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DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S INDUSTRY
Confronting negative factors such as increasing impacts of international financial crisis and usual natural disasters, considerable price rise of energy and fall of gross economic growth rate in domestic, China’s building materials enjoyed a significant growth on aspects of industrial output value, sales and profits and generally maintained a good development momentum in 2008.
In 2008, building materials enterprises above the designated scale in China’s building materials industry accumulatively realized RMB2.2888tn gross industrial output value, up by 30.9% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 1.8% year-on-year. The industrial added-value increased by 17.6% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 6.7% year-on-year. The accumulative production of cement totaled 1.39bn, up by 5.2% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 8.3% year-on-year; and that of plate glass totaled 550mn heavy boxes, up by 6.5% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 6.9% year-on-year.
The growth rate of production of cement drainpipes, fiberglass yarns, waterproofing materials and building bricks rose by over 20% and that of other building products including ready-mixed concrete, architectural ceramics and fireproofing materials were rose at the range of 10-20%.
In 2008, building materials enterprises above the designated scale in the building materials industry accumulatively realized gross sales value of RMB2.2342tn, up by 30.8% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 2% year-on-year. The average sales/output ratio was 97.72%, higher than that in the same period of 2007 by 0.08%.
From Jan. to Nov, 2008, the profits of building materials enterprises above the designated scale totaled RMB101.3bn after profit and loss balance out, up by 26.6% year-on-year. Most of sectors of the building materials industry enjoyed profit growth. Among them, the profit of the cement manufacturing sector reached RMB26.1bn, RMB6.1bn more than that of the same period in 2007 with the growth rate up by 31%; that of the cement products, RMB7bn, up by 31.9% year-on-year; that of fiberglass and fiberglass products, RMB3.14bn, up by 27.5% year-on-year; that of architectural ceramics, RMB8.11bn, up by 20% year-on-year; that of fireproofing material products, RMB11.5bn, up by 39.2% year-on-year; that of non-metal mining and dressing, RMB12.9bn, up by 46.1% year-on-year; that of technical glass products, RMB3.22bn, up by 9.7% year-on-year; that of plate glass, RMB148mn, down by 94.3% year-on-year; and that of sanitary ceramics, RMB1.16bn, down by 12.7% year-on-year. Sectors of plate glass and sanitary ceramics were the only two sectors that made loss in the building materials industry.
From Jan. to Nov, 2008, the delivery value of exports of the building materials enterprises above the designated scale amounted to RMB166.8bn, up by 10.8% year-on-year with the growth rate down by 14.4% year-on-year. The accumulative amount of export for earning foreign currency reached USD18.04bn, up by 18.4% year-on-year, with the growth rate up by 0.6% year-on-year. While, on aspect of the export volume of major building materials products, the year-on-year growth rate generally fell. Among them, the accumulative export volume of cement and chamotte totaled 26.04mn tons, down by 21.1% year-on-year and that of plate glass totaled 250.17mnsq.m, down by 12.8% year-on-year. The export of marble and granite panels dropped considerably, while the market shares of the products with high added-value such as deeply-processed glasses, fiberglass and fiberglass products and cement engineering technologies and equipment in global markets continued to expand, which manifested improvement of international competitiveness of the industry.
The accumulative fixed-asset investment in the sector of non-metal mining and dressing and metal products totaled RMB401.1bn in 2008, up by 46.9% year-on-year, with the growth rate down by 4% year-on-year yet higher than the average growth rate of the manufacturing industry by 17.4%. Among them, sectors with relatively high investment growth rate were cement manufacturing, thermal and sound insulation materials, concrete structural parts manufacturing, tile and building blocks and bricks and non-metal minerals products. The accumulative fixed-asset investment in the cement sector totaled RMB96.4bn, up by 69.8% year-on-year; that of plate glass, RMB11.2bn, up by 48.1% year-on-year; and that of architectural ceramics products, RMB16.9bn, a slight growth by 3.6% year-on-year.
(1) Glass
The accumulative export of rolled glasses totaled 27.5093mnsq.m, 5.2343mnsq.m more than that at the same period of 2007, up by 24% year-on-year. The amount of export for earning foreign currency reached USD89.67mn, USD34.47mn more than that at the same period of 2007, up by 62% year-on-year. The export price of rolled glass reached USD3.25/sq.m, USD0.77/sq.m higher than the price at the same period of 2007.
In 2008, the accumulative export of plate glasses totaled 250.1661mnsq.m, 36.7925mnsq.m less than that in the same period of 2007, down by 13% year-on-year. The amount of export for earning foreign currency reached USD825.87mn, USD69.22mn more than that in the same period of 2007, up by 9% year-on-year. Among them, the accumulative export of float glasses reached 215.1212mnsq.m, accounting for 85.99% of the gross export, 28.2849mnsq.m less than that in the same period of 2007, down by 12% year-on-year. The amount of export of float glasses for earning foreign currency reached USD766.98mn, accounting for 92.87% of the total amount of export, USD68.5mn more than that at the same period of 2007, up by 10% year-on-year. The accumulative export of general plate glasses totaled 35.0449mnsq.m, accounting for 14.01% of the total export, 8.5076mnsq.m less than that at the same period of 2007, down by 20%.
The decrease of exports did not affect the rise of prices of exported products. In 2008, the export price of glass averaged at USD3.27/sq.m, up by 18.34% year-on-year; that of float glass, USD3.57/sq.m, up by 18.49% and that of general plate glass, USD1.69/sq.m, up by 20.71%.
