Cement output in January-April was 495 million tons, down 2.8% from the same period last year!

On May 19, the National Bureau of Statistics released relevant data on the national economy in April. In April, the added value of industries above scale increased by 6.1% year-on-year (the growth rate of added value is the real growth rate after deducting price factors). On a month-on-month basis, in April, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 0.22% over the previous month. From January to April, the added value of industries above scale increased by 6.4% year-on-year.

Among them, the cement output in April was 16530 million tons, down 5.3% year-on-year; the cement output from January to April was 49539 million tons, down 2.8% year-on-year.

In addition, the data show that the national cement output from January to April 2024 is 509.28 million tons, so the total cement output from January to April this year is 13.89 million tons less than same period last year, a decrease of 2.7%.

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).