In the January-June period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of the 53
major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 23.17 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 45.8 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 10.41 million dwt, decreasing by 30.7 percent year on year. As of the end of June, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 78.30 million dwt, down 31.7 percent year on year.
In the January-June period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 22.01 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 49.2 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 9.26 million dwt, decreasing by 33 percent year on year. As of the end of June, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 72.82 million dwt, down 33.2 percent year on year.