The Output of China Major Chemicals in Aug. 1998
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                                                                                                  Total
Chemical Products          Output (ton)             Jan. -- Aug.            Compared with the same
                          Aug.                 (ton)                period of 1997, %
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Total industrial output value ('000 yuan)         2217275        18186383       104.66  
Pyrite (total output)                  842899         6685502   84.86
Pyrite (transp. output)            762585             6281377   85.18
Phosphorus ore (total output)         1362334        10768555   100.82
Phosphorus ore (transp. output)   1108967            10034422   95.27
Native borax (total output)             43617          793919   98.24
Sulfuric acid                     1530597            12083080   104.09
Nitric acid (concentrated)             128960          458453   115.19
Boric acid                            999                6335   115.78
Chlorosulfonic acid                      3576           43760   88.53
Soda ash                        567423        4771912   102.36
Caustic soda                       433882             3302875   96.02
Sodium sulfite                      22927              155570   106.45
Sodium  sulfate (anhydrous)       122735              1035080   104.92
Sodium cyanide                   2071           15864   78.79
Synthetic ammonia                     2492910        20518274   99.13
  including: large-sized plants    487076             5129736   106.74
              medium-sized plants626946       3905714   99.55
              small-sized plants  1352331            11364890   94.94
Chemical fertilizers              2065706            17501714   100.99
  including: Nitrogenous              1599267        14045284   99.46
    including: large-sized plants          326820             4067152   109.25
                   medium-sized plants  326529  2274588 98.30
                   small-sized plants   923835  7615512 94.20
                   Phosphorus   441176  3285054 105.31
    including: common calcium   248452  1859232 102.32
                  calcium-magnesium     67091   551325  100.77
                    others      125573  873335  115.63
                  Potassium     21442   139059  155.60
Urea                      1708118        16317182 &