In the first four months, both the operating income and profits of the sanitary ceramics industry saw year-on-year growth. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in April, the added value of the large-scale non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 0.4% year-on-year. Among the 31 key monitored building materials products, the output of 13 products increased year-on-year. In the first four months, the added value of the large-scale non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 0.5% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 0.4% compared to the first three months. Among the 31 key monitored building materials products, the output of 14 products increased year-on-year. Compared with the previous month, the output of 14 products such as commercial concrete, ceramic tiles, tiles, and marble slabs narrowed. In April, the factory price index of building materials products was 89.4 points (December 2020 = 100), down 2.9% year-on-year and 0.1% month-on-month, with both declines narrowing. Among them, the factory price index of several industries such as stone processing and sanitary ceramics rose month-on-month. In the first four months, the factory price of building materials products decreased by 3.2% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 0.1% compared to the previous month. In the first four months, the operating income of large-scale building materials enterprises decreased by 7.8% year-on-year, and the total profit decreased by 9.7% year-on-year, with the declines narrowing by 0.7 and 17.0 percentage points respectively compared to the previous month. Among them, the operating income and profits of the sanitary ceramics industry both saw year-on-year growth. In the first four months, the fixed asset investment in the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 2.9% year-on-year, with the decline widening by 1.1% compared to the first three months. Among them, the fixed asset investment of the private sector in the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 4.1% year-on-year, with the decline widening by 1.0% compared to the first three months. In April, the export value of building materials products was 2.96 billion US dollars, down 3.3% month-on-month and 8.3% year-on-year. Among them, the export value of products to the United States decreased by 30.7% year-on-year. In the first four months, the export value of building materials and non-metallic mineral products was 10.67 billion US dollars, down 16.5% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 2.8% compared to the previous month. After deducting exchange rate changes and price factors, the actual growth of building materials product exports was 5.4%, and the export volume of building materials products such as cement products, architectural technical glass, glass fiber and its products, carbon fiber and its products, and crystalline graphite maintained a relatively fast growth. In April, the import value of building materials products was 1.42 billion US dollars, down 28.9% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 2.6%. In the first four months, the import value of building materials and non-metallic mineral products was 5.17 billion US dollars, down 32.7% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 1.3% compared to the first three months.
Post time: Jun-07-2025