China News Service, Beijing, August 2 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released data on the 2nd, showing that China’s warehousing index in July was 49.1%, a drop of 4.1 percentage points from the previous month. Shrink the interval.
Except for the extended business volume index and the business activity expectations index, which continued to grow, the other sub-indices all declined to varying degrees, indicating that due to the impact of heavy rains and other severe weather, the pressure on the industry's operation has increased in the short term.
Judging from the changes in the sub-indices, the business volume has declined and the turnover efficiency has decreased.
In July, the business volume index was 48.9%, a decrease of 3.3 percentage points from the previous month.
The average inventory turnover index was 49.5%, a decrease of 7.6 percentage points from the previous month.
According to analysis, this month, many areas in the central and eastern parts of the country suffered heavy rainfall and typhoon weather, transportation links were blocked, warehouse entry and exit slowed down, some severely affected areas stopped warehousing operations, warehousing business activities were affected to a certain extent, and business volume fell significantly. The inventory turnover efficiency has been significantly reduced.
In terms of categories, the volume of bulk commodity business declined significantly higher than that of consumer products, of which chemical products and timber business fell most significantly.
At the same time, costs continued to rise and profits fell significantly.
In July, the main business cost index was 52.7%. Although it was down from the previous month, it was still above the line of prosperity and decline.
The index hit a four-year high last month, and this month is still in the expansion range, indicating that under the influence of heavy rain disasters, business costs continue to increase compared with the previous period.
In this context, corporate profits have declined significantly. The business profit index this month was 45.7%, a decrease of 9.4 percentage points from the previous month. It failed to continue the previous four-month continuous upward trend, and the decline was more significant.
But the market outlook is expected to be more optimistic.
In July, the business activity expectation index was 57.4%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, and it was still in the high boom range.
The index shows that market expectations are still relatively optimistic, and companies are confident that their business will resume growth in the future, but they still need to pay close attention to the impact of weather and epidemic changes on their warehousing business.
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