TABLE-Breakdown of China's May industrial output

Following is a breakdown of China's industrial output for May, published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday. (Percent change from a year earlier, except for sales/output ratio): May Apr Mar Jan-Feb

Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Overall output 5.0 5.4 8.5 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.9 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.8 Sales/output ratio 97.7 97.2 98.8 97.9 98.5 97.6 98.1 98.8 98.5 98.0 97.8 97.8 Industrial exports 0.7 7.6 5.7 4.2

4.1 7.6 14.7 11.7 12.5 8.7 2.8 6.9 Industries: Textiles 0.7 -1.8 9.0 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.6 -0.1 -1.5 Chemicals 3.5 3.4 7.1 4.3

1.8 1.9 4.4 5.0 4.8 3.5 2.9 4.3 Non-metal minerals 9.9 9.8 15.4 8.8 8.8 6.9 7.7 5.2 5.2 5.2 3.7 2.6 Ferrous metals 11.7 11.5 8.5 7.5

9.2 10.4 10.1 10.1 5.9 6.6 7.8 7.4 General equipment 2.5 2.0 14.1 4.4 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.1 5.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 Transport equipment 8.3 5.8 13.6 7.9 13.8 12.7 5.0 2.4 -0.5 -1.9 0.7 2.5 Machinery 8.8 7.1 15.2 8.0 10.1 9.0 6.8 5.2 3.3 5.7 3.8 6.4 Communication 10.6 12.4 10.2 6.0 10.5 12.3 14.6 12.6 17.1 13.5 10.9 13.5 Power equipment 5.0 9.1 7.2 6.1

8.3 9.0 5.9 11.0 10.0 8.8 9.3 12.4 Products: Electric power 0.2 3.8 5.4 2.9 6.2 3.6 4.8 4.6 7.3 5.7 6.7 9.8 Steel products 11.5 11.5 11.4 10.7

9.1 11.3 11.5 9.8 6.4 8.0 7.2 10.8 Cement 7.2 3.4 22.2 0.5 4.3 1.6 13.1 5.0 5.0 1.6 0.0 1.9 Crude oil runs 2.8 5.1 3.2 6.1

4.4 2.9 4.6 4.9 5.6 11.6 8.0 8.2 Cast iron 6.6 10.1 7.6 9.8 9.4 9.9 7.3 4.4 0.0 4.2 3.8 4.0 Crude steel 10.0 12.7 10.0 9.2

8.2 10.8 9.1 7.5 2.7 7.2 7.5 8.9 Motor vehicles -21.5 -15.8 -2.6 -15.1 -14.9 -16.7 -9.2 -10.6 -4.4 -0.5 5.3 9.5 Cars -23.8 -18.8 -3.4 -17.8 -17.1 -18.0 -7.1 -8.6 0.3 4.3 12.0 20.5 Coal 3.5 0.1 2.7 -1.5 2.1 4.5 8.0 5.2 4.2 -2.0 1.7 3.5 Natural gas 12.9 7.9 9.8 9.2 10.0 10.1 7.5 8.5 9.7 10.5 5.6 5.9 Crude oil 1.0 0.6 2.1 0.5

2.0 -1.3 0.3 -2.4 0.2 -2.6 -2.3 -1.6 Coke 5.7 3.4 5.4 7.6 4.9 1.9 4.5 -0.1 -1.1 -4.3 -4.7 -1.6