MNI DATA TABLE: China Ind. Output By Category (Mar 2020)

                          Mar  Jan-Feb   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug    Jul

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Year-on-year change      -1.1    -13.5   6.9   6.2   4.7   5.8   4.4    4.8

Year-to-date             -8.4    -13.5   5.7   5.6   5.6   5.6   5.6    5.8

Month-on-month                  -26.63  0.58  0.68  0.39  0.63  0.35   0.26

Mining                    4.2     -6.5   5.6   5.7   3.9   8.1   3.7    6.6

Manufacturing            -1.8    -15.7   7.0   6.3   4.6   5.6   4.3    4.5

Electricity/Water/Gas    -1.6     -7.1   6.8   6.7   6.6   5.9   5.9    6.9

Major Industries

--Textiles               -5.5    -27.2   0.2   2.5  -1.3   0.6   0.1    1.2

--Chemicals               0.7    -12.3   7.7   7.9   3.0   3.3   1.2    3.8

--Non-metal minerals     -4.5    -21.1   8.4   8.6   4.1   7.0   8.1    8.7

--Non-ferrous metals      2.8     -8.5   5.0   6.4   9.1   7.7   8.5   10.3

--General equipment      -5.4    -28.2   4.9   6.2   3.1   3.5   0.0    0.7

--Electric machinery     -0.4    -24.7  12.4  12.6  10.7  12.1  10.0    7.6

--Communication equip.    9.9    -13.8  11.6   9.7   8.2  11.4   4.7    6.1

Major Products

--Cement                -18.3    -29.5   6.9   8.3  -2.1   4.1   5.1    7.5

--Steel products         -0.1     -3.4  11.3  10.4   3.5   6.9   9.8    9.6

--Auto                  -43.0    -45.8   8.1   3.7  -2.1  -6.9  -0.6  -11.5

--Coal                    9.6     -6.3   2.4   4.5   4.4   4.4   5.0   12.2

--Electricity            -4.6     -8.2   3.5   4.0   4.0   4.7   1.7    0.6

     * The NBS did not release breakdowns for January and February.

     All figures year-on-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.

     Source: China National Bureau of Statistics

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