Industrial Production Operation in July 2014

In July 2014, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.0 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.2 percentage points lower than that in June 2014. In July, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size went up by 0.68 percent month-on-month. From January to July, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 8.8 percent.

In view of three sectors, the value added of mining and quarrying increased 6.2 percent in July, that of manufacturing increased 10.0 percent, and that of production and distribution of electricity, gas and water was up by 1.9 percent, year-on-year.

Analysis on different types of enterprises showed that, in July, the year-on-year growth of the state-owned enterprises and state holding enterprises increased 5.8 percent, collective enterprises increased 4.4 percent, joint-stock enterprises increased 10.2 percent, enterprises funded by foreign investors or investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan province increased 6.3 percent.

Grouped by different sectors, in July, 39 industries within 41 industrial divisions kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the growth of processing of food from agricultural products was 7.6 percent; the textile industry was up by 6.5 percent; the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products, up by 11.5 percent; the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, up by 10.2 percent; the ferrous metal smelting and pressing, up by 5.2 percent; the manufacture and processing of non-ferrous metals, up by 12.9 percent; the manufacture of general-purpose machinery, up by 11.9 percent; the manufacture of special-purpose machinery, up by 8.9 percent; the manufacture of automobile industry, up by 12.8 percent; the manufacture of railway locomotives, building of ships and boats, manufacture of air and spacecrafts and other transportation equipments, up by 16.6 percent; the manufacture of electric machinery and equipment, up by 9.9 percent; the manufacture of computer, communication equipment and other electronic equipment, up by 11.1 percent; the production and supply of electricity and heat, up by 0.9 percent.

In terms of different regions, in July, the value-added of eastern region increased 8.5 percent year-on-year; the central region went up by 8.9 percent; western region rose by 10.9 percent.

In terms of different products, many kinds of products in July showed a year-on-year growth. Of this total, the output of pig iron was 94.76 million tons, went up by 3.7 percent; that of cement was 222.97 million tons, up by 3.5 percent; that of 10 kinds of nonferrous metals was 3.63 million tons, up by 7.8 percent; that of ethylene was 1500 thousand tons, up by 11.7 percent; that of automobiles was 1858 thousand sets, up by 10.5 percent; that of cars was 1021 thousand sets, up by 6.8 percent; that of electricity was 504.8 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 3.3 percent; that of crude oil was 41.08 million tons, up by 2.0 percent.

The sales ratio of industrial products in July was 97.9 percent, 0.5 percentage points lower over the same period of last year. The total export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 985.2 billion yuan, a nominal year-on-year increase of 7.2 percent.