China National Bureau of Statistics: September output at industrial enterprises
above designated size — of 626 monitored products, 271 rose YoY. Steel 118.17
mln tonnes, down 3.8% YoY; cement 144.01 mln tonnes, down 5.3%; ten non-ferrous
metals 6.93 mln tons, up 0.1%; ethylene 3.55 mln tons, up 6.4%; automobiles
3.063 mln units, down 5.7%, including new‑energy vehicles 1.87 mln units, up
16.9%; power generation 829.4 bln kWh, down 1.2%; crude oil processed 57.48 mln
tons, down 8.4%.