Export Building Materials

Although the building materials industry is affected by factors such as the Spring Festival, environmental protection, weather, and peak production, the overall operation is stable, and production and efficiency have maintained steady growth.

First, production keeps growing. From January to February, the added value of the building materials industry increased by 8.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 4.4 percentage points faster than that of December last year. The production of major building materials products remained stable overall. From January to February, the national cement output was 210 million tons, an increase of 0.5% year-on-year; the flat glass output was 140 million weight boxes, an increase of 7.8% year-on-year; the output of commercial concrete was 270 million cubic meters, an increase of 8.3% year-on-year; The output of insulating glass, sanitary ceramic products and other products all kept growing.

Second, the price level is stable. In January and February, the average ex-factory price indices of building materials and non-metallic mineral products were 114.9 and 114.1, respectively, which decreased slightly by 0.4% and 0.7% month-on-month, and rose by 4.6% and 4.0% year-on-year. Among the main products of building materials, due to seasonal factors, some projects and projects started relatively slowly. Cement prices dropped at a high level, down 4.1% and 1.5% from the previous month, but still higher than the same period last year. The flat glass factory price fell, 1- The average price in February fell by 6.6% year-on-year.

Third, the economic benefits have been rising steadily. In the January-February period, enterprises in the building materials industry completed operating income of 669.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.1%, total profit of 45.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, and a sales profit margin of 6.7%. Among them, the operating income of cement was 101.6 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3% year-on-year, and the profit was 13.39 billion yuan, an increase of 19.2% year-on-year. Flat glass business revenue was 1.104 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year; affected by falling prices and rising costs, profits fell sharply by 97.9%, achieving only 10 million yuan. The total profit of cement products, special glass, building ceramics, and lightweight building materials increased by 19.8%, 26.8%, 16.8%, and 11.8% year-on-year respectively.

Fourth, investment in fixed assets continued to grow. From January to February, fixed asset investment in the building materials industry continued the growth trend of 2018, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year, of which non-metallic mineral products industry ’s fixed asset investment increased by 13.6% year-on-year. Affected by the continuous rise in the price of sand and gravel from the mechanism since last year, as well as the backbone of the industry to extend the industrial chain downstream, investment in fixed assets for non-metallic mining including sand and gravel has increased significantly, an increase of 37.2% year-on-year.

Fifth, building materials exports have grown. In January, the export value of building materials and non-metallic mineral commodities was US $ 3.29 billion, an increase of 11.3% year-on-year. Among them, flat glass exports performed better, the export structure was adjusted, the proportion of electronic glass and photovoltaic glass increased, and total glass exports increased by 13.8 %, The export value increased by 95.1% year-on-year, achieving “both volume and price”.
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