I. Economic performance of the building materials industry in 2012
1. The development was slow yet steady, yet the growth rate fell down by a large margin
Throughout 2012, enterprises above the designated scale in the building materials industry realized total output value of 3.93 trillion yuan, increased by 14.6％ from the previous year; the added value realized, calculated on the basis of comparable price, increased by 13.8％ from that in 2011, with the growth rate falling down by 18 percentage points compared that in 2011.
 
--- Traditional industries saw declined production growth. The added value growth in cement, flat glass and building sanitary ceramics industries was less than 10％, while the added value growth in brick and tile and building block manufacturing industries dropped by 20% from the previous year.
 
--- Product industry and deep processing industry enjoyed good development momentum. The added value growth in concrete and cement product industry and technical glass, light building materials and building stone processing and manufacturing industry were more than 20％, contributing to nearly 7 percentage points of growth of the building materials industry, 4 percentage points higher than the contribution made by the five major traditional industries of cement, flat glass, building sanitary ceramics, brick and tiles and building blocks, and glass fiber.
 
--- The central and western regions became main support for the stable growth of the building materials industry. In the eastern region of China, enterprises above the designated scale realized added value growth of 11.5％ on a year-on-year basis, while the figures in the central and western regions were respectively 17.4% and 16.2%. The share of the central and western regions in the building materials industry reached 52.5％, up by 2.3 percentage points from that in 2011.
 
--- Main product output experienced declined growth. Nationwide cement output was 2.21 billion tons, grew by 5.6％, with the growth rate dropped by 5.4 percentage points; flat glass output was 760 million weight boxes, declined by 4.2％; ceramic tile output was 9.3 billion square meters, grew by 1%, with the growth rate dropped by 13 percentage points; sanitary ceramics output was 153 million pieces, declined by 7.2%; glass fiber yarn output was 2.88 million tons, grew by 3％, with the growth rate dropped by 6 percentage points; plaster board output was 2.3 billion square meters, declined by 5.3％; brick output was 343 billion, grew by 9.5％, with the growth rate dropping by 35 percentage points.
 
2. The export situation was not optimistic
In 2012, the export value of building material commodities was 26.9 billion yuan, growing by 11.2％, with the growth rate dropping by 14 percentage points compared with that in 2011. Actually, export growth of building material commodities has been slowing in recent two years, which was especially the case in 2012, indicating that the international market demand has been shrinking, the demand structure has been undergoing new changes, and the export has been facing increasingly high pressure.
 
--- Export value of main commodities maintained growth, and that of individual commodities grew fast. Building sanitary ceramics saw an export value of $7.6 billion, increased by 31.5％ from that in 2011, boasting the largest export volume and fastest export growth among all building material commodities; concrete and cement products saw export growth of over 20%; architectural technical glass, cement and cement clinker saw export growth of over 10%; building stone, glass fiber and products respectively saw export growth of 4% and 6%.
 
--- The structure of export commodities has been optimized and upgraded. In 2012, the export growth of building material commodities was more manifested in the rise of price, as the export FOB price of building material commodities rose by 9.3％ compared with that in 2011. The export of technical glass with high technology content, stone-carving products with high added value and distinctive characteristics and high quality fiber glass deep-processing products still maintained relatively fast growth.
 
--- Trade partners became more diversified. In 2012, export of building materials to the United States, Japan and the European Union declined, while that to ASEAN, Africa and BRIC countries maintained fast growth, up by 2%, 1.5% and 0.3% respectively from the previous year.
 
3. Product industry and deep processing industry have growing stronger, and new economic growth points have been fostered
 
In 2012, the building materials industry has invested 1.13 trillion yuan in fixed assets, increased by 17.5％ from the previous year, with the growth rate dropping by 14 percentage points. In particular, fixed assets investment in traditional industries of cement and building sanitary ceramics respectively declined by 4.2% and 1.5%; fixed assets investment in concrete and cement product industry was 185.1 billion yuan, increased by 22.1％ from the previous year, boasting the largest fixed assets investment scale in the building materials industry; fixed asset investments in technical glass manufacturing industry, light building materials manufacturing industry and building stone processing industry respectively increased by 31.7%, 45.7% and 23%, and the investment structure has been inclining to the product industry and deep processing industry.
In 2012, concrete and cement product industry, building stone processing industry and light building materials manufacturing industry saw total profit growth of over 20％, offsetting in a certain degree the negative influence of the significant total profit decline of the cement and flat glass manufacturing industry on the entire building materials industry.
 
