the added value of chemical raw materials and products manufacturing increased

According to the data released by the National Statistical Bureau on April 17, in March 2019, the value added of industries above scale increased by 8.5% year on year and 1% year on year. Among them, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 7.1% year-on-year. It can be divided into three categories. In March, the value added of mining industry increased by 4.6% year-on-year, 4.3 percentage points faster than in January-February; the manufacturing industry increased by 9.0% and 3.4 percentage points faster; and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 7.7% and 0.9 percentage points faster. 

In March, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 4.7% compared with the same period last year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 10.0%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan-invested enterprises by 4.2% and private enterprises by 14.2%. In March, 40 of 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in value added. Among them, agricultural and sideline food processing industry grew by 5.7%, textile industry by 9.0%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry by 7.1%, non-metallic mineral products industry by 15.4%, ferrous metal smelting and calendering industry by 8.5%, non-ferrous metal smelting and calendering industry by 11.1%, general equipment manufacturing industry by 14.1%, special equipment manufacturing industry by 16.4%, automobile manufacturing industry by 2.6%. Railway, ship, aerospace and other transport equipment manufacturing industry grew by 13.6%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry by 15.2%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry by 10.2%, and power, thermal production and supply industry by 7.2%. In March, the value added of the eastern region increased by 10.3%, that of the central region by 9.6%, that of the western region by 7.5%, and that of the northeastern region by 8.0%. In March, 414 products of 605 products increased year-on-year. Among them, 97.87 million tons of steel, an increase of 11.4%; 17.97 million tons of cement, an increase of 22.2%; 4.67 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 6.9%; 17.5 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 7.5%; 25.87 million cars, a decrease of 2.6%, of which 988,000 cars, a decrease of 3.4%; 109,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 41.6%; 56.98 billion kWh In March, the sales rate of industrial enterprises'products was 98.8%, which was 1.3 percentage points higher than that of the same month last year. Industrial enterprises have realized export delivery value of 1029.2 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 5.7% over the same period last year.