In May of the current year, excavator output in China increased to 40,420 units, up 82.3 percent year on year, 32.8 percentage points faster than the increase rate recorded in April, while down 7.34 percent month on month, as announced by the China National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
In the January-May period of the year, excavator output in China amounted to 153,289 units, up 14.7 percent year on year, 13.4 percentage points faster than the increase recorded in the first four months of the year, reflecting the continuing infrastructure construction boom in China.
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