4. The market competition was intense, and the ex-factory price level was generally lower than that in 2011
 
In 2012, the average ex-factory price of building material products declined by 2.2％ from that in 2011, while the average ex-factory price of nationwide industrial producer over the same period declined by 1.7%. In 2012, the ex-factory price of cement and cement clinker dropped by 8.8%; that of technical glass dropped by 4.8%; that of glass fiber dropped by 2%; and that of concrete and cement products and light building material products dropped by about 1%.
 
 
 
II. Main problems in the economic operation of the industry
1. Sales revenue maintained rapid growth, yet the economic efficiency declined
In 2012, enterprises above the designated scale in the building materials industry realized main business revenue growth of 12.9%, yet their total profits declined by 6.3%, and their sales profit rate dropped by 1 percentage points compared with the previous year. Large margin of total profits decline in the cement and flat glass manufacturing industry was the main reason leading to the decline of the total profits of the building materials industry.
 
2. Enterprise interest expense, net accounts receivable and total debt grew fast, causing financial strain
In 2012, enterprises above the designated scale in the building materials industry saw 20.6% increase in their financial expenses, including 22% increase in interest expense, 26.3% increase in net accounts receivable, and 15.2% increase in total debt by the end of December 2012. The growths of interest expense, net accounts receivable and total debt were all faster than the growth of the main business revenue. The asset-liability ratio of these enterprises by the end of December 2012 was 55%, up by 0.2 percentage points than the previous year. Particularly, the asset-liability ratios of cement, architectural technical glass, brick and tile and building block, building stone mining and processing, and waterproof materials industries were on the rise.
 
3. The contradiction of oversupply became more outstanding, and prices of some products experienced large margin of decline
In 2012, the total investment in fixed asset grew by 20.3%, with the growth rate dropped by3.5 percentage points compared with the previous year. In particular, growth of investment in real estate development fell by 12 percentage points, especially, the new housing construction area declined by 7.3%, compared with the 16.2% increase in 2011. As the market demand growth slowed, the contradiction of oversupply became extremely outstanding in some products, the sales of which became difficult and the prices of which kept lingering at the low level, further intensifying the competition between enterprises, especially competition in homogeneous products.
 
4. Rapid export growth was hard to be maintained
In 2012, the export of building material commodities maintained a growth of 11.2%, yet after deducting the factor of price rise, the actual growth was only 2%. The world economy still lacks the driving force for development, and this, together with various uncertainties, will bring challenges for the export of building material commodities.
 
III. Outlook for the development of the building materials industry in 2013
The year 2013 is a key year in implementing the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, when a large number of key projects will be launched in succession. In addition, to actively and steadily promote urbanization and improve the quality of urbanization will be one of the main tasks of the economic work this year. The acceleration of urbanization construction may stimulate small margin of increase in real estate investment, thus, in a certain degree, increasing demand for building material products. Meanwhile, the economic growth stimulating mechanism with domestic demand as the main support also cannot function well without building material products.
 
However, the overall economic situation is still not optimistic. The shrinking of external demand and slowdown of domestic demand coexist with each other; the slow growth of effective demand and the contradiction of oversupply interact with each other, and the oversupply situation will not change in the short term; the cost raw materials and fuels still stands at a high level; competition between homogeneous products remains intense, vicious competition between enterprises has not been addressed effectively, and reform is yet to be further deepened to establish fair competition order.
 
By comprehensively analyzing various favorable conditions and unfavorable factors and taking all of them into account, it is expected that the operation environment of the building materials industry in 2013 will be better than that in 2012, and the market demand for building material products will grow as compared with that in 2012. Traditional building materials industries will maintain relatively slow growth, while concrete and cement product industry, building stone processing industry and light building materials industry will maintain relatively rapid growth with two-digit percentage points of growth rate.上海翻譯公司完成建材領(lǐng)域英文翻譯

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