On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released relevant data on the national economy in the first half of the year. According to
preliminary accounting, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year was 6,605.36 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% over the same period last year at constant prices.
The cement output in June was 15547 million tons, down 5.3% year-on-year; the cement output in the first half of the year was 815.3 million tons, down 4.3% year-on-year.
In addition, the data show that in the first half of 2024, the national cement output was 85047 million tons, so the total cement output in the first half of this year decreased by 35.17 million tons, or 4.1%, compared with the same period last year.
Note:
Full-caliber output on a year-on-year basis refers to the year-on-year change between the total output of all enterprises participating in the statistics (no matter whether these enterprises have been counted in the previous year or not) and the total output of all enterprises participating in the statistics in the previous year. Year-on-year output of the
same caliber: only consider the output changes of those enterprises that have been counted continuously in the statistical period (that is, the enterprises that have participated in the statistics in both the previous year and the current statistical period).