Industrial Production Operation in April 2019

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2019-05-15 16:30 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In April 2019, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 5.4 percent year-on-year in real terms (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), a decrease of 3.1 percentage points from that in the first three months. In April, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size went up by 0.37 percent month-on-month. In the first four months, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 6.2 percent year-on-year.

 

 

In view of three sectors, in April, the value added of mining and quarrying increased 2.9 percent year-on-year, the growth rate went down by 1.7 percentage points from that in the first three months; that of manufacturing increased 5.3 percent, a decrease of 3.7 percentage points; and that of production and distribution of electricity, heating power, gas and water was up by 9.5 percent, an increase of 1.8 percentage points.

 

Analysis on different types of enterprises showed that, in April, the value added of the state holding enterprises increased 6.0 percent year-on-year, that of joint-stock enterprises increased 6.3 percent, that of enterprises funded by foreign investors or investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased 2.5 percent; that of private enterprise increased 5.1 percent..

 

Grouped by different sectors, in April, 33 industries within 41 industrial divisions kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the growth of processing of food from agricultural products was 3.4 percent; the textile industry was down by 1.8 percent; the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products, up by 3.4 percent; the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, up by 9.8 percent; the manufacture and processing of ferrous metals, up by 11.5 percent; the manufacture and processing of non-ferrous metals, up by 8.9 percent; the manufacture of general-purpose machinery, up by 2.0 percent; the manufacture of special-purpose machinery, up by 2.8 percent; the manufacture of automobile industry, down by 1.1 percent; the manufacture of railway locomotives, building of ships and boats, manufacture of air and spacecrafts and other transportation equipments, up by 5.8 percent; the manufacture of electric machinery and equipment, up by 7.1 percent; the manufacture of computer, communication equipment and other electronic equipment, up by 12.4 percent; the production and supply of electric power and heat power, up by 9.1 percent.

 

In terms of different regions, in April, the value-added of eastern region increased 2.5 percent year-on-year; central region went up by 7.7 percent; western region rose by 4.0 percent; northeastern region went down by 0.1 percent.

 

In terms of different products, in April, 298 products within 605 products kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the output of pig iron was 102.05 million tons, went up by 11.5 percent year-on-year; that of cement was 213.45 million tons, up by 3.4 percent; that of 10 kinds of nonferrous metals was 4.74 million tons, up by 4.9 percent; that of ethylene was 1,690 thousand tons, up by 9.5 percent; that of automobiles was 2,020 thousand sets, down by 15.8 percent; of which, that of cars was 797 thousand sets, down by 18.8 percent; that of new energy cars was 89 thousand sets, up by 17.1 percent; that of electricity was 544.0 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 3.8 percent; that of crude oil was 52.10 million tons, up by 5.1 percent.

 

The sales ratio of industrial products in April was 97.2 percent, a decrease of 2.4 percentage points from that in the same period of last year. The total export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 989.9 billion yuan, a nominal year-on-year increase of 7.6 percent.

 

Industrial Production Operation in April 2019

 

Indicators

April

Jan-Apr

Absolute Value

Increase rate Y/Y

(%)

Absolute Value

Increase rate Y/Y

(%)

 

 

 

 

 

Value-added of Industry Above Designated Size

5.4

6.2

Grouped by Three Sectors

 

 

 

 

 Mining and Quarrying

2.9

2.4

 Manufacturing

5.3

6.7

    Manufacture of  high-tech industry

11.2

8.7

Production and Distribution of Electricity, Heating Power, Gas and Water

9.5

7.7

Grouped by Status of Registration

 

 

 

 

State-holding Enterprises

6.0

4.9

 Joint-Stock Enterprises

6.3

7.4

 Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and Foreign Funded Enterprises

2.5

1.7

 Private Enterprises

5.1

9.1

The Value-Added of the Main Industrial Sectors

 

 

 

 

  Processing of Food from Agricultural Products

3.4

5.4

  Manufacture of Foods

5.6

5.5

 Manufacture of Textile

-1.8

2.2

Manufacture of Chemical Raw Material and Chemical Products

3.4

5.0

  Manufacture of Medicines

9.1

7.2

  Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products

-0.2

4.7

 Manufacture of Nonmetal Mineral Products

9.8

11.0

Manufacture of Ferrous Metal Smelting and Pressing

11.5

8.9

  Manufacture and Processing of Non-Ferrous Metals

8.9

9.7

  Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products

3.3

8.9

 Manufacture of General Machinery

2.0

6.7

  Manufacture of Special-Purpose Machinery

2.8

10.1

  Manufacture of Motor Vehicles

-1.1

-0.3

Manufacture of Railways, Shipbuilding, Aerospace and Other Transportation Equipment

5.8

9.7

 Manufacture of Electric Machinery and Equipment

7.1

10.0

Manufacture of Computer, Communication Equipment and Other Electronic Equipment

12.4

9.0

 Production and Supply of Electric Power and Heat Power

9.1

7.1

Output of Major Products

 

 

 

 

  Cloth (100 million meters)

42

1.7

148

0.9

 Sulfuric Acid(100%) (10,000 tons)

670

-0.1

2808

4.5

 Caustic Soda(100%) (10,000 tons)

297

-0.9

1179

0.1

  Ethylene (10,000 tons)

169

9.5

675

8.7

 Chemical Fiber (10,000 tons)

465

11.1

1730

13.9

Cement (10,000 tons)

21345

3.4

60561

7.3

Plate Glass (10 000 weight boxes)

7872

7.5

30022

6.4

 Pig Iron (10,000 tons)

