RbiSearchHeader

Press escape key to go back

Past Searches

Theme
Theme
Text Size
Text Size
S2

RbiAnnouncementWeb

RBI Announcements
RBI Announcements

Asset Publisher

83735142

Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey on the Manufacturing sector for Q1:2022-23

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of the 58th round of the quarterly Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS), which provides a snapshot of demand conditions in India’s manufacturing sector1 during April-June 2022. The survey covered 734 manufacturing companies.

Highlights:

  • At the aggregate level, the capacity utilisation (CU) for the manufacturing sector recorded seasonal decline to 72.4 per cent in Q1:2022-23 from 75.3 per cent in the previous quarter. (Chart 1 and Table 1)

  • The seasonally adjusted CU increased to 74.3 per cent in Q1:2022-23 from 73.0 per cent in Q4:2021-22.

Chart 1: Capacity Utilisation (CU) and De-trended IIP (Manufacturing)
  • Manufacturing companies have been receiving higher new orders; Sequential (q-o-q) growth for the last four successive quarters have been positive as the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been waned over the period (Chart 2 and Table 2A)

Chart 2: Growth in New Orders
  • The raw material inventory (RMI) to sales ratio increased during Q1:2022-23 consistent with improving demand conditions; finished goods inventory (FGI) to sales ratio has remained stable, barring the period, which was majorly affected by the pandemic-related restrictions. (Chart 3 and Table 3A)

Chart 3: Inventories to Sales Ratios

Note- Please see the excel file for time series data.


ANNEX 1: Data Tables

Table 1: IIP*-Manufacturing and Capacity Utilisation (CU)
Quarter Number of responding companies Capacity Utilisation IIP-Manufacturing
(Quarterly Average)
De-trended Quarterly IIP-Manufacturing
Q1:2021-22 640 60.0 119.1 -10.5
Q2:2021-22 728 68.3 131.6 0.4
Q3:2021-22 757 72.4 135.0 1.9
Q4:2021-22 727 75.3 138.1 3.3
Q1:2022-23 692 72.4 134.3 -2.0
*: Index of Industrial Production (Base: 2011-12)

Table 2A: Order Books Growth (Q1:2021-22 to Q1:2022-23)
Quarter Number of companies Q-o-Q Growth # (per cent) ** Y-o-Y Growth # (per cent)
 Backlog Orders New Order Book Pending Orders Backlog Orders New Order Book Pending Orders
Q1:2021-22 120 -0.5 -19.0 5.3 11.8 105.7 17.3
Q2:2021-22 184 10.8 2.1 3.9 10.2 16.9 15.1
Q3:2021-22 205 3.5 10.5 7.8 19.5 20.9 20.5
Q4:2021-22 207 4.7 5.6 4.6 14.2 28.4 25.1
Q1:2022-23 233 0.3 3.4 4.2 15.2 38.7 10.3
#: Growth rates are calculated using three rounds common set of companies, namely, companies responded in the current quarter, one quarter ago and the same quarter a year ago.
 **: Not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2B: Average Size of Order Books (Q1:2021-22 to Q1:2022-23)
Quarter Number of companies Average Amount (₹ Crores)
Backlog Orders New Order Book Pending Orders
Q1:2021-22 120 188.1 171.0 197.8
Q2:2021-22 184 197.9 195.7 207.4
Q3:2021-22 205 182.3 224.4 196.6
Q4:2021-22 207 176.3 222.4 184.2
Q1:2022-23 233 221.7 244.8 231.5

Table 3A: Inventory to Sales Ratios (Q1:2021-22 to Q1:2022-23)
Quarter Number of Companies Ratio (per cent) #
Total Inventory / Sales Finished Goods Inventory / Sales Raw Material Inventory / Sales
Q1:2021-22 478 78.6 29.5 36.9
Q2:2021-22 537 60.5 20.9 29.4
Q3:2021-22 681 58.1 22.4 28.0
Q4:2021-22 651 65.2 24.7 30.5
Q1:2022-23 630 69.6 24.6 33.5
#: Weighted average of industry level ratios using GVA as weights

Table 3B: Average Sales and Inventories (Q1:2021-22 to Q1:2022-23)
Quarter Number of Companies Average Amount (₹ Crores)
Sales Total Inventory Finished Goods Inventory Work in progress Inventory Raw Material Inventory
Q1:2021-22 478 869.2 489.7 208.8 79.7 201.2
Q2:2021-22 537 1012.6 494.4 200.0 78.6 215.8
Q3:2021-22 681 1027.9 465.0 193.5 62.0 209.5
Q4:2021-22 651 1123.2 530.2 219.2 79.8 231.2
Q1:2022-23 630 1238.3 591.8 238.3 87.3 266.2

Note: The computations of order book growths and inventory to sales ratios are based on methodology given in the RBI press release dated October 8, 2021 (link: /en/web/rbi/-/publications/obicus-survey-on-the-manufacturing-sector-for-q1-2021-22-20650) and not on the basis of averages given in the above tables.


1 The survey responses are voluntary. Results of the previous survey round were released on the Bank’s website on August 05, 2022.

RbiTtsCommonUtility

PLAYING
LISTEN

Related Assets

RBI-Install-RBI-Content-Global

RbiSocialMediaUtility

Install the RBI mobile application and get quick access to the latest news!

Scan Your QR code to Install our app

RbiWasItHelpfulUtility

Was this page helpful?