In the January-October period this year, 88 medium-size and large shipbuilding enterprises in China realized an aggregate gross industrial output value of RMB 345.0 billion ($54.10 billion), up 4.5 percent year on year, according to the figures released by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) on November 18.
In the given period, the shipbuilding enterprises in question achieved aggregate exports totaling RMB 138.0 billion ($21.64 billion) in value, down 2.8 percent year on year.
In the January-October period, the shipbuilding enterprises saw an aggregate operating revenue of RMB 244.0 billion ($38.26 billion), up 1.7 percent, and a total gross profit of RMB 3.6 billion ($0.56 billion), down 16.3 percent year on year.