China's furniture sector reports steady growth

                                                                                                                                     Xinhua
                                                                                                           11th September 2021, 11:30 GMT+10

    BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's furniture sector registered steady growth in the first seven months of the year, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.

During the period, the industry's operating revenue increased 25.2 percent year on year to 430.26 billion yuan (about 66.64 billion U.S. dollars), according to the ministry.

The combined profits reached 22.33 billion yuan during the period, up 31 percent from a year earlier, the ministry said.

In the first seven months, a total of 613.23 million items of furniture were produced, up 25.7 percent year on year, according to the data.