China's logistics industry prosperity index rebounded in April from last month
The market is gradually picking up and logistics are becoming more active
Beijing, May 6 (Reporter Du Haitao) China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced on the 6th that the prosperity index of China's logistics industry in April was 53.6%, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous month; China's warehouse index was 50.3%, higher Monthly decline of 2.4 percentage points. The data shows that with the effective control of the epidemic and the acceleration of the orderly resumption of production and production of enterprises, the market demand that was previously suppressed by the epidemic has been continuously released, and the logistics industry prosperity index has maintained a steady rebound.
From the perspective of individual indexes, in addition to the continued decline in the price index of logistics services in April, all other indexes continued to rebound, especially the inventory turnover index, new order index, logistics industry fixed asset investment index, equipment utilization index all continued Maintain a clear rebound. Among them, the total business index in April was 53.6%, an increase of 2.1 percentage points from the previous month, reflecting the gradual recovery of market demand and the logistics business activities tending to be active. The new orders index was 54%, up 4.8 percentage points from the previous month. It reflects the increase in orders and the gradual start of logistics demand, which lays the foundation for the logistics industry in the future to maintain a rebound.
China Logistics Information Center owner Any Hui believes that from the later trend, both the new order index and the business activity expectation index have rebounded in April, reflecting that companies are more optimistic about future expectations. Situation. It is worth noting that the current logistics service prices are still going down, and the operating cost pressure of logistics enterprises is still relatively large, especially the capital turnover of small and micro enterprises is still very difficult, and further support efforts are needed.
The data shows that in April, the logistics company capital turnover rate index was 49.1%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from the previous month. Although the index rebounded slightly, it was still in the shrinking range. Relevant companies hope to enhance the implementation of favorable policies for financial loans, and reduce the financial pressure for enterprises, especially small and micro logistics companies.
"People's Daily" (07th Edition, May 07, 2020)