May 2015 Textile Industry Growth 8.0%

In May 2015, the value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.1% year-on-year (the growth rate of the following added value is the real growth rate after deducting price factors), which is 0.2% faster than that in April. From a month-on-month perspective, in May, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.52% from the previous month. From January to May, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.2% year-on-year.

Looking at the three categories, in May, the added value of the mining industry increased by 3.9% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 6.7%, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 2.2%.

In terms of economic types, in May, the value-added of state-controlled enterprises increased by 2.2% year-on-year, that of collective enterprises increased by 1.2%, that of joint-stock enterprises increased by 7.5%, and that of foreign-invested companies and Hong Kong-Macao, Taiwan-invested companies increased by 3.0%. In terms of sub-sectors, in May, the value added of 39 industries in 41 major industries maintained a year-on-year growth. Among them, the agricultural and non-staple food processing industry increased by 5.1%, the textile industry increased by 8.0%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 8.8%, the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 5.1%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 5.7%, non-ferrous metals Smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 8.5%, general equipment manufacturing increased by 2.7%, special equipment manufacturing increased by 3.1%, automobile manufacturing increased by 4.4%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing increased by 5.1%, and electrical machinery. Equipment and equipment manufacturing increased by 6.5%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing increased by 9.9%, and electricity and heat production and supply increased by 1.4%.

From a regional perspective, in May, the value added in the eastern region increased by 6.7% year-on-year, in the central region by 6.5%, in the western region by 7.8%, and in the northeast by 4.6%.

From a product perspective, in May, 269 products out of 565 products increased year-on-year. Among them, steel was 98.48 million tons, an increase of 2.1% year-on-year; cement was 220.44 million tons, a decrease of 5.4%; ten non-ferrous metals were 4.34 million tons, an increase of 11.4%; ethylene was 1.29 million tons, a decrease of 5.9%; autos were 1.984 million, a decrease of 1.6%. The number of sedan cars was 917,000, a drop of 15.0%; the processing volume of crude oil was 43.92 million tons, an increase of 7.4%; the electricity generation amount was 456.2 billion kwh, which was flat year-on-year.

In May, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 97.5%, which was 0.3% lower than the same period of last year. Industrial enterprises achieved an export delivery value of 958 billion yuan, a nominal decrease of 3.0% year-on-year.