In the January-February period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output of the 53
major shipbuilding enterprises in China amounted to 6.23 million dead weight tons (dwt), down 31.7 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 12.14 million dwt, increasing by 516 percent year on year. As of the end of February, ship orders on the books of the shipbuilding enterprises in question totaled 90.09 million dwt, up 1.5 percent year on year.
In the January-February period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output for export orders of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises in China totaled 5.87 million dead weight tons (dwt), down 33.7 percent year on year. Meanwhile, new ship export orders of the shipbuilding enterprises in the period in question amounted to 10.84 million dwt, increasing by 534 percent year on year. As of the end of February, ship export orders on the books of the 53 major shipbuilding enterprises totaled 82.16 million dwt, up 1.1 percent year on year.