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インドの製造業活動は4月にペースを加速させたものの、成長率は依然として低迷している。

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-- S&Pグローバルが月曜日に発表したデータによると、インドの製造業活動は4月に勢いを増し、季節調整済みのHSBCインド製造業購買担当者景気指数(PMI)は3月の53.9から4月には54.7に上昇した。 製造業活動は輸出の好調に牽引されたが、新規受注と生産は緩やかな回復にとどまった。増加率は2022年以降で2番目に低い水準だった。 投入コストと生産コストはそれぞれ44カ月ぶり、6カ月ぶりの高水準で上昇し、製造業の成長を圧迫した。 「調査参加者は、広告活動と需要の堅調さが売上と生産を支えたものの、競争環境、中東情勢、そして顧客が保留中の見積もりを承認することに消極的であることなどが成長を阻害していると指摘した」と報告書は述べている。 このシナリオにおける明るい兆しは、輸出受注の急激な拡大であり、オーストラリア、フランス、日本、ケニア、中国本土、サウジアラビア、アラブ首長国連邦、英国などの顧客からの需要増に支えられ、7カ月ぶりの高水準に達した。 HSBCのチーフ・インド・エコノミスト、プランジュール・バンダリ氏は、「中東紛争の影響は、特にインフレを通じてより顕著になっている。投入コストは2022年8月以来最速のペースで上昇し、生産物価格も6カ月ぶりの速いペースで上昇した」と述べた。「それでもなお、生産量、新規受注(輸出を含む)、雇用はいずれも緩やかに増加しており、インド製造業の回復力が継続していることを示している」。 未処理案件の量はわずかな増加にとどまったものの、雇用創出率は10カ月ぶりの高水準となった。 製造業者の景況感は3月以降、全体的に低下している。しかし、これは2024年11月以来2番目に高い水準であり、マーケティング活動が成果を上げ、保留中のプロジェクトが承認されるという期待に基づいている。

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