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Domestic demand in November 2018 has strong support for manufacturing industry with stable foundation
Click:1605 Date:2019-1-15 15:01:19
On November 30, 2018, the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Logistics and Purchasing Federation released the China Purchasing Manager Index for 2018. In November, the Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) was 50.0%, a small drop of 0.2 percentage points from last month, at the critical point; the Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index was 53.4%, a drop of 0.5 percentage points from last month.


Experts say that the current decline of PMI in manufacturing industry is mainly affected by short-term seasonal factors, and the trend in the later stage of manufacturing industry is still on a stable basis. Non-manufacturing industry should pay attention to strengthening the dynamic and demand basis for the rapid development of non-manufacturing industry in order to better play its basic role in stable growth.


Manufacturing boom declined, but the structure continued to improve


In November, the manufacturing PMI was 50.0%, a slight drop of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, at a critical point, hitting a new low since July 2016.


Since this year, manufacturing PMI has recovered from a low of 50.3% in February and rose to 51.9% in May. Since then, the manufacturing PMI shock has fallen, hitting a new low this year in November.


From 13 sub-indexes, compared with last month, the new export order index, finished product inventory index, raw material inventory index, employee index and supplier index increased, the backlog order index remained the same as last month, while the remaining seven indexes declined.


Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician at the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in November, the manufacturing production index was 51.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from last month, and remained in the boom zone. However, demand expansion slowed down, with the new order index of 50.4%, lower than 0.4 percentage points last month, higher than the critical point, indicating that the growth rate of enterprise product orders has slowed down.


Influenced by the recent downturn of some commodity prices and other factors, the main raw material purchase price index and factory price index both fell to the lowest point in the year, 50.3% and 46.4% respectively, down 7.7 percentage points and 5.6 percentage points from last month. Especially, the ex-factory price index has fallen below the critical point, among which the ex-factory price index of petroleum processing, chemical raw materials and chemicals, ferrous metal smelting and calendering processing industries has fallen considerably.


"Although manufacturing PMI is at a critical point, most industries are in the expansion zone." According to Zhao Qinghe's analysis, in November, the PMI of food and beverage refined tea, textile clothing and apparel, medicine, railway ship aerospace equipment, electrical machinery equipment and other manufacturing industries was located at 52.0% or above, which was relatively high level of operation. Affected by increasing environmental management in heating season in some areas, PMI of high energy-consuming industries dropped to 48.4%. PMI of petroleum processing, chemical raw materials and chemicals, ferrous metals smelting and calendering, non-ferrous metals smelting and calendering are all located in the contraction zone, and lower than the overall level of manufacturing industry.


It is worth noting that the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry continue to advance, and the basic role of consumption in promoting economic development continues to play. PMI of equipment manufacturing, high-tech manufacturing and consumer goods manufacturing is 50.5%, 51.7% and 51.6%, respectively, up 0.6%, 0.1 and 0.8 percentage points from last month, and higher than the overall level of manufacturing.


The operation of non-manufacturing industry is generally stable, and the expansion of service industry is accelerating.


In November, the non-manufacturing business activity index was 53.4%, down 0.5 percentage points from last month. This is also the second consecutive month of slowdown in non-manufacturing PMI growth. However, since this year, non-manufacturing PMI has been in the expansion range, and significantly higher than the critical point.


Among the individual indices, the new export orders and business activities expectation index increased, the new orders index was flat, and the other indicators decreased.


Zhao Qinghe said that due to the gradual cooling of the weather and other factors, the growth rate of construction production slowed down. In November, the business activity index was 59.3%, down 4.6 percentage points from last month, but located in a higher boom zone. In terms of market demand and expectations, the construction industry's new order index and business activity expectation index are 56.5% and 68.3%, respectively, up 0.3 and 2.3 percentage points from last month. In the near future, the construction industry is expected to continue to grow steadily and rapidly.


