China chemical raw materials and products manufacturing value added up 1.5% yoy

According to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on October 19, in the third quarter, the national industrial capacity utilization rate was 76.7 percent, up 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year and up 2.3 percentage points from the second quarter. Among them, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing capacity utilization rate of 76.2%.

Divided into three major categories, the third quarter, the mining industry capacity utilization rate of 73.9%, down 0.8 percentage points from the same period last year, up 1.8 percentage points from the second quarter; manufacturing capacity utilization rate of 77.2%, up 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year, up 2.4 percentage points from the second quarter; electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry capacity utilization rate of 72.8%, compared with the previous year Up 0.7 percentage points in the same period, up 2.2 percentage points from the second quarter.

By major industries, the third quarter, coal mining and washing industry capacity utilization rate of 71.2%, food manufacturing 74.5%, textile industry 76.2%, chemical materials and chemical products manufacturing 76.2%, non-metallic mineral products for 71.8%, ferrous metals smelting and rolling processing industry for 81.6%, non-ferrous metals smelting and rolling processing industry for 80.6%, general-purpose equipment 79.0 percent in manufacturing, 77.8 percent in special equipment manufacturing, 77.6 percent in automobile manufacturing, 80.9 percent in electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, and 78.9 percent in computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing.

Cumulatively in the first three quarters, the national industrial capacity utilization rate was 73.1 percent, down 3.1 percentage points from the same period last year. Among them, the capacity utilization rate of the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry was 73.4 per cent.