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China’s fixed asset investment in the domestic property market rose by 11.8% year on year to Yuan 2.38 trillion ($355.2 billion) over January-March, though the rate of growth was only 0.2 percentage point higher from that during January-February, according to the latest data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics published on April 17.
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China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) increased 6.3% on year to Yuan 10.2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) over January-March, with the growth rate up 0.2 percentage point from that for January-February, according to the latest data from the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 17.
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China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.4% on year to Yuan 21.3 trillion ($3.2 trillion) for the first quarter of 2019, kicking off the year with a positive and steady note, according to the latest release by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 17.
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China's fixed asset investment in the property market went up 11.8% on year to Yuan 2.38trillion ($355 billion) over January-March. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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China's GDP grew 6.4% on year in the first quarter of 2019, falling in its annual target at 6%-6.5% for the whole 2019. A detailed report will be posted.
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China's fixed asset investment in general grew 6.3% on year to Yuan 10.2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) for January-March. A detailed story will be posted soon.
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The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing industry returned to the expansion zone in March, having rebounded 1.3 basis points on month to 50.5, and both the production and demand recovered, according to the release by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on March 31.
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China’s two top-level political annual sessions every March are always of great significance in understanding the country’s economic planning for the very year and China’s Premier Li Keqiang sent out a firm and strong signal last Friday, immediately after both the events were concluded, that the country is capable of maintaining its economic growth within a reasonable range and achieving stability in 2019.
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China's premier Li Keqiang disclosed at the ongoing press conference in Beijing on the morning of March 15that the value-added tax on the domestic manufacturers will be cut to 13% from the present 16% with effect on April 1. A detailed report on the press conference will be posted once
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China’s fixed asset investment in China’s property market grew 11.6% on year to Yuan 1.2 trillion ($179 billion) over January-February, with the increase being 2.1 percentage point higher than that for the whole 2018, and the funding accounted for 27% of the country’s total fixed asset investment, according to the latest release by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics on March 14.
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China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) increased 6.1% on year to nearly Yuan 4.5 trillion ($670 billion) for January-February, with the growth rate also up 0.2 percentage point from that for the whole 2018, according to the latest data released by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics on March 14.
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China's fixed asset investment in general grew 6.1% on year to Yuan 4.5 trillion for January-February. A detailed story will be posted soon.
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China's crude steel output grew 9.2% on year to 149 million tonnes for January-February. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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China's fixed asset investment in the property market went up 11.6% on year to Yuan 1.2 trillion ($179 billion) over January-February. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing industry declined by 0.3 basis point on month to 49.2 for February, still below the threshold of 50 and indicating that manufacturing activity including that among the country’s steelmakers continued to contract, according to the latest release from China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on February 28.
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China’s imports of metal scrap in January slid by 32.7% year on year to just 330,000 tonnes, according to a monthly import report from China’s General Administration of Customs released on Saturday, and the January result was also down 35% on month.
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The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), the world’s bellwether of the dry bulk freight market, has been heading downward ever since mid-December last year, hitting a 31-month low of 595 on February 11, or down 800 base points in total amid the persistent cooling in the dry bulk markets amid the Sino-US trade friction and Vale’s tailings dam collapse on January 25, market sources said on February 14.
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China’s total imports of copper concentrates and ores in January surged 17.8% on year to some 1.9 million tonnes, according to official data released by China’s General Administration of Customs on February 14. Last month’s total imports were also 29.5% up on the December 2018 level, Mysteel calculated.
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For January, China’s imports of coal and lignite surged 19.5% on year to 33.5 million tonnes, and the exports of coke
and semi-coke grew 4.4% on year to 716,000 tonnes. A detailed
report will be posted.
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China's January iron ore imports decreased 9.1% on year to 91.3 million tonnes. A detailed report will be posted.
