The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced today (2nd) the prosperity index of China's logistics industry in January. According to the data, the activity of logistics business slowed down in January, but it still continued the stable trend since the fourth quarter of last year. Among them, the e-commerce logistics business grew rapidly, and the air logistics rose steadily.
The prosperity index of China's logistics industry in January was 527%, down 08 percentage points. Judging from the continuous changes in relevant indicators, the pre-holiday growth momentum has slowed down.
Liu Yuhang, director of China Logistics Information Center: Since January, there has been a natural situation of heavy snowfall in some areas, which has suppressed the demand for logistics, but from the perspective of logistics operations, especially business activities and upstream, the growth of some demand near the Spring Festival has driven the entire logistics department to continue to stabilize.
From the perspective of sub-indexes, the new orders index, inventory turnover index, equipment utilization index, and business activity expectation index are all above 51%.
In addition, the pre-holiday residents' travel demand and New Year's goods stocking atmosphere is strong, and the e-commerce logistics business is growing rapidly. In January, the total business volume index of the postal express industry was 687%, up 0. month-on-month1 percentage point. According to the surveyed enterprises, the growth rate of orders for local New Year's special commodities, agricultural and sideline food, cosmetics and other products is between 30% and 40%.
The demand for road trunk lines and railway logistics also achieved steady growth, and the total business index of the road transport industry in January was 529%, up 0. month-on-month2 percentage points; The total business volume index of the railway transport industry has been above 52% for five consecutive months. In January, the belly capacity and cargo aircraft capacity were sufficient, the air logistics business rose steadily, and the total business index of the air transport industry was 539%, up 0. month-on-month4 percentage points.
Liu Yuhang, director of China Logistics Information Center: In January, overall, the logistics industry prosperity index remained in a boom range, and our confidence in the logistics operation of the entire logistics industry, as well as the operating conditions of the entire enterprise, is still in a relatively good state.
The overall operation of the industry is stable, and the performance of consumer goods is better
The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing also released the China Warehousing Index for January today. Judging from the changes in the data, the warehousing industry as a whole has maintained a good operation trend and achieved a stable start. In terms of categories, the demand for bulk commodities declined, and the warehousing business activities of consumer goods tended to be active.
China's warehousing index was 512%, down 04 percentage points, still in the expansion range. From the perspective of business volume, the overall volume of warehousing business still maintains a growth trend. Affected by weather and holiday factors, the trend of different categories has been differentiated, and the bulk commodity business has been greatly affected by the traditional off-season, especially in the steel, building materials and other industries, the overall demand for warehousing has declined, and business activities have slowed down significantly. On the other hand, driven by the dual drive of pre-holiday stocking and holiday consumption, the warehousing business activities of consumer goods tend to be active, which has played a stabilizing role in the overall smooth operation of the industry.
Liu Yuhang, Director of China Logistics Information Center: As the holiday approaches, the logistics demand around the consumer goods sector is growing, which has led to the improvement of the activity of the entire warehousing operation. The equipment utilization rate of the entire warehouse is still at a relatively high level, indicating that the activity rate of the warehousing operation in the logistics industry and the state of the entire warehousing operation are still in a relatively good state.
In addition, in January, the warehousing industry business activity expectation index was 53%, up 1 from the previous month4 percentage points, which continued to rise in the expansion range, indicating that enterprises maintain more optimistic expectations for the market outlook.
CCTV reporter Wang Shantao).