Building materials export price increases driven by rapid growth in merchandise

 

At 17:25 on October 9th, 2013

Source: People's Republic of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

 

 

January to August, the country exported $ 19.7 billion building products, an increase of 16.3 percent, an acceleration of 3.3 percentage points higher than last year's average growth rate of 11.2%. Building merchandise exports maintained a steady increase in the overall trend, the main export FOB prices rose steadily, rose by more than 14%. Including building and sanitary ceramics exports $ 5.9 billion, up 30%, export prices rose 25%; building stone exports 3.9 billion U.S. dollars, up 14.8 percent, export prices rose 16%; architectural and technical glass exports $ 3.1 billion, an increase of 12.6%, export prices rose 9%. Major merchandise exports maintained a rapid growth momentum.