[CISA: August Monthly Report on Major Steel-Using Industries]
From January to August, among major steel-using industries, construction remained persistently low, while manufacturing overall continued its growth trend. Specifically, the real estate market remained in deep adjustment, and the YoY decline in infrastructure investment widened; cumulative export value of mechanical and electrical products maintained growth, with the YoY increase continuing to expand, automobile production edged down YoY, the shipbuilding industry's three major indicators maintained rapid growth, production of the three major white goods in the home appliance industry saw two increase and one decrease, and container production grew YoY.