In the January-July period this year, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China recorded a year-on-year rise of 1.8 percent, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 17.
In the first seven months, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 5.3 percent year on year.
In the January-July period, the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors rose by 2.5 percent and by 5.6 percent year on year, respectively.
In July alone, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China indicated a year-on-year increase of 0.3 percent, 3.0 percentage points slower than that recorded in June, while the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors recorded a year-on-year decline of 4.2 percent and a year-on-year rise of 5.5 percent, respectively.
In July, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 4.5 percent year on year.
