People visit the booth of Chinese company Haier during the IFA 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, on Sept 1, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING - Home appliances output in China saw double-digit growth in the first 11 months of 2023, official data has shown.
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Among them, the output of refrigerators reached 88.15 million units, up 14.5 percent year-on-year; the output of air conditioners reached 223.34 million units, up 12.6 percent; while the output of washing machines stood at 95.36 million units, up 20 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
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In addition, the data showed furniture enterprises above the designated size saw revenues reach 579.66 billion yuan (about $82 billion) during the same period, down 5.5 percent year-on-year; their profits totaled 30.15 billion yuan, also down 6.3 percent.