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Thursday, January 02, 2014

PMI for the manufacturing sector rises to 50.7 in December 2013

Business conditions improve for second month running in December 

India's seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) though down slightly from 51.3 in November to 50.7 in December, signalled a second consecutive monthly improvement in business conditions. Although weaker than its long-run trend, the PMI average for the final quarter of the year (50.5) was greater than that seen for Q3 (49.4). 

The Indian manufacturing sector ended 2013 on an encouraging footing. Operating conditions improved for the second successive month in December, as both output and new orders increased. Consequently, firms raised their workforce numbers further in the latest month. 

Manufacturing production rose for the second month running, but at only a marginal rate. Supporting the latest increase in total output was a further gain in incoming new business. Sector data indicated that the overall expansion in production volumes was largely centred on the consumer goods sub-sector. 

New orders placed at Indian manufacturers rose in December, albeit marginally. Panellists linked higher levels of new work to improved domestic and overseas demand. However, the latest increase was mainly focused in the consumer goods category. Export order growth was registered for the third consecutive month. Although quickening since November, the overall rate of expansion was modest and below the series average. 

Indian manufacturing employment rose in December, stretching the current period of job creation to three months. However, the rate of growth was only marginal. All three broad areas of the goods-producing sector registered higher staffing levels. 

Price indicators moved lower in December. Average purchasing costs increased at the slowest pace for four months, but the overall rate of inflation remained robust. Most of the increase was attributed by surveyed companies to higher prices paid for raw materials such as metals, chemicals and textiles. Output prices rose for the seventh month in a row, although competition between manufacturers meant that the rate of increase was historically muted. 

December data pointed to a further, albeit fractional, rise in purchasing activity. Consumer goods was the only sub-category of the manufacturing economy to post higher input buying. The overall increase in quantity of purchases was insufficient to prevent a drop in holdings of raw materials. Pre-production inventories fell for the first time since September, but the rate of contraction was moderate. Conversely, stocks of finished goods rose in December. The overall increase was, however, unchanged from the fractional rate seen in November.

Finally, backlogs of work rose again during the latest survey period, with the rate of accumulation climbing to a six-month high. Anecdotal evidence highlighted raw material shortages at vendors and power-cuts.
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