In the January-September period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 265.8 million dead weight tons (dwt), down 14.5 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 53 major shipbuilding enterprises amounted to 25.34 million dwt, increasing by 36.2 percent year on year. As of the end of September, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 82.4 million dwt, up 6.6 percent year on year.
In the January-September period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 24.4 million dwt, down 16.2 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 22.43 million dwt, increasing by 32.4 percent year on year. As of the end of September, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 73.34 million dwt, up 2.0 percent year on year.