During full January of 2013, China showed a decline in ship export compared to the same time period of last year while ship import increased.
According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, Chinese ship trading in January 2013 totalled $3.055bn with a 32.7% decrease year-on-year and of which export stood at $2.881bn, showing a 35% fall year-on-year, while total amount of import sharply increased by 62.3% year-on-year to $174m.
A total amount from Chinese ship export in January 2013 was reported to be the second lowest one since March last year with an increase of around $54m against the previous month.
The amount of overall ship import in China last January increased greatly to the highest level since January 2012 showing a $54m month-on-month rise
Meanwhile, major ships exported in January were commercial ships such as bulker, tanker and containerships and the role of these vessels may not be ignored since export of these has been on the rise.
Among the commercial ships exported, bulker accounted for the largest part, 61.2% with $1.763bn, and tanker followed after with 10.2%, $294m. Containership took 7.2% with $210m that all of the three types of vessel showed year-on-year increases.
In January, China exported ships to 117 countries and regions, and $1.709bn worth of ships were headed to Asia, which takes 59.3% of total, the largest, but this represents a 33.2% decrease year-on-year.
Also, 25 provinces of China conducted exports and of all, Liaoning province was reported to have exported the most ships worth of $692m (9.4 decrease against the same time period, 2012), 24% of total, followed by Jiangsu province ($649m) and Zhejiang province ($430m).