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Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey on the Manufacturing sector for Q4:2022-23

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of its 61st round of the quarterly Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS) conducted during Q1:2023-24 covering 752 manufacturing companies. The survey1 provides a snapshot of demand conditions in India’s manufacturing sector during January-March 2023.

Highlights:

  • At the aggregate level, capacity utilisation (CU) in the manufacturing sector increased for the third successive quarter to 76.3 per cent in Q4:2022-23 from 74.3 per cent recorded in the previous quarter (Chart 1 and Table 1). The seasonally adjusted CU for Q4:2022-23 remained stable at 74.1 per cent.
Chart 1: Capacity Utilisation (CU) and De-trended IIP (Manufacturing)
  • Manufacturing companies received more new orders in Q4:2022-23 as compared with the level in the previous quarter as well as in the corresponding quarter a year ago (Chart 2 and Table 2A).
Chart 2: Growth in New Orders
  • The ratios of both the raw material inventory (RMI) to sales and the finished goods inventory (FGI) to sales increased marginally from their levels in the previous quarter (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
Q4:2021-22 727 75.3 138.1 5.4
Q1:2022-23 692 72.4 134.3 0.8
Q2:2022-23 745 74.0 133.6 -0.8
Q3:2022-23 727 74.3 137.0 1.7
Q4:2022-23 705 76.3 143.3 7.1
*: Index of Industrial Production (Base: 2011-12)
 
Table 2A: Order Books Growth (Q4:2021-22 to Q4:2022-23)
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
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
Q2:2022-23 265 4.6 -0.1 10.8 11.4 25.9 20.1
Q3:2022-23 277 1.8 0.5 3.9 14.7 8.4 18.4
Q4:2022-23 261 3.9 7.4 2.9 15.8 6.0 15.3
#: 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 (Q4:2021-22 to Q4:2022-23)
Quarter Number of companies Average Amount (₹ Crores)
Backlog Orders New Order Book Pending Orders
Q4:2021-22 207 176.3 222.4 184.2
Q1:2022-23 233 221.7 244.8 231.5
Q2:2022-23 265 208.8 307.9 232.4
Q3:2022-23 277 205.0 212.2 213.1
Q4:2022-23 261 215.6 225.4 221.9
 
Table 3A: Inventory to Sales Ratios (Q4:2021-22 to Q4:2022-23)
Quarter Number of Companies Ratio (per cent) #
Total Inventory / Sales Finished Goods Inventory / Sales Raw Material Inventory / Sales
Q4:2021-22 651 65.2 24.7 30.5
Q1:2022-23 630 69.6 24.6 33.5
Q2:2022-23 721 61.8 22.6 29.6
Q3:2022-23 675 60.6 21.9 30.0
Q4:2022-23 658 64.1 23.2 32.5
#: Weighted average of industry level ratios using GVA as weights
 
Table 3B: Average Sales and Inventories (Q4:2021-22 to Q4:2022-23)
Quarter Number of Companies Average Amount (₹ Crores)
Sales Total Inventory Finished Goods Inventory Work in progress Inventory Raw Material Inventory
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
Q2:2022-23 721 1285.8 508.2 217.6 73.2 217.4
Q3:2022-23 675 1106.7 519.9 195.5 67.1 257.4
Q4:2022-23 658 1172.2 546.6 225.4 62.7 258.5

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: https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=20650) and not on the basis of averages given in the above tables.


1 The survey responses are voluntary and the results reflect the views of the respondents, which are not necessarily shared by the Reserve Bank. Results of the previous survey round were released on the Bank’s website on April 06, 2023.

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