China: added value of above-scale industry grew by 6.4% in July, 2017
2017-8-15
In July, 2017, added value of above-scale industry increased by 6.4% compared to the same period of last year, 1.2 percentage points lower than in June. From the chain point of view, in July, above-scale industrial added value increased by 0.41% over last month. In 1-7 months, above scale industrial added value grew by 6.8%.
Sub sectors, in July, 41 major categories of industry, 37 industries continued to grow in value. Among them, Agro food processing industry increased by 6%, 4.3% growth in the textile industry, growth of 2.3% chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing, non-metallic mineral products industry grew 3.4%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 2.1%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased 1.1%, general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.5%, special equipment manufacturing industry grew 11.9%, growth 11.8% in the automotive industry, railway, marine, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry increased by 3.3%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.7%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.8%, electricity, heat production and supply industry grew 9.7%.