In the January-August period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 27.34 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 33.2 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 14.75 million dwt, decreasing by 11.6 percent year on year. As of the end of August, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 77.61 million dwt, down 29.4 percent year on year.
In the January-August period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 25.7 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 36.1 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 13.42 million dwt, decreasing by 5.2 percent year on year. As of the end of August, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 72.25 million dwt, down 30.7 percent year on year.