122 enterprises produced 4.758 billion sets of bearings, an increase of 638 million sets over the same period of last year, a year-on-year increase of 15.50%. The sales volume of bearings was 4.791 billion sets, an increase of 678 million sets over the same period of 2016, an increase of 16.48% over the same period of 2016. Export sales of bearings reached 1.74 billion sets, an increase of 212 million sets over the same period in 2016, an increase of 13.89% year on year; The total revenue from the main business of 122 enterprises reached 76.512 billion yuan, up 15.35% year-on-year. The main business income of 104 enterprises increased compared with the same period in 2016, accounting for 85.25% of the 122 enterprises.

Compared with the same period in 2016, 18 enterprises, accounting for 14.75% of 122 enterprises, experienced a decrease in main business income, or 0 enterprises in the same proportion. The revenue of bearing products in the main business was 58.808 billion yuan, up 15.58% year on year. Among the business income of bearing products, the business income of exporting bearing products was 11.958 billion yuan, up 9.85% year-on-year; The amount of bearing inventory increased by 0.60% year-on-year from 6.392 billion yuan in the same period of 2016. The total amount of tax paid was 3.396 billion yuan, up 6.26% year-on-year; . Gross profit achieved

4.682 billion yuan, up 17.47% year-on-year; . Compared with the same period in 2016, the total profit of the enterprise is

83 enterprises, accounting for 68.03% of 122 enterprises, and 33 enterprises, accounting for 27.05% of 122 enterprises, whose total profits decreased compared with the same period in 2016, equal to 6 enterprises.

There were 14 loss-making enterprises, with a loss area of 11.48% and a 39.13% reduction in the same period. The loss was 54 million yuan, 84.42% less than the loss of 344 million yuan in the same period of 2016. (China Bearing Industry Association)