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Industrial profits up 45.7% Jan-April
www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-26 16:20:28

   BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- China's industrial firms reported 334.2 billion yuan (40.4 billion US dollars) in profits in the first four months this year, up 45.7 percent from a year earlier, according to a monthly report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

   The NBS said that 38 out of the country's 39 major categories of industrial sectors recorded growth in profits on a yearly basis.

   According to the report, the ferrous metal mining sector registered a yearly growth rate of 698 percent, non-metal mineral products 220 percent, and ferrous metal smelting 129 percent.

   China's industrial firms generated a combined sales volume of 5.3202 trillion yuan (643.3 billion US dollars) from January to April, up 34 percent year-on-year.  Enditem
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