The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operation of the household appliances industry in January-April

In 2011, the home appliance industry suffered a major earthquake and nuclear leakage in the early part of the year. In the second half of the year, it encountered US debt and the European debt crisis. The price of bulk raw materials fluctuated significantly; the country faced a renminbi appreciation, credit crunch, a depressed real estate market, slowing market growth, and cost pressures. In the case of rising prices, although the production and export of the home appliance industry still set a high level in history, the impact of the complicated economic situation at home and abroad on the home appliance industry began to appear in 2012.

I. The growth rate of major economic indicators further slowed down

Due to the softening of demand in domestic and foreign markets and difficulties in business operations, the main economic indicators of the household appliance industry in April-April 2012 still maintained growth, but the growth rate fell from the double digits of the same period last year to single digits. From January to April, the cumulative industrial sales value of China's home appliance industry increased by 9.6% year-on-year, the cumulative production and sales rate was 97.7%, and the cumulative export delivery value increased by 5.0% year-on-year.

Second, the increase in output of major products declined or declined slightly

Compared with 2011, which was supported by the policy, the increase in the output of home appliances in January-April had declined, and some products had declined slightly. From January to April 2012, the cumulative production of household refrigerators was 28.56 million units, an increase of 4.0% year-on-year; the cumulative production of household refrigerators was 5.683 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%; and the total production of room air conditioners was 5.106 million units, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year; The cumulative production of household washing machines was 20.075 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%.

Third, economic growth slowed down, and the amount of losses declined

From January to April, the total profit of the home appliance industry on the one hand was 10.8% higher than the previous year, a decrease of 13.3 percentage points from January to March. At the same time, the number of loss-making enterprises increased by 17.2% over the same period of last year, and the loss of loss-making enterprises decreased by 4.8% from the same period of last year.

Source: According to the data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics