Industrial Value Added of Textile Industry Grow 10.8% in August

Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that in August 2012, the industrial value added of above-scale enterprises rose 10.8% year-on-year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to the growth rate in July, rose only 0.69% month-on-month. The figure in January-August grew 10.1% year-on-year.

In August, 40 out of 41 major industries maintained growing industrial value added. The industrial value added of the textile industry rose 10.8% in August and 12.8% in January-August period on year-on-year basis.