Manufacturing sectors likely to register low growth in Oct-Dec quarter: CII- Ascon

26 Nov 2012 Evaluate

A CII-Ascon survey, tracking the growth of about 110 sectors, has stated that majority of units in the manufacturing sector are likely to register low to negative growth in the October-December quarter due to high interest rates and increasing prices. Sectors that are expecting low to negative growth include earth moving & construction equipment, machine tools, transformers, textile machinery, and tractors.

According to the survey, the percentage of negative growth reported by the sectors has increased to 56.4% during the quarter from 48.6% in the corresponding period last year, pointing the continuation of the slowdown as the positive results of the recent reform measures announced are yet to become effective. Those sectors reporting negative growth also moved up from 17.1 per cent to 20.8 per cent during the same period. However, the backdrop of a slew of economic reforms announced by the government has belied the expectation of a recovery in industrial performance.

Besides, consumer durables like passenger cars, two wheelers, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, TV, are among the sectors expecting low to negative growth. However, an appropriate action is expecting to be taken up from the RBI in the form of reduction in repo rate to ease the monetary situation, CII survey added.

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