6983

10.1

26265

9.6

 Crude Steel (10,000 tons)

8503

12.7

31496

10.1

 Steel Products (10,000 tons)

10205

11.5

37086

11.1

10 Kinds Of Nonferrous Metals (10,000 tons)

474

4.9

1864

5.2

  Of which: Primary Aluminium (Electrolytic Aluminium) (10,000 tons)

292

3.9

1148

4.1

Metal-Cutting Machine Tool (10,000 sets)

4

-25.0

15

-7.1

Industrial Robot (unit/set)

12917

-7.3

45258

-10.2

Automobile (10,000 sets)

202.0

-15.8

832.4

-11.8

  Of which: Saloon cars (10,000 sets)

79.7

-18.8

328.1

-13.4

         SUV(10,000 sets)

62.4

-21.7

271.5

-17.6

  Of which: New Energy Automobile (10,000 sets)

8.9

17.1

34.7

41.1

Generator Set (Power Generating Equipment) (10,000 kWh)

545

-0.3

2406

-14.7

Micro Computer Equipment (10,000 sets)

2400

16.6

8989

3.6

  Mobile Phone (10,000 sets)

14673

0.0

50812

-10.9

  Of which: Smartphone (10,000 sets)

10788

1.9

37407

-9.5

Integrated Circuit (100 000 000 pcs)

141

-2.1

502

-6.7

Raw Coal (10,000 tons)

29429

0.1

110961

0.6

Coke (10,000 tons)

3899

3.4

15184

6.5

  Crude Oil (10,000 tons)

1571

0.6

6306

0.6

  Crude Processing Volume (10,000 tons)

5210

5.1

20747

4.7

  Natural Gas (100 million Cubic Meters)

141

7.9

581

9.0

  Electricity (100 million kWh)

5440

3.8

22198

4.1

    Thermal Power

3886

-0.2

16554

1.4

    Hydro-electric Power

829

18.2

2987

13.7

  Nuclear Power

278

28.8

1048

26.8

  Wind Power

343

1.0

1259

2.3

  Solar Power

104

13.4

350

10.8

Sales Ratio (%)

97.2

-2.4 (percentage point)

98.0

-0.3 (percentage point)

Export Delivery Value (100 million yuan)

9899

7.6

37618

5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annotations:

 

1. Explanation of Indicator.

 

Growth rate of value added of the industrial enterprises: also known as industrial growth rate, which is used to reflect a certain period of increase or decrease in volume of industrial production indicators of the degree of change. The indicator can be used to estimate the short-term trend of the industrial economy, to judge the extent of the economic boom, and also to be an important reference and basis for the formulation and adjustment of economic policies, and for the implementation of macroeconomic adjustment and control.

 

Sales ratio: refers to sale value and industrial output value, which reflecting the situation between production and sales of industrial products.

 

Export delivery value: refers to the foreign trade department of industrial enterprises or self-run (commission) exports (including sold in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), with the price of foreign exchange settlement of product value, and foreign samples, materials processing, component assembly and compensation trade product value.

 

Daily product output: the total production of the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size in the current month divided by number of days in the month.

 

2. Statistical Coverage.

 

The standard starting point of industrial enterprises above designated size was 20 million yuan of annual revenue from primary business.

 

Due to the annual changes of the coverage of industrial enterprises above designated size, and in order to ensure that the data for this year is comparable with that of the previous year, the data of the corresponding period used for calculating the year-on-year growth rates of various indicators such as product output is as consistent with the enterprise statistical coverage of the current period as possible, and there is a difference in caliber from the data published last year. The main reasons are: (1) Coverage changes of statistical units. Each year, some companies will be included in the survey after having reached requisite size, and some will exit the survey due to their smaller size, and there are also influence of new built and starting enterprises, bankruptcies, and companies that have been suspended or sold. (2) There is cross-regional repeated calculation in the output data of some enterprise group (company) products, which has been eliminated according to specific surveys.

 

3. Data Collection.

 

The reports of industrial enterprises above designated size are conducted with complete survey on a monthly basis (Not report for January).

 

4. Division on Eastern, Central and Western Regions.

 

Eastern region includes Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. Central region includes Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan. Western region includes Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. Northeastern region includes Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

 

5. Standard on industrial classification

 

NBS enforces New Standard on Industrial Classification for National Economic Activities" (GB/T 4754-2017). For details, please refer the following link: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/hyflbz.

 

6. Content release adjustment

 

The share-holding enterprise data released in the past refers to the enterprise whose registration type is “collective”. With the establishment of the modern enterprise system, the proportion of enterprises registered as “collective” is declining (, the operating income of share-holding enterprises accounts for all industries above designated size over the proportion of enterprises is only 0.18% in 2018), so from 2019, the release of share-holding enterprise data will be cancelled.

 

7.Revision on month-on-month data

 

The month-on-month growth rate of the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size from April 2018 to March 2019 was revised according to the results of automatic revision of seasonal adjustment model. The results and data in April 2019 are as follows:

  

The Month-on-Month Growth Rate of Industrial Production Operation

 

Months

Growth Rate (%)

 

 

     2018- April

0.65

     May

0.51

     June

0.40

     July

0.42

     August

0.51

     September

0.49

     October

0.47

     November

0.40

     December

0.51

     2019- January

0.46

     February

0.46

     March

0.97

     April

0.37

 

 

 

In order to eliminate the impact resulting from the Chinese New Year’s unfixed dates, and enhance the comparability of the data, according to national statistical system, the data of January and February over the years has been surveyed and released together