China's Manufacturing PMI Down In April
Muhammad Irfan Published April 30, 2024 | 12:40 PM
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Apr, 2024) Official data showed Tuesday that the purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was 50.4 in April, down from 50.8 last month.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 reflects contraction.
The manufacturing PMI reading has maintained expansion for two consecutive months, indicating the continuous recovery of the sector, said Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Zhao said enterprise production accelerated, and the production index rose 0.7 points to 52.9, the highest since April 2023.
Market demand continued to expand, said Zhao, citing that the new orders index came in at 51.
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He said enterprises of different scales all saw their PMI above the boom-bust line this month, with the readings for large, medium-sized, and small enterprises at 50.3, 50.7, and 50.3, respectively.
Zhao also pointed out that new economic drivers maintained brisk expansion. In April, the readings for equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing stood at 51.3 and 53, respectively.
Market sentiment in the manufacturing sector remained stable as the sub-reading for business expectations stood at 55.2, according to the NBS.
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