Recently announced the economic operation of the entire industry in October. The report shows that in October the petrochemical industry maintained its economic performance.
The production of oil and gas and major chemicals in the country remained stable, the market demand grew steadily, the overall price level rose faster and the export continued its good momentum of growth. Unit costs continued to fall, and the industry overall was good. However, investment continued to be sluggish and import pressure on the petrochemical market further increased Large, oil recovery benefits recovery is still weak.
As of the end of October, there were 29,161 enterprises above designated size in the oil and chemical industry, with a cumulative increase of 3.8% in value, up 0.1 percentage points from January to September.
From January to October, the main business income of the petroleum and chemical industry was 11.86 trillion yuan, up 16.5% over the same period of last year, an acceleration of 0.2 percentage point over the first nine months of this year, accounting for 11.9% of the total revenue of major industrial enterprises in the country.
From January to October, the investment in fixed assets of the petroleum and chemical industry was 1.69 trillion yuan, down 2.6% from the same period of last year, a 0.5% decrease from January to September, accounting for 8.8% of the total industrial investment in the country.
According to the prosperity index released by China United Petrochemical Association, China's chemical industry sentiment index was 91.31 points in October, down 1.49 points from the previous month and the oil and gas industry sentiment index was 95.40 points , Down 0.26 points.