China Industrial Production 1990-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

China's industrial production rose 5.8 percent year-on-year in September of 2018, after a 6.1 percent gain in the previous month and below market estimates of 6 percent. It was the weakest reading since February 2016, mainly due to a slowdown in manufacturing output (5.7 pct vs 6.1 pct in August). Meanwhile, production growth accelerated for: mining (2.2 pct vs 2 pct) and electricity, gas and water (11 pct vs 9.9 pct). Across industries, production went up at a softer rate for: food processing industry (4.5 pct vs 6 pct); automobile (0.7 pct vs 1.9 pct); and computer, communications (12.6 pct vs 17.1 pct), while output growth was steady for non-metallic mineral products (at 5.2 pct). At the same time, production grew further for: chemicals (5 pct vs 4.8 pct); ferrous metal smelting (10.1 pct vs 9.8 pct); and machinery (5.2 pct vs 3.3 pct). Considering the first nine months 2018, industrial output increased 6.4 percent compared to the same period the prior year. Industrial Production in China averaged 12.14 percent from 1990 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 29.40 percent in August of 1994 and a record low of -21.10 percent in January of 1990.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-14	02:00 AM	Industrial Production YoY	6%	6%	6.3%	6.2%
2018-09-14	02:00 AM	Industrial Production YoY	6.1%	6%	6%	6.2%
2018-10-19	02:00 AM	Industrial Production YoY	5.8%	6.1%	6%	6.1%
2018-11-14	02:00 AM	Industrial Production YoY		5.8%		6.2%
2018-12-14	02:00 AM	Industrial Production YoY				6.2%

China Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	50.80	51.30	59.20	38.80	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	53.10	51.50	54.70	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	54.90	54.20	62.20	50.80	percent	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	50.00	50.60	52.30	47.20		[+]
Industrial Production	5.80	6.10	29.40	-21.10	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.50	0.53	1.32	0.13	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	5.70	6.10	11.40	5.70	percent	[+]
New Orders	52.00	52.20	65.10	32.30	Index Points	[+]
Changes in Inventories	14186.00	11054.00	14186.00	3.00	CNY HML	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	2394100.00	2103400.00	3060271.00	88416.00		[+]
Car Production	2024800.00	1705200.00	2669100.00	215533.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	2060500.00	1789900.00	2672300.00	213534.00		[+]
Internet Speed	7583.32	6295.74	7583.32	635.70	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	98862937.00	104032031.00	119094184.00	28818357.00	IP	[+]
Steel Production	80326.00	81241.00	81241.00	4918.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	2.20	2.00	7.90	-3.80	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	76.80	76.50	78.00	72.90	percent	[+]
Competitiveness Index	72.61	71.76	72.61	4.55	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	28.00	28.00	34.00	26.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	52.10	52.00	53.70	48.00		[+]
Cement Production	20018.00	19618.10	23427.00	781.50	Ten Thousands of Tonnes	[+]
Corruption Index	41.00	40.00	41.00	21.60	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	77.00	79.00	100.00	40.00		[+]
Corporate Profits	4424870.00	3903810.00	7518710.00	1617.00	CNY Million	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	78.00	78.00	99.00	78.00		[+]
Electricity Production	640500.00	640000.00	640500.00	41760.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]

China Industrial Production

In China, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy such as manufacturing, mining, and utilities. This page provides - China Industrial Production - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. China Industrial Production - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.80	6.10	29.40	-21.10	1990 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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industrial production by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Argentina	-5.60	Aug/18	-5.7	24.6	-22.3	%	Monthly
Australia	3.50	Jun/18	4.7	12	-7.7	%	Quarterly
Brazil	2.00	Aug/18	4.2	37.2	-27.7	%	Monthly
Canada	3.04	Jul/18	2.93	11.37	-15.24	%	Monthly
China	5.80	Sep/18	6.1	29.4	-21.1	%	Monthly
Euro Area	0.90	Aug/18	0.3	9.2	-21.4	%	Monthly
France	1.60	Aug/18	1.9	12.1	-19.3	%	Monthly
Germany	-0.10	Aug/18	1.5	15.3	-21.8	%	Monthly
India	4.30	Aug/18	6.5	19.9	-7.2	%	Monthly
Indonesia	9.00	Jul/18	-1.1	34.5	-25.4	%	Monthly
Italy	-0.80	Aug/18	-1.3	17.5	-26	%	Monthly
Japan	0.20	Aug/18	2.2	30	-37.18	%	Monthly
Mexico	0.20	Aug/18	1.3	23.82	-17.5	%	Monthly
Netherlands	-1.80	Jul/18	-0.3	13.9	-19.2	%	Monthly
Russia	2.10	Sep/18	2.7	17.7	-16.9	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	3.44	Mar/18	-0.26	25.87	-24.93	%	Quarterly
Singapore	3.30	Aug/18	6.7	58.6	-32.2	%	Monthly
South Africa	1.30	Aug/18	2.8	18.5	-23.2	%	Monthly
South Korea	2.50	Aug/18	1	39.4	-25.4	%	Monthly
Spain	1.20	Aug/18	1.2	13.6	-21.7	%	Monthly
Switzerland	8.30	Jun/18	6.8	12.3	-11.1	%	Quarterly
Turkey	1.70	Aug/18	5.6	27.3	-21.2	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	1.30	Aug/18	1	22.7	-11.9	%	Monthly
United States	5.10	Sep/18	4.9	62	-33.7	%	Monthly