On August 20th, the industry and information technology department released the operation of the household appliance industry in the first six months of this year. In the first half of this year, the main business income of the household appliance industry was 742.25 billion yuan, a cumulative increase of 13.1% year-on-year; the total profit was 52.29 billion yuan. Year-on-year growth of 15.9%.
Data show that in terms of production, from January to June 2018, the cumulative production of household refrigerators was 39.793 million units, up 3.1% year-on-year; the total production of room air conditioners was 110.226 million units, up 14.4% year-on-year; the cumulative production of household washing machines was 33.872 million units. Year-on-year growth of 0.3%.
Among them, in June, the production of household refrigerators was 7.13 million units, down 3.6% year-on-year; the number of room air conditioners was 20.798 million units, up 12.1% year-on-year; the number of household washing machines was 5.385 million units, down 3.9% year-on-year.
Sales, from January to June 2018, the home appliance industry's production and sales rate was 97.4%, down 0.8% year-on-year; the cumulative export delivery value was 202.93 billion yuan, a cumulative year-on-year increase of 7.1%. In June, the home appliance industry production and sales rate was 97.5%, year-on-year growth 0.2%; export delivery value of 35.35 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%.
