China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing today (28th) released the logistics operation data from January to August this year. Affected by the continued slowdown in the global economic recovery trend, the scattered outbreak of the epidemic and the rising base in the same period last year, the growth rate of logistics demand continued to slow down, but it still maintained a relatively rapid growth. The logistics demand for new kinetic energy is stable and improving. The logistics market Development resilience remains strong.
From January to August, the total amount of social logistics nationwide was 205.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than that from January to July, and the two-year average growth rate was 6.8%. On the whole, logistics operations have continued the recovery trend in the previous period, and the scale and growth rate are higher than the level before the epidemic.
Cai Jin, vice president of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing: Generally speaking, we still maintain a steady and relatively fast growth momentum. Compared with GDP, the growth rate is still slightly higher than GDP. So from this perspective In other words, it should be said that although the growth rate of the entire logistics operation is slowing down, it is generally stable and can support such a stable and healthy operation of the national economy.
Specifically, the logistics of industrial products maintained steady growth. With the continuous advancement of domestic energy conservation, environmental protection and energy consumption control, production and electricity restrictions in some regions, the textile and steel industries have slowed down significantly. In August, they fell 2.5% and 5.3% year-on-year respectively. High-tech manufacturing maintained rapid growth. The growth rate was 2.7 percentage points higher than that of the previous month, 13 percentage points higher than that of all industries, and its contribution to industrial growth increased significantly.
In addition, the growth rate of imported logistics has further slowed down, and the import demand for major commodities has continued to fall. Demand for iron ore, crude oil, and coal continued to fall in August, and natural gas imports continued to increase. In terms of agricultural products, the import demand for meat and grain is still at a high level.
He Hui, assistant to the chairman of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the director of the China Logistics Information Center: The price of bulk raw materials is at a high level, which brings a lot of cost pressure to our domestic production, which makes our imports restrained to a certain extent. , Agricultural products, especially meat, some raw materials to protect people's livelihood, including food imports, still maintain a relatively high growth.
From January to August, the total logistics of units and residents increased by 14.5% year-on-year, an average increase of 13.9% over the two years. In August, the online retail sales of physical goods accounted for 23.6% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, which was significantly higher than the level in 2019, indicating a significant increase in online consumption.