The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing announced today (29th) logistics operation data from January to August this year. Data shows that from January to August this year, my country's logistics operations maintained a steady and progressive development trend, the scale of the logistics market expanded steadily, and the capacity and quality of international logistics channels were expanded.
From January to August this year, the total amount of social logistics nationwide was 243.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%. The steady growth of the total amount of social logistics has been promoted simultaneously with structural optimization, and the resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain has been further highlighted. Specifically, the basics of industrial product logistics are stable. From January to August, the total amount of industrial product logistics increased by 5.3% year-on-year, and the demand for upgraded industrial manufacturing logistics accelerated. In August, the added value of high-tech manufacturing and digital product manufacturing increased by 16.7% and 15.7% respectively, contributing more than 60% to the growth of designated industries. The output of industrial robots was 34.6%, jointly driving new logistics demand.
In terms of import logistics, from January to August, the total amount of import logistics increased by 0.6% year-on-year, and industrial upgrading goods continued to form the main support. The import value of mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products increased by 44.0% and 60.1% respectively year-on-year; the import volume of industrial robots and semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased by 27.8% and 53.6% respectively. Changes in the structure of imported products have put forward higher requirements for bonded logistics, precision transportation, and international channel adaptation capabilities, and relevant logistics supply has accelerated follow-up and adaptation.
Online consumption continues to be active
Logistics in lower-tier markets is steadily expanding
From the perspective of people's livelihood consumption logistics, from January to August, the total logistics volume of units and residents increased by 3.4% year-on-year, and the retail sales of rural consumer goods increased by 2.3% year-on-year. The growth rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than that in urban areas. The continuous innovation of logistics service models strongly supports the accelerated expansion of logistics demand in the sinking logistics market.
Logistics data shows that innovation in commercial circulation scenarios is accelerating, and online and offline integration is expanding the consumer logistics space. From January to August, online retail sales increased by 4.3% year-on-year, driving the steady operation of e-commerce logistics. Online retail sales of food products increased by 15.9%, and retail sales of warehouse membership stores and unattended stores both grew by more than 25%. New models such as instant delivery and warehouse distribution integration continue to support people's livelihood consumption logistics.
International channel expansion and quality improvement
Multimodal transport efficiency continues to be released
The scale of the logistics market is expanding steadily, and the industry's prosperity is steadily recovering. From January to August, the total revenue of the logistics industry was 9.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. The capacity of international logistics channels continues to expand, multimodal transport accelerates the "transformation from scattered to centralized", and the implementation of backbone logistics infrastructure is accelerated, which strongly supports foreign trade and industrial chain circulation.
From January to August, a total of 24,605 China-Europe (Asia) trains were operated, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%; among which, the number of China-Europe trains increased by 15.9% year-on-year. International air cargo and mail transportation volume increased by 11.8% year-on-year. The import and export goods of the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) along the New Western Land-Sea Corridor increased by 10.8% year-on-year, continuing the double-digit growth trend.
The transportation connection is closer and the circulation is smoother. Advanced logistics organization models such as multimodal transport "one order system" and rail-road combined transport are accelerated, and positive progress has been made in the optimization and innovation of logistics operations. From January to August, the national railway container rail-water combined transport volume increased by 8.6% year-on-year, and the rail-road combined transport volume completed 320 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 65.5%.
(CCTV reporters Cong Weina and Chen Xi)
