In the January-February period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 9.12 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 133 percent year on year, as announced by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI). In the given period, new ship orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises amounted to 1.97 million dwt, increasing by 119 percent year on year. As of the end of February, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises totaled 88.74 million dwt, down 23.1 percent year on year.
In the January-February period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 8.86 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 138 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 1.71 million dwt, increasing by 109 percent year on year. As of the end of February, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 81.29 million dwt, down 26.6 percent year on year.