MNI DATA TABLE: China Industrial Output By Category (Dec)

                          Dec    Nov   Oct    Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May

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Year-on-year change       5.7    5.4   5.9    5.8   6.1   6.0   6.0   6.8

Year-to-date              6.2    6.3   6.4    6.4   6.5   6.6   6.7   6.9

Month-on-month           0.54   0.37  0.47   0.47  0.50  0.44  0.38  0.51

Mining                    3.6    2.3   3.8    2.2   2.0   1.3   2.7   3.0

Manufacturing             5.5    5.6   6.1    5.7   6.1   6.2   6.0   6.6

Electricity/Water/Gas     9.6   10.8   6.8   11.0   9.9   9.0   9.2  12.2

Major Industries

--Textiles                0.2    1.5   1.1    0.8   0.0   0.6  -0.1  -1.5

--Chemicals               1.8    1.9   4.4    5.0   4.8   3.5   2.9   4.3

--Non-metal minerals      8.8    6.9   7.7    5.2   5.2   5.2   3.7   2.6

--Non-ferrous metals     13.2   12.8   8.7    9.8   9.5   5.6   4.0   5.9

--General equipment       6.5    6.7   6.8    6.1   5.9   6.9   6.8   6.6

--Electric machinery     10.1    9.0   6.8    5.2   3.3   5.7   3.8   6.4

--Communication equip.   10.5   12.3  14.6   12.6  17.1  13.5  10.9  13.5

Major Products

--Cement                  4.3    1.6  13.1    5.0   5.0   1.6   0.0   1.9

--Steel products          9.1   11.3  11.5    9.8   6.4   8.0   7.2  10.8

--Auto                  -14.9  -16.7  -9.2  -10.6  -4.4  -0.5   5.3   9.5

--Coal                    2.1    4.5   8.0    5.2   4.2  -2.0   1.7   3.5

--Electricity             6.2    3.6   4.8    4.6   7.3   5.7   6.7   9.8

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

     Source: China National Bureau of Statistics

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