South Africa Manufacturing PMI

The ABSA Manufacturing PMI for South Africa increased to 49.5 in November of 2018 from 42.4 in the previous month. The reading pointed to the first increase in four months in factory activity, still remaining in contraction territory, as new orders rose at the fastest pace since May and business activity advanced. Manufacturing PMI in South Africa averaged 51.07 from 1999 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 60.87 in April of 2002 and a record low of 35.09 in April of 2009.

Manufacturing PMI in South Africa is expected to be 46.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Manufacturing PMI in South Africa to stand at 51.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the South Africa Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 54.00 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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South Africa Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	31.00	34.00	91.00	10.20	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	49.50	42.40	60.87	35.09		[+]
Industrial Production	3.00	-0.10	18.50	-23.20	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	1.10	-0.80	9.10	-8.70	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	81.10	81.10	86.30	76.90	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	12744.00	-9149.00	59100.00	-58506.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	196.00	159.00	511.00	63.00	Companies	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	47486.00	51856.00	65689.00	18482.00		[+]
Car Registrations	31054.00	35050.00	42915.00	5155.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	-0.20	-0.50	4.70	-3.70	percent	[+]
Internet Speