Feb 1 (Reuters) – China’s official factory purchasing managers’ index
eased in January to 50.4 from December’s 50.6, the National Bureau
of Statistics said on Friday, underscoring that the economy is making only a
mild recovery from its worst slowdown in 13 years.
Following is a breakdown of the purchasing managers’ index:
Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr
Overall PMI 50.4 50.6 50.6 50.2 49.8 49.2 50.1 50.2 50.4 53.3
Output 51.3 52.0 52.5 52.1 51.3 50.9 51.8 52.0 52.9 57.2
New orders 51.6 51.2 51.2 50.4 49.8 48.7 49.0 49.2 49.8 54.5
Export orders 48.5 50.0 50.2 49.3 48.8 46.6 46.6 47.5 50.4 52.2
Backlogs of orders 44.4 45.9 45.3 43.8 46.5 45.1 41.9 43.3 43.6 48.4
Stocks of goods 47.4 49.4 48.8 48.1 47.9 48.2 48.0 52.3 52.2 49.5
Quantity of
purchases 53.2 52.1 51.4 51.2 49.8 48.8 46.8 46.9 50.8 54.4
Imports 49.1 49.0 48.5 48.4 47.7 47.0 45.0 46.5 48.1 50.5
Input prices 57.2 53.3 50.1 54.3 51.0 46.1 41.0 41.2 44.8 54.8
Stocks of purchases 50.1 47.3 47.9 47.3 47.0 45.1 48.5 48.2 45.1 48.5
Employment 47.8 49.0 48.7 49.2 48.9 49.1 49.5 49.7 50.5 51.0
Delivery times 50.0 48.8 49.9 50.1 49.5 50.0 49.0 49.1 49.0 49.6
(Reporting By Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Nick Edwards)
