Industrial output growth slides to three-month low
The Hindu
India’s industrial output growth slid to a three-month low of 5.8% in September from a 14-month high pace of 10.3% in August, from a 6% rise in July, with manufacturing growth halving to 4.5% from the 9.3% recorded in the previous month.
India’s industrial output growth slid to a three-month low of 5.8% in September from a 14-month high pace of 10.3% in August, from a 6% rise in July, with manufacturing growth halving to 4.5% from the 9.3% recorded in the previous month.
Electricity and mining growth also moderated to 9.9% and 11.5%, respectively. Consumption demand appeared weak with consumer durables’ production rising just 1% while non-durables’ grew 2.7% in September, despite a beneficial base effect from last year when both segments tanked by 5.5% and 5.7%, respectively.
Spliced on the basis of usage, primary goods grew the fastest at 8%, cooling from 12.4% in August, followed by infrastructure and construction goods that were up 7.5% and capital goods which rose 7.4%.
Intermediate goods output grew 5.8%, mildly slower than 6.5% in August.
While only seven of 23 manufacturing sectors had clocked a contraction in August, nine segments saw drops in output in September, led by furniture (-20.2%). The apparel segment contracted 17.9%, worse than the 17.1% decline clocked in August.
Computers and electronics’ output fell 8.9%, while the contraction in chemicals widened from 4.3% in August to 5.6% in September. “Other Manufacturing”, that encompasses sectors that are not broadly categorised, fell 13.5%.
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