The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that from January to February this year, the added value of China's above-scale machinery industry increased by 5.4% year-on-year, faster than the overall industrial growth rate of 1.6 percentage points; the export delivery value decreased by 15.2%. .
Due to the full launch of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, the agricultural machinery industry's production growth is strong. Statistics show that the output of large tractors and medium-sized tractors increased by 13.5% and 28.4% respectively in the first two months, including 51.4% and 60.1% in February.
The situation of heavy machinery and equipment is optimistic. In the first two months, the production of mining equipment, cement special equipment, metal smelting and rolling equipment increased by 4%-16%, of which the increase in February was 29.2%-43.9%. Under the influence of policies and measures such as the implementation of equipment manufacturing adjustment and revitalization planning, the production situation of the machine tool industry has improved.
Under the influence of a series of policy effects such as the adjustment and revitalization plan of the automobile industry, the automobile production and sales situation has improved. In the first two months, the production of automobiles was 1.53 million, a decrease of 1.7%. The decline was 17.2 percentage points lower than that of December last year. Among them, the number of cars was 796,000, down 1%, and the decline was 11 percentage points lower than that of December last year. . In February, the number of cars produced was 853,000, an increase of 22.9%, of which 427,000 were cars, an increase of 21.1%. The production of cars with a displacement of 1.6 liters and below was 267,000 units, an increase of 43%.
According to the statistics of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in the first two months, 1.56 million vehicles were sold, an increase of 2.7%; among them, 866,000 vehicles were sold, an increase of 0.9%; sales of passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below were compared with the same period of last year. The growth rate was 18.8%, and the growth was obvious.
The shipbuilding industry still maintained rapid growth, but the growth rate has dropped significantly. In the first two months, the national industrial enterprises above designated size completed a total industrial output value of 67.9 billion yuan, up 43.9%, down 18 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value was 28.7 billion yuan, up 17.1%, down 60 last year. percentage point.