China's excavator sales up 17.8 pct in September

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BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's 25 leading excavator makers sold a total of 15,799 excavators last month, up 17.8 percent year on year, data from the China Construction Machinery Association showed.

In breakdown, 13,182 excavators were sold in the domestic market, rising 12.5 percent year on year, while exports of the equipment surged 54.9 percent to 2,617.

In the first nine months, total sales amounted to 179,195 units, up 14.7 percent from the same period last year.

Sales of digging machines are an important indicator of the vitality of an economy as demand is usually backed by growth in mining and infrastructure development.

China sold a total of 203,420 excavators in 2018, surging 45 percent year on year. Enditem

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