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National Bureau of Statistics: In the first quarter, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 3.0% year-on-year, and the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 4.4%

Release time:

Apr 20,2023

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国家统计局

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on April 18, in March, the added value of industries above designated size actually increased by 3.9% year-on-year (the added value growth rate is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors). From a month-on-month perspective, in March, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.12% compared with the previous month. From January to March, the added value of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 3.0% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points faster than the fourth quarter of the previous year.

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Divided into three categories, in March, the added value of the mining industry increased by 0.9% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 4.2%, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 5.2%.

In terms of economic types, in March, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 4.4% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 4.4%; foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 1.4%; private enterprises increased by 2.0%.

In terms of industries, in March, the added value of 26 out of 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry increased by 0.7%, the oil and natural gas mining industry increased by 2.2%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 4.9%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry decreased by 1.0%, the textile industry decreased by 3.1%, and the chemical raw materials and The chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 7.1%, the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 3.8%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 6.0%, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 7.0%, the general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 4.6%, and the special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.1%. The automobile manufacturing industry increased by 7.3%, the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 13.5%, the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.6%, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 16.9%, and the computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 1.2% , the electricity and heat production and supply industry grew by 5.3%. In addition, the industrial added value of the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 4.4% year-on-year in the first quarter.

In terms of products, in March, the output of 347 out of 620 products increased year-on-year. 127.25 million tons of steel, an increase of 8.1% year-on-year; 205.8 million tons of cement, an increase of 10.4%; 6.28 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 6.9%; 2.61 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 3.6%; 2.608 million cars, an increase of 11.2%, of which There were 668,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 33.3%; power generation was 717.3 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year; crude oil processing volume was 63.29 million tons, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year.

In March, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 94.1%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6 percentage points; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 1,259.6 billion yuan, a nominal decrease of 5.4% year-on-year.

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In addition, in the first quarter, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 11,492.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%, compared with a decrease of 2.7% in the fourth quarter of last year. According to the location of business units, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 9,966.4 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7%; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 1,525.8 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%. By consumption type, retail sales of goods were 10,278.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%; catering revenue was 1,213.6 billion yuan, an increase of 13.9%. Sales of basic daily necessities were good, with retail sales of clothing, shoes, hats, needles, textiles, and grain, oil and food products in units above designated size increasing by 9.0% and 7.5% respectively. The sales of upgraded products increased significantly, and the retail sales of gold, silver, jewelry and books, newspapers and magazines by units above designated size increased by 13.6% and 13.4% respectivelyNational online retail sales were 3.2863 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%. Among them, online retail sales of physical goods were 2,783.5 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3%, accounting for 24.2% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. The total retail sales of automobiles in the first quarter was 1.0828 billion yuan, down 2.3% year-on-year, accounting for 9.4% of the total retail sales of consumer goods in society. In March, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,785.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%, an acceleration of 7.1 percentage points from January to February, and a month-on-month increase of 0.15%. Among them, the total retail sales of automobiles was 426.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%, accounting for 11.3% of the total retail sales of consumer goods in society.