In the January-July period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of the 53
major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 25.99 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 46.2 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 12.14 million dwt, decreasing by 26.4 percent year on year. As of the end of July, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 76.52 million dwt, down 32.20 percent year on year.
In the January-July period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 24.43 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 49.3 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 10.93 million dwt, decreasing by 22 percent year on year. As of the end of July, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 71.16 million dwt, down 33.6 percent year on year.