Industrial Added Value Increased By More Than 4.4% In August 2019.

In August 2019, the industrial added value of above scale increased by 4.4% in real terms (the actual growth rate below the price factor) was 0.4 percentage points lower than that in July. From the perspective of the ring ratio, the added value of industrial added value above scale increased by 0.32% over the previous month in August. From 1 to August, the added value of above scale industries increased by 5.6% over the same period last year.

Divided into three categories, in August, the added value of the mining industry increased by 3.7% over the same period last year, the growth rate dropped 2.9 percentage points compared with July, the manufacturing industry grew 4.3%, dropped 0.2 percentage points, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry grew 5.9%, down 1 percentage points.

According to the economic type, in August, the added value of state holding enterprises increased by 4.1% compared with the same period last year. The share holding enterprises increased by 5.3%, and foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises increased by 1.3%, and private enterprises increased by 6%.

According to sub sectors, in August, 32 sectors of the 41 categories of industries maintained an increase in value. The added value of the agricultural and sideline food processing industry was unchanged from the same month last year. The textile industry grew by 0.1%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products industry increased by 1.2%, the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 8.1%, the ferrous metal smelting and calendering processing industry increased by 10.4%, the non-ferrous metal smelting and calendering processing industry increased by 8.5%, the general equipment manufacturing industry was flat compared with the same month last year, the special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 3.3%, the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 4.3%, the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transport equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.8%, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased 10%, and the computer, telecommunications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 4.7%, and the electricity, heat production and supply industry grew by 5.1%.

According to the regional perspective, in August, the added value of the eastern region increased by 2.8%, the central region increased by 6.5%, the western region grew by 5.3%, and the northeast region grew by 3%.

According to sub products, in August, 302 products of the 605 products grew year on year. 106 million 390 thousand tons of steel, an increase of 9.8% over the same period, 210 million 180 thousand tons of cement, an increase of 5.1%, ten kinds of non-ferrous metals 4 million 910 thousand tons, an increase of 4.4%, 1 million 650 thousand tons of ethylene, 1.8% growth, 2 million cars, a decrease of 0.6%, of which, cars were reduced by 1 million 650 thousand vehicles, and new energy vehicles increased by more than 70 million kilowatts.

In August, the sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.3%, down 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year. The export value of industrial enterprises reached 10464 billion yuan, down 4.3% from the nominal level.