China News Service, Beijing, February 2 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) Data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on the 2nd showed that China's logistics industry prosperity index was 52.7% in January, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous month. He Hui, chief economist of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, believes that affected by seasonal factors and adverse weather in some areas, the logistics industry prosperity index fell back in January but was basically stable.
Hu Hao, director of the Logistics Statistics Division of the China Logistics Information Center, said that logistics business activity slowed down in January, but the industry continued its stabilizing trend since the fourth quarter of last year. The total business volume grew steadily, and the new order index and inventory turnover continued. The frequency index, equipment utilization index, and business activity expectation index are above 51%.
Data show that in January, the total business volume index of the postal express industry was 68.7%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month; the total business volume index of the road transportation industry was 52.9%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month; the total business volume index of the railway transportation industry fell for 5 consecutive years. It is above 52% every month. In January, the aviation logistics business showed steady growth, and the total air transport industry business volume index was 53.9%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points month-on-month. The warehousing and loading, unloading and handling business has a good rebound momentum, with the total index of warehousing industry and loading, unloading and handling business being 53.3% and 51.8% respectively.
"Judging from the continuous changes in relevant indicators, logistics activities have slowed down before the holiday." Hu Hao said that in January, the total business volume index fell, and some companies reported that they would start to adjust their positions and take holidays from the second half of this month, reflecting the supply and demand of the logistics industry. Overall it is looser. The slowdown in logistics activities was affected by adverse weather and Spring Festival factors, but it was mainly due to the slowdown in demand recovery in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain. In February, as the Spring Festival holiday is in the middle, the company's longest holiday covers the entire month, the working days are significantly reduced, and logistics activity is likely to decline.
Hu Hao believes that in order to ensure a good start in the first quarter, the post-holiday resumption of work and production should be accelerated in late February. In March, all efforts will be made to accelerate the start of major projects, while expanding logistics demand, stabilizing job supply, raising development expectations, and improving micro profits. Continue to make efforts. At the same time, we must focus on the impact of the superposition of passenger and cargo traffic on the return high-speed trunk lines during the Spring Festival and the impact of severe weather such as low temperatures, rain, snow and freezing temperatures in some areas, and make plans to ensure smooth traffic and logistics supply capacity reserves. (over)