China News Service, Beijing, August 25 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released data on the 25th, showing that in July, the growth rate of logistics demand in China's manufacturing industry changed from negative to positive, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%.
Statistics show that from January to July, the total value of industrial product logistics was 133.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.9 percentage points from January to June. Among them, the growth rate of manufacturing logistics demand turned from negative to positive, with a year-on-year increase of 0.1 %.
Judging from the current month, the demand for industrial logistics in July increased by 4.8% year-on-year. Among them, the logistics demand for equipment manufacturing and high-tech industries has accelerated significantly, and the logistics demand for emerging products has grown rapidly. The equipment manufacturing industry increased by 13.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate accelerated by 3.3 percentage points from the previous month. The high-tech manufacturing industry grew by 9.8% year-on-year, maintaining a relatively rapid growth rate of over 8% for five consecutive months. The growth rate of medical equipment and instrumentation manufacturing, electronic and communication equipment manufacturing exceeded 10%.
According to statistics, from January to July, the total cost of social logistics was 8.0 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.4%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 1.6 percentage points from the first half of the year. In terms of different links, the decline in logistics costs in the transportation, storage and management links all showed a narrowing trend, which was 1.3, 2.1 and 1.5 percentage points lower than the first half of the year.
At the same time, the demand for imported logistics has maintained rapid growth. Data show that from January to July this year, China's total import logistics increased by 9.7%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the first half of the year, and it rebounded for three consecutive months. Among the main categories of goods, imports of bulk commodities, agricultural products and some mechanical and electrical products achieved double-digit growth. Among them, imported iron ore increased by 11.8% year-on-year; steel increased by 49% year-on-year; crude oil increased by 12.1% year-on-year; grain and meat increased by 23% and 74% year-on-year; integrated circuits increased by 24.8%. (Finish)