In the January-April period of the current year, the 80 medium-size and large shipbuilding enterprises in China realized an aggregate gross industrial output value of RMB 115 billion ($16.72 billion), down 8.9 percent year on year, according to the figures released by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI).
In the given period, the shipbuilding enterprises in question achieved aggregate exports totaling RMB 46 billion ($6.69 billion) in value, down 13.8 percent year on year.
In the January-April period, the shipbuilding enterprises recorded an aggregate operating revenue of RMB 83.2 billion ($12.09 billion), down 10 percent, and a total gross profit of RMB 600 million ($87.21 million), decreasing by 45 percent, both year on year.