OREANDA-NEWS. November 01, 2011.The output of Anhui province's four major home appliances-fridges, washing machines, air conditioners and TV sets-topped 60 million units from January to September, the provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission said.

The industrial value-added output of the household appliance sector rose 33.5 percent year-on-year to 27.7 billion yuan in the first three quarters.

Meanwhile, the total output value of the sector stood at 117.7 billion yuan, or 14 percent of the national amount, an increase of 55.6 percent over a year earlier.

The Jan.-Sep.period saw a boom in major household appliance production, with the output of washing machines up by 33.1 percent year-on-year to 12.3 million units, fridges up 40.1 percent to 23.5 million units, air conditioners up 82.6 percent to 22.3 million units and TV sets up 35.2 percent to 3.9 million units.