The General Administration of Customs recently released the monthly statistical report on my country's commodity exports for May.

Statistics show that in May, China exported 577 ships—a year-on-year increase of 1.8%—with a total value of RMB 37.65127 billion, up 23.7% year-on-year. In the first five months of the year, my country exported a total of 2,637 ships (down 3.7% year-on-year) valued at RMB 175.75131 billion (up 22.5% year-on-year).

Regarding ship types, China exported 36 liquid cargo ships in May valued at RMB 12.49738 billion ; the number of vessels rose by 80% year-on-year, while the value surged by 158.3%. In the first five months, cumulative exports of liquid cargo ships reached 187 vessels (up 67% year-on-year) with a value of RMB 64.34813 billion (up 188.8% year-on-year).

For container ships, China exported 11 vessels valued at RMB 7.51135 billion in May, representing year-on-year declines of 31.3% in volume and 29.8% in value. In the first five months, cumulative exports totaled 46 container ships valued at RMB 24.31238 billion, down 41% and 37.8% respectively year-on-year.

Regarding bulk carriers, China exported 55 vessels valued at RMB 11.08050 billion in May, up 22.2% and 117.8% respectively year-on-year. In the first five months, cumulative exports reached 218 bulk carriers valued at RMB 40.95494 billion; the number of vessels saw a slight year-on-year increase of 1.9%, while the value rose by 41.5%.

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