SHANGHAI, Oct 26 (SMM) – China's lithium-ion battery output expanded 2.4% month on month to stand at 1.2 billion units in September after a 9.6% contraction in August, showed data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Output in September stood 7% higher than September 2017.
In January-August, China produced 10.3 billion lithium-ion batteries, up 10.5% from the same period last year.

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