%. Among them, the oil and natural gas extraction industry increased by 1.5% year-on-year, and the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 9.1% year-on-year.
Looking at three major categories, in March, the added value of the mining industry increased by 0.2% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 5.1%, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 4.9%.
In terms of economic types, in March, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 4.1% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.1%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises increased by 2.6%; and private enterprises increased by 3.7%.
In terms of industries, in March, 32 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry decreased by 1.6%, the oil and natural gas mining industry increased by 1.5%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 5.2%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 4.0%, the textile industry increased by 2.5%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 9.1%, the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 2.8%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 3.3%, and the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 11.2%. The general equipment manufacturing industry was flat year-on-year, the special equipment manufacturing industry grew by 0.9%, the automobile manufacturing industry grew by 9.4%, the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry grew by 8.6%, and the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry grew by 4.8%., computers, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry grew by 10.6%, and the electricity and heat production and supply industry grew by 4.9%.
In terms of products, in March, the output of 338 out of 619 products increased year-on-year. Among them, 123.37 million tons of steel, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%; 154.4 million tons of cement, a decrease of 22.0%; 6.67 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 7.1%; 2.77 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 3.6%; 2.794 million vehicles, an increase of 6.5%, including 884,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 33.5%; power generation was 747.7 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 2.8%; The crude oil processing volume was 63.78 million tons, an increase of 1.3%.
In March, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 93.1%, down 1.3 percentage points year-on-year; industrial enterprises above designated size achieved an export delivery value of 1.2671 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 1.4% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, the added value of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 6.1% year-on-year. Among them, the oil and natural gas extraction industry increased by 2.5% year-on-year, and the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 9.6% year-on-year. Source: Sinochem New Network