Issuing agency: China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry
Column: run analysis
source: https://www.cansi.org.cn/cms/document/10160.html
From January to April 2018, my country's new shipbuilding orders continued to pick up, shipbuilding completions declined year-on-year, and major economic indicators such as the total industrial output of key monitoring enterprises continued to decline. 1. The country's three major shipbuilding indicators rose and fell. From January to April, the country's shipbuilding completion volume was 11.7 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 37%. New ship orders received were 18.02 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 171%. At the end of April, On-hand ship orders amounted to 93.01 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4% and an increase of 6.6% from the end of 2017.
From January to April, the country completed 10.9 million deadweight tons of export ships, a year-on-year decrease of 38.2%; the number of export ship orders received was 16.72 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 195%; at the end of April, the number of export ship orders held was 84.08 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. Export ships accounted for 93.2% of the national shipbuilding completions, new orders, and orders held. 92.8% and 90.4%.