The production output of Chinese washing machine industry grew by 1.7% year-on-year, reaching 64.707 million units, and sales volume grew by 2.4% year-on-year, coming to 65.601 million units, of which domestic sales amounted to 45.32 million units, a year-on-year growth of 2.7%, and exports 20.281 million units, a year-on-year growth of 1.7%, according to ChinaIOL.com. The inventory last year stood at 2.113 million units.