China News Service, March 27. According to the statistics of the website of the Bureau of Statistics, according to the profit data of industrial enterprises from January to February, Zhang Weihua, deputy director of the Industrial Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained on the 27th that this year, the sudden outbreak of new crown pneumonia The operation has severely impacted, and the profits of industrial enterprises have dropped significantly. From January to February, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size fell by 38.3% year-on-year. The specific reasons are as follows:
First, industrial production and sales have fallen significantly. In order to effectively prevent the spread of the epidemic, this year the Chinese New Year holiday was extended by 3 days, and more than 20 regions were postponed for 10 days to resume production. The normal production time of enterprises has been significantly reduced. The return to normal caused the production and sales of enterprises to drop significantly. From January to February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size actually decreased by 13.5% year-on-year; the operating income of industrial enterprises decreased by 17.7% year-on-year.
Second, rising costs squeezed profit margins. During the epidemic, the resumption of business and production did not return to normal, but the costs of labor, depreciation and other rigid expenses remained unchanged, while the cost of epidemic prevention was increasing. From January to February, the cost per 100 yuan of operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size was 94.19 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.85 yuan.
Third, the price of industrial products has fallen. From January to February, the ex-factory price of industrial producers decreased by 0.2% year-on-year. The ex-factory prices of products in key pillar industries have fallen to varying degrees, such as the chemical industry's 4.3%, coal mining 4.1%, electronics 2.2%, electricity 0.9%, and automotive 0.6%.
Fourth, most industries' profits have fallen. From January to February, the profits of 37 industries in 41 major industrial sectors fell. Among them, the profits of key industries such as electronics, automotive, electrical machinery, and chemical industry fell by 87.0%, 79.6%, 68.2%, and 66.4%, respectively.
Zhang Weihua said that at the same time, it should be seen that although the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size have decreased significantly in general, the profits of some continuous production industries and the people's livelihood security industry have continued to grow. From January to February, profits in the tobacco, nonferrous metals, oil and gas extraction, and agricultural and sideline food processing industries increased by 31.5%, 28.3%, 23.7%, and 2.2% year-on-year, respectively. In addition, the profit of the pharmaceutical industry decreased by 10.9% year-on-year, which was significantly smaller than that of all industries above the designated size.
Zhang Weihua pointed out that at present, the domestic epidemic situation has been effectively controlled, the progress of resuming production and reaching production is accelerating day by day, and the economic and social order is being restored in an orderly manner. In the next stage, as the country ’s central government continues to thoroughly implement the central government ’s decisions on coordinating and advancing epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the process of resuming production and resuming production is accelerating. Effective improvement.