steel industry

1) Steel production has declined. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, January-July national pig iron, crude steel production was 51,089.7 million tons, 609.28 million tons, respectively, down 4.5 percent, 6.4 percent year-on-year. 2) The overall decline in steel imports and exports. According to data from the General Administration of Customs, from January to July, the country exported 40.07 million tons of steel, down 6.9 percent year-on-year. Among them, 6.67 million tons of steel were exported in July, up 17.9 percent year-on-year and down 11.8 percent month-on-month. From January to July, the country imported 6.56 million tons of steel, down 21.9 percent year on year. Among them, 790000 tons of steel were imported in July, down 24.8 percent from a year earlier. 3) Steel prices fell significantly. 4) The cumulative decline in imported mines.

Non-ferrous metal industry

1) Smelting product production increased slightly. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, China's output of ten non-ferrous metals from January to July was 38.296 million tons, an increase of 1.4 percent over the same period last year. Among them, the output of refined copper, lead and primary aluminum was 6.202 million tons, 4.258 million tons and 22.945 million tons respectively, up 2.4 percent, 3.6 percent and 1.1 percent respectively over the same period last year, while the output of zinc was 3.783 million tons, down 2.5 percent from the same period last year. 2) The output of processed materials varies. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of copper processing materials from January to July was 12.191 million tons, up 4.2 percent year-on-year, while aluminum production was 35.016 million tons, down 2.9 percent year-on-year. 3) Imports of copper and aluminum ore increased rapidly.

Building materials industry

1) The output of major products decreased. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to July, the added value of the non-metallic mineral products industry above designated size fell by 2.6 year-on-year, and the rate of decline was 0.6 percentage points larger than that from January to June. Among the 31 building materials products monitored, 8 products The output increased year-on-year, and the output of 23 products decreased year-on-year. Among them, cement production was 1.36 billion tons, down 14.2 percent year-on-year, and flat glass production was 0.6 billion weight boxes, up 0.4 percent year-on-year. 2) Factory "prices maintained year-on-year growth. From January to July, the average ex-factory price of building materials products was 5.4 higher than that of the same period last year, and the growth rate was further narrowed. 3) The economic benefits of enterprises above designated size have declined. From January to July, the operating income of building materials enterprises above designated size fell by 0.2 year-on-year, the growth rate turned from positive to negative, and the total profit fell by 13.8 year-on-year, and the decline was further expanded. Among them, cement, flat glass, building ceramics, sanitary ceramics and other industries operating income and total profits decreased year-on-year.