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    The economic operation of the building materials industry in the first half of 2020.

    • Last Update: 2020-10-20
    • Source: Internet
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    In the first half of 2020, the building materials industry earnestly implemented the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, coordinated epidemic prevention and control and industry development achieved positive results, and the economic operation of the industry gradually stabilized.
    , the overall stability of industry production.
    value added of the building materials industry increased by 4.8% YoY in June, and by 2.2% YoY in the first half of the year, a decrease of 1.9 percentage points from January-May.
    The output of major products was basically stable, with the country's cement production of 1 billion tons in the first half of the year, down 4.8% YoY, a decrease of 3.4 percentage points from January-May, and flat glass production of 460 million weight boxes, down 0.4% YoY, basically returning to the same level as in previous years.
    , economic benefits have improved significantly.
    In the first half of the year, enterprises in the building materials industry recorded operating income of 2.4 trillion yuan, down 4.8% YoY, a decrease of 2.4 percentage points from January-May, and a total profit of 187 billion yuan, down 8.2% YoY, a decrease of 2.7 percentage points from January-May.
    Among them, cement operating income was 426.2 billion yuan, down 6.1% YoY, and profit was 76.7 billion yuan, down 6.1% YoY, down 2.1 and 3.8 percentage points respectively from January-May.
    , product prices narrow fluctuations.
    first half of this year, the factory price index of building materials and non-metallic minerals rose 0.3% YoY, of which the factory price index in June was 112.71, down 0.5% YoY and 1.2% YoY.
    average factory price of cement in the first half of the year decreased by 1.9% YoY, the factory price index in June was 110.09, down 1.4% YoY, down 6.2% YoY, and the average factory price of flat glass in the first half of the year increased by 2.0% YoY. The factory price index in June was 82.54, down 0.7% month-on-month, while the average factory price in the clay and sand mining industry rose 9.0% year-on-year in the first half of the year, while the factory price index in June was 164.19, flat month-on-month.
    , the amount of imports and exports decreased.
    January-May, exports of building materials and non-metallic minerals amounted to US$12.25 billion, down 14.1% YoY, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points from January-April, while export FOB prices rose 9.4% YoY, up 2.1 percentage points from January-April.
    imports of building materials and non-metallic minerals fell 24.1% year-on-year to $7.14 billion in January-May, while imports of building materials and non-metallic minerals fell 27.2% year-on-year to $1.44 billion in the month of May.
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