The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in September 2023, my country's caustic soda (100% discount) output was 3.455 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%; from January to September, my country's caustic soda (100% discount) output was 30.249 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%.

In terms of upstream, my country's raw salt output in September was 4.852 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.3%; from January to August, my country's raw salt output was 37.771 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%.

On the downstream side, my country's alumina production in September was 7.072 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%; from January to September, my country's alumina production was 61.706 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%. In September, the output of my country's machine-made paper and paperboard (excluding outsourced base paper processing) was 12.867 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.1%; from January to September, the output of my country's machine-made paper and paperboard (excluding outsourced base paper processing) was 104.430 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. In September, my country's cloth output was 2.73 billion meters, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5%; from January to September, my country's cloth output was 22.96 billion meters, a year-on-year decrease of 3.4%. In September, my country's synthetic detergent output was 1.041 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%; from January to September, my country's synthetic detergent output was 7.975 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%.