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<Econ> China's Added Value of Industries Above Designated Scale +4.5% YoY in May, Above Forecast
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China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that in May, the Added Value of Industries Above Designated Scale rose 4.5% YoY in real terms (all growth rates of value-added are real growth rates after deducting price factors), accelerating by 0.4 ppts from April and slightly above market expectations of a 4.4% increase. On a MoM basis, the Added Value of Industries Above Designated Scale in May grew 0.4% from April. In the first five months, the Added Value of Industries Above Designated Scale increased 5.4% YoY.

By sector, in May the value added of the mining industry grew 2.3% YoY, manufacturing increased 4.4%, and electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply rose 7.6%.

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By ownership type, in May the value added of state-controlled enterprises increased 3.7% YoY; shareholding enterprises rose 5.2%, foreign-invested enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan grew 1.9%; and private enterprises increased 2.7%.

By industry, among 41 major industries in May, 28 recorded YoY growth in value added. Coal mining and washing grew 3.5%, oil and natural gas extraction rose 1.5%, agro-food processing increased 1.5%, liquor, beverage and refined tea manufacturing fell 2.7%, textiles rose 2.6%, raw chemical materials and chemical products manufacturing increased 0.3%, non-metallic mineral products declined 5.6%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing rose 1.6%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing fell 4.5%, general equipment manufacturing grew 6.7%, special equipment manufacturing rose 9.1%, automobile manufacturing increased 8.3%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing rose 7.4%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased 4.7%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing surged 17.0%, and electricity and heat production and supply rose 8.7%.

By product, among 626 products of industrial enterprises above designated scale in May, output of 300 products recorded YoY growth. Steel products totaled 123 million tonnes, down 2.8% YoY; cement reached 150 million tonnes, down 8.1%; ten types of non-ferrous metals amounted to 6.98 million tonnes, up 2.2%; ethylene was 3.38 million tonnes, up 2.1%; automobile output was 2.582 million units, down 3.2%, of which new energy vehicles reached 1.489 million units, up 17.8%; power generation totaled 784.3 billion kilowatt-hours, up 4.2%; and crude oil processing volume was 53.72 million tonnes, down 9.1%.

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In May, the product sales ratio of industrial enterprises above designated scale was 96%, down 0.1 ppts YoY; industrial enterprises above designated scale achieved export delivery value of RMB1.39 trillion, representing a nominal increase of 10.1% YoY.(jl/u)
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