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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:32
The economy report released by Ningbo Economy and Information Commission shows that from January to November, enterprises above the designated size have achieved an industrial added value of 192.82 billion Yuan (30.92billion USD), up by 3.7% over the same period of last year. With an increasing rate of 3% higher than the export sales, the home sales of industrial products take up 77.1% of the total sales.
From January to November, the industrial total output value is 1,079 billion Yuan, the sales value 1,047 billion Yuan and the export delivery value 239.6 billion Yuan, down by 0.1%, 1.3% and 3.6% respectively. The output sales value achieves 97%, down by 1.2% over the same period. From January to October, the amount of profit and tax of enterprises above the designated size totals 82.97 billion Yuan and the amount of profit 39.13 billion Yuan, dropping by 14.7% and 25.5% respectively.
Export delivery value of the enterprises above designated size from January to November hits 239.61 billion Yuan, down by 3.6% over the same period and up by 1.5% compared with that of last month. With a positive growth in two consecutive months of the year, the export delivery rate of November increases at 9.8%, up by 9.2% than that of last month. The home sales amount from January to November reaches 807.54 billion Yuan, down by 0.6% over the same period and up by 1.0% over last month.
The export-oriented Ningbo industry is vulnerable to sluggish markets. In recent years, seizing the national favorable policies of expanding domestic demands, Ningbo enterprises turn to domestic markets. With a yearly increasing rate of home sales, industrial home sales has achieved 76.8%, up by 5.7% over 2006, lowering the influence of insufficient export.
Ningbo brand enterprises have succeeded in expanding the domestic markets, with sales taking up 35% of the sales output value of enterprises above the designated size. Sales of 209 industrial products rank among the first three in China and sales of 135 products rank first.
From January to October, the technological expenditure of enterprises above the designated size is 11.32 billion Yuan, up by 13.3% over the same period and 16.8% higher than the increasing rate of the main business income. 1689 products have been patented, up by 26.5% over the same period of last year. From January to November, the new products output value of enterprises above the designated size reaches 214.88 billion Yuan, up by 9.0% over the same period and with an increasing rate of 9.1% higher than that of the output value. The output value rate of new products hits a record high of 19.9%, 1.7% higher over the same period.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:31
On 19th, the first online cargo space reserving platform becomes available. “Through the website, we can easily book space and track our cargo”, said Mr. Zheng , a manager of a shipping agency company.
It has been learned that the platform, established in accordance with the project of navigation service launched by the National Development and Reform Commission, mainly serves for cargo owners, cargo agencies and ship companies. It makes the more transparent and standardized navigation e-commerce business possible.
“In the past, we connected with our business partners through fax. Now by searching on the website for the latest charge of our navigation routes, we can book cargo space and follow up with the transportation of the freight”, said Mr. Zheng.
The website, the first set up by government in China, offers registered members services of ordering cargo space, tracking freight transportation as well as service of bank credit and finance.
“The platform not only serves for Ningbo businessmen but also for those from other cities of China and abroad. It is expected that in years the platform will become a regional distribution center of navigation resources”, according to workers in charge of the website.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:30
It has been learned from Ningbo Agriculture Bureau (NAB) that pilot agricultural enterprises have received orders of 360 million Yuan (57.78 million USD), up by 9.5% over the same period of last year, from their exhibitions in the United States, South Africa, France, Indonesia and Japan. Agricultural enterprises going abroad with government fund support is an important policy by Ningbo government to develop export-oriented agriculture.
Special funds have also been allocated to encourage enterprises to exhibit in the China Agriculture Trade Fair and the Zhejiang Agricultural Fair. And quite a number of enterprises also participate in the China Green Food Expo and the Economic and Trade Negotiation Meeting of Agricultural Exchange and Cooperation across the Straits.
Workers from NAB say that the policy aims to increase the influence of Ningbo agricultural products and promote the stable development of Ningbo agricultural product trade. In the exhibition there are merchant invitation projects attracting city industrial and commercial capital, foreign capital and private capital into Ningbo agriculture to promote its modernization.