(2) Cement
The output of cement of the country totaled 1.4bn tons in 2008, up by 3% year-on-year, with the growth rate down by 7%. Though impacted by the snow disaster in south area and Wenchuan earthquake in the first half of the year, the accumulative output of cement of China in the first seven months of 2008 increased by 5% year-on-year and from Mar. to Jul, the monthly output of cement of the country rose by 7.6% year-on-year. After August, the growth rate of output of cement obviously slowed down. From Aug to Nov, the monthly output of cement only grew by 0.2% year-on-year, and though there was a rebound in Dec., the growth rate was merely 2.1%. Obviously, insufficient demand was the main cause for slowdown of the growth rate of cement output.
(3) Ceramics
The growth rate of output of ceramic tiles obviously slowed down in 2008 and the output totaled 6.19bnsq.m in 2008, up by 10.4% year-on-year, with the growth rate down by 5.8%. It was the year with the lowest growth rate of output of ceramic tiles since 2002. There was obvious downtrend of output in main production areas, which was especially outstanding in Dec., 2008.
The output of sanitary ceramics of China totaled 155mn pieces in 2008, down by 2.85% year-on-year. It was the first time that the growth rate of output of sanitary ceramics decreased since 2000, which was mainly due to the impacts of drop of export and industrial structure adjustment of the ceramics sector in
Guangdong.
STATUS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT
According to the statistics of MOFCOM, 473 foreign investment projects in Building Material industry(Building Material Industry (Code C31) hereinafter is in accordance with the National Economic Industrial Classification (GB/T4754-2202）.) were newly set up in 2009, 100 less than that of the same period in the last year, and the amount of the actual utilized foreign capital reached USD 2,425,330,000, up by 2.82％
year-on-year. The number of newly established foreign invested enterprises and the amount of the actual utilized foreign capital accounted for 2.02％and 2.69％
of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the Building Material industry during the same period.
According to the source of foreign capital, calculated by the amount of the actual utilized foreign capital, in 2009, countries or regions: Hong Kong, Japan, Br. Virgin Is, Cayman Is, Singapore ranked No.1 to No. 5 in the Building Material industry regarding the amount of FDI, accounting for 45.93%, 9.75%, 8.43%, 7.35%, 3.9% of the total amount of the actual utilized foreign capital of the industry separately.
In Building Material industry in 2009, ten Asian countries/regions (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Korea) newly set up 373 enterprises in China, with the actual utilized foreign capital of USD 1,604,340,000, down by 15.23％
and up by 27.15％
separately year-on-year. The number of the newly established enterprises and the actual utilized foreign capital accounted for 78.86％
and 66.15％
of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period.
The EU newly set up 29 enterprises in China, 3.33 less than that of the same period last year; the actual utilized foreign capital reached USD 187,060,000, down by 32.94％
year-on-year. The number of the newly established enterprises and the amount of the actual utilized capital accounted for 6.13％
and 7.71％
of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period.
The US newly set up 18 enterprises in China, down by 55％
year-on-year; the actual utilized foreign capital reached USD 43,980,000, down by 37.16％
year-on-year. The number of the newly established enterprises and the amount of the actual utilized capital accounted for 3.81％
and 1.81％
of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period.
According to regional foreign capital absorption, 336 foreign-invested Building Material enterprises were newly set up in the Eastern area, with actual utilized foreign capital of USD 1,858,880,000, accounting for 71.04% and 76.64% of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period. In the Eastern area, Jiangsu, Guangdong Province and Liaoning Province ranked among the tops with respect to actual utilized foreign capital, had 84, 72 and 61 newly established foreign-invested enterprises separately, with the actual utilized foreign capital of USD 592,390,000, USD 519,920,000 and USD 323,130,000, accounting for 24.43%, 21.44% and 13.32% of the total amount of the actual utilized capital of the industry in the Eastern area separately.
105 foreign-invested Building Material enterprises were newly set up in the Central region, with actual utilized foreign capital of USD 266,370,000, accounting for 22.2% and 10.98% of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period. In the Central region, 0, Hubei and Jiangxi Province ranked among the tops with respect to actual utilized foreign capital, had 5, 6 and 31 newly established foreign-invested enterprises separately, with the actual utilized foreign capital of USD 86,900,000, USD 52,530,000 and USD 42,330,000, accounting for 3.58%, 2.17% and 1.75% of the total amount of the actual utilized capital of the industry in the Central region separately.
32 foreign-invested Building Material enterprises were newly set up in the Western area, with actual utilized foreign capital of USD 300,080,000, accounting for 6.77% and 12.37% of the national total number or amount of foreign capital absorption in the same period. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongqing and Sichuan Province ranked among the tops with respect to actual utilized foreign capital, had 10, 3 and 9 newly established foreign-invested enterprises separately, with the actual utilized foreign capital of USD 107,890,000, USD 85,190,000 and USD 67,620,000, accounting for 4.45%, 3.51% and 2.79% of the total amount of the actual utilized capital of the industry in the Western area separately.
According to utilizing manners of the foreign capital, newly established projects of Building Material industry in 2009 are as follows : 128 Chinese-foreign equity joint venture projects, 327 wholly foreign-invested projects, 18 Chinese-foreign contractual joint venture projects, The amount of the actual utilized foreign capital reached USD 559,110,000、USD 1,850,630,000 and USD 13,210,000 separately．
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