The business activity index of service industry rose to 52.4% in November, up 0.3 percentage points from last month, and the service industry continued to grow momentum. As far as the industry is concerned, influenced by the "Double Eleventh" promotional activities, the index of business activities in postal express, telecommunications and Internet software industries is above 56.0%, and the total business volume has achieved rapid growth. In addition, the banking, securities, insurance and other financial industries are located at more than 60.0%, rising to the high boom zone. However, the business activity index of road transportation, catering, real estate and other industries is below the critical point, and the total business volume has fallen.


From the perspective of market expectations, the expected index of business activities in service industry is 59.6%, which continues to be in a high boom zone. Enterprises generally look forward to the development of the industry. Among them, wholesale and retail, postal express, telecommunications, Internet software, banking, insurance and other industries are located in the high boom zone of more than 60.0%.


Wuwei, an expert of China Logistics Information Center, said that the PMI of non-manufacturing industry decreased by 0.5 percentage points compared with last month, but the decline narrowed down, and remained at a high level of 53.4%. The new order index remained unchanged with last month, and stabilized at 50.1% for two consecutive months. The non-manufacturing market operation maintained moderately rapid growth, demand stability and overall rapid development trend.


Downward pressure still exists, and the demand base for steady growth should be actively expanded.

In November, the comprehensive PMI output index was 52.8%, down 0.3 percentage points from last month, indicating that the production and operation activities of Chinese enterprises continued to expand, but the activity was weakened. Among them, the manufacturing production index and the non-manufacturing business activity index, which constitute the comprehensive PMI output index, are 51.9% and 53.4%, respectively. The ring ratio has fallen.


According to Zhang Liqun, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council, the PMI index continued to decline in November, and the current downward pressure of the economy is still obvious. Considering the potential impact of Sino-US trade frictions on future exports, we should actively expand domestic demand and promote stable economic growth.


"In November, the PMI of manufacturing industry fell to the level of prosperity and decline, indicating that downward pressure can not be ignored. But on the whole, supply and demand remain in the expansion zone, the production and operation situation of large and medium-sized enterprises is relatively stable, steady and progressive trend continues to develop, the transformation of new and old momentum is accelerated, and the trend of manufacturing industry in the later period has a stable basis. Wen Tao, an expert of China Logistics Information Center, said.


Wen Tao believes that the current decline of PMI in manufacturing industry is mainly affected by short-term seasonal factors, and the decline is obviously narrowed. From this year's trend, in addition to the last three months and February, the other months are maintained at more than 51%, at a relatively reasonable level in recent years. From the perspective of PMI, the basic situation of supply and demand expansion is still continuing, the pressure of raw material cost of enterprises has eased, the production and operation situation of large and medium-sized enterprises is relatively stable, and the trend of manufacturing industry in the later period is still on a stable basis.


Wen Tao suggested that the current policy should focus on "six stability" work, solve the difficulties encountered in the development of private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises as soon as possible, stimulate the vitality of the capital market and tap the consumption potential. It is expected that in December, domestic demand will still be strongly supported, external demand driven by festival consumption may have some room to rebound, enterprise production will remain stable and increase, and the prices of raw materials and finished products will tend to be stable.


From the perspective of non-manufacturing industry, Wuwei believes that non-manufacturing market operation keeps moderate and rapid growth, enterprise activities are stable, the vitality of micro-economic entities has been released, and enterprises expect to be better. The moderate and rapid development of non-manufacturing industry is conducive to the sustainable development of China's economy to high quality.


"Although the non-manufacturing market demand has not continued to decline, the new order index remains at a low level of 50.1%, which is generally weak. The proportion of enterprises reflecting inadequate market demand has increased, rising year by year for two consecutive months, to 39.3% in November, a new year high. Therefore, we should pay attention to strengthening the dynamic and demand basis for the rapid development of non-manufacturing industry, so as to better play its fundamental role in stable growth. Wuwei said.

 

 
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