The Value-Added of Industry Increased Rapidly in April

In April, the total value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (all state-owned enterprises and those non-state-owned enterprises with an annual sales income over 5 million yuan each year, the same as follow) reached 682.0 billion yuan, increased 16.6 over the same period of the previous year. The sales ratio of industrial products was 98.04 percent, 0.19 percentage points higher than that in the same period of last year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises was up to 473.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.4 percent.

In terms of main industries, the growth rate of textile industry, raw chemical materials and relevant product manufacturing industry, non-metal mineral product industry, non-ferrous metal smelting and pressing industry respectively rose by 13.1, 16.9, 20.7 and 14.7 percent; that of general equipment manufacturing industry, transportation equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, communication facility, computer and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries increased 20.6, 23.8, 14.9, 26.8 and 11.9 percentage points compared with those in last April.

In category of main products, the production of coal, crude oil, generate electricity capacity went up by 18.9, 2.6 and 11.2 percent, respectively; that of iron, crude steel, rolled steel and cement correspondingly up by 17.4, 19.0, 27.5 and 19.0 percent .The production of auto car up by 21.4 percent, of which, 83.1 percentage points increase was contributed from saloon cars.

The accumulated value-added of industrial enterprises that above designated size achieved 2461.1 billion yuan, 16.7 percent higher than that was in the same period of the previous year.