After the country’s industrial production showed sharp contraction dragged down by negative growth of manufacturing in the month of October, the industry body, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in its latest survey has stated that India’s manufacturing sector may show growth improvement in the October-December quarter with a slightly better outlook for production, driven by better export prospects.
The proportion of respondents expecting higher exports in the period of July-September of 2016-17 went up to 46 per cent as against 41 per cent in April-June. According to the FICCI survey, outlook on domestic demand remains uncertain as of now. “The slight improvement in the outlook for manufacturing production in the third quarter of the current financial year was attributable primarily to better outlook for exports compared to previous quarters,” the survey pointed out.
Besides, over 43 per cent respondents reported higher capacity utilisation in the last quarter. “Despite better capacity utilisation, the future investment outlook is not very optimistic. As for the third quarter of 2016-17, 77 per cent respondents reported that they don’t have any plans for capacity additions for the next six months, as against 73 per cent in the previous quarter.
FICCI’s survey gauged expectations of manufacturers for the third quarter and mapped 12 major sectors, including auto, capital goods, cement and ceramics, chemicals and electronics and electrical, collecting responses from 332 manufacturing units from large and SME segments, with a combined annual turnover of over Rs. 4 lakh crore.
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