the growth rate of the total social logistics volume of 188.6tn yuan slowed down

China logistics and purchasing Federation today (25) announced the logistics operation data from 1 to August this year. From January to August, the growth rate of total social logistics slowed down, and the demand structure continued to optimize.

From January to August, the total amount of social logistics in China was 188.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.8% over the same period last year, and the growth rate fell by 1.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year. Among them, the growth rate of industrial goods logistics is slowing down, the total import logistics is better than expected, and the total unit and resident goods logistics keeps rapid growth. Specifically, from January to August, the total logistics volume of industrial goods was 170.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.6% over the same period last year; the total logistics volume of imported goods was 9.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.7% over the same period last year; the total logistics volume of unit and resident goods was 500 million yuan, an increase of 18% over the same period last year.

Director of China Logistics Information Center, He Hui: in August, although the logistics operation was facing downward pressure, it maintained a steady growth trend. Among them, people's livelihood-related units and residents'goods logistics demand and recycling economy-related renewable resources demand have maintained a two-digit rapid growth, reflecting that the structure of social logistics demand continues to improve; the operation of the logistics industry, as a whole, continues to maintain a prosperous state.

In addition, the growth rate of the total cost of social logistics decreased slightly. From January to August, the total cost of social logistics was 8.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.8% compared with the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage points compared with January to July.