In 2022, in the face of multiple challenges such as the accelerated evolution of the world situation and the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the whole industry efficiently coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and strived to cope with the impact of unexpected factors. The overall production was stable throughout the year, which provided a solid guarantee for the overall stable operation environment of the building materials industry. However, the pressure of demand contraction and high cost is still large, and the external environment turbulence and the impact of the epidemic have a significant impact on the smooth operation of the industry economy. From January to December, the production of major building materials products declined, the ex-factory price increased slightly, and the main economic indicators declined.
1. Production of major products declined. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in December, the added value of non-metallic mineral products industry above the scale decreased by 1.8% compared with the same period last year, from positive to negative. Among the 31 key building materials products monitored, the output of 3 products increased year on year, the output of 28 products decreased year on year, and the types of growth products continued to decrease. In particular, the cement output of enterprises above designated size was 170 million tons, representing a year-on-year decrease of 12.3% and a month-on-month decrease of 12.1 percentage points; the output of flat glass was 80.861 million weight boxes, representing a year-on-year decrease of 6.3% and a month-on-month decrease of 2.5 percentage points. From January to December, the added value of non-metallic mineral products industry above the scale decreased by 1.5% year-on-year, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from January to November. Of the 31 key building materials products monitored, the output of 8 products increased and the output of 23 products decreased year on year. Among them, the output of cement was 2.12 billion tons, down 10.8% year-on-year, and the output of flat glass was 1.01 billion weight boxes, down 3.7% year-on-year.
2. Ex-factory prices increased slightly. In December, the ex-factory price index of building materials products was 99.4 (100 in December 2020), down 0.5% from the previous month and 8.3% from the same month last year. From January to December, the average ex-factory price of building materials products was 0.6% higher than that of the same period last year. Rising production costs and weak market demand are the main reasons why the prices of building materials products remain stable and higher than same period last year.
3. The economic benefits of Enterprises above Designated Size have declined. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to December, the business income of building materials and non-metallic mineral industrial enterprises above the scale decreased by 4.2% and the total profit decreased by 20.4% compared with the same period last year. Among them, the business income and total profit of cement, concrete and cement products, waterproof building materials, lightweight building materials, bricks and tiles, building blocks, clay and sand mining, building stone, building glass, building sanitary ceramics and other major building materials industries all decre ased year on year; The business income and total profit of fiber reinforced plastics, non-metallic mineral mining and non-metallic mineral products industry increased year on year, while the non-metallic mineral products industry increased significantly.
4. Investment in fixed assets grew steadily. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to December, the national fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) was 5721.38 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1% over the same period last year. The investment in fixed assets of non-metallic mining and dressing industry increased by 17.3%, and the investment in fixed assets of non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 6.7%. In terms of composition, the investment in fixed assets of construction and installation projects increased by 5.2% year-on-year; in terms of industries, the investment in infrastructure supporting the stable development of the building materials industry (excluding the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water) increased by 9.4% year-on-year, and the investment in the building materials industry maintained growth.
5. Imports and exports maintained a relatively rapid growth. From January to December, the export of building materials and non-metallic minerals amounted to 50.93 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.3% over the same period last year. The export volume and amount of building glass, technical glass, glass fiber and products, other mineral fibers and products, bricks, waterproof building materials, lightweight building materials, heat and sound insulation materials, fluorite and other commodities increased year on year. From January to December, the import amount of building materials and non-metallic mineral commodities was 34.76 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.0% over the same period last year. The import volume and import amount of bricks, tiles and building blocks, waterproof building materials, graphite, talc and some other non-metallic mineral commodities increased over the same period last year.