In the January-April period this year, 88 medium-size and large shipbuilding enterprises in China realized an aggregate gross industrial output value of RMB 129.4 billion ($20.9 billion), up 10.8 percent year on year, according to the figures released by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) on May 21.
In the given period, the shipbuilding enterprises recorded an aggregate export value of RMB 53.2 billion ($8.6 billion), up 11.3 percent year on year.
In the January-April period, the shipbuilding enterprises in question saw an aggregate operating revenue of RMB 87.6 billion ($14.1 billion), up 5.3 percent, and a total gross profit of RMB 1.85 billion ($0.3 billion), down 15.9 percent year on year.