China’s shipbuilding output up 71.9 percent in January-April

Thursday, 18 May 2017 10:06:34 (GMT+3)   |   Shanghai
       

In the January-April period this year, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China amounted to 18.56 million dead weight tons (dwt), rising by 71.9 percent year on year, as announced by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI). In the given period, China’s new ship orders amounted to 6.65 million dwt, decreasing by 51.8 percent year on year. As of the end of April, ship orders on the books of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises totaled 86.62 million dwt, down 30.3 percent year on year and decreasing by 13 percent compared to the end of 2016.

In the January-April period this year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders in China totaled 17.63 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 76.7 percent year on year and accounting for 95.0 percent of the total shipbuilding output in China in the given period. Meanwhile, China’s new ship export orders in the period in question amounted to 5.67 million dwt, decreasing by 57 percent year on year and constituting 85.3 percent of total new ship orders. As of the end of April, ship export orders on the books of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises totaled 79.95 million dwt, down 32.4 percent year on year and constituting 92.3 percent of total ship orders on the books of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises.

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