The Output of China Major Chemicals in July 1998
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                                                                                                  Total
Chemical Products       Output (ton)               Jan. -- July         Compared with the same
                       July                         (ton)                     period of 1997, %
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Total industrial output value ('000 yuan) 2 280 347     16 704 861      103.20
Pyrite (total output)                     825 652        5 831 881      85.61
Pyrite (transp. output)               795 350    5 516 362      85.11
Phosphorus ore (total output)                   1 394 991               9 632 944               103.19
Phosphorus ore (transp. output)         1 369 409               9 254 706               102.87
Native borax (total output)           64 524            750 302         103.79
Sulfuric acid                                           1 425 984               10 431 773      102.36
Nitric acid (concentrated)                      52 098          382 640         108.06
Boric acid                                              1 958           5 536           110.46
Chlorosulfonic acid                                     4 416           39 884          88.61
Soda ash                                                         549 614                4 219 094               102.62
Caustic soda                                             390 302                2 897 071               95.48
Sodium sulfite                                          18 708          132 643         100.67  
Sodium  sulfate (anhydrous)                     132 381         882 914         100.96
Sodium cyanide                                  1 721           13 793          75.80
Synthetic ammonia                                       2 654 413               18 176 185      98.53
  including: large-sized plants         714 900         4 734 037               113.63
               medium-sized plants      4 86 489                3 423 251               99.26
               small-sized plants