In the January-November period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of 51
major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 29.86 million dead weight tons (dwt), down 10.4 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 51 major shipbuilding enterprises amounted to 18.36 million dwt, decreasing by 14.4 percent year on year. As of the end of November, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 100.04 million dwt, down 22.1 percent year on year.
In the January-November period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 51 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 27.47 million dead weight tons (dwt), down 5.2 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 14.69 million dwt, decreasing by 22.2 percent year on year. As of the end of November, ship export orders on the books of the 51 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 92.54 million dwt, down 24.2 percent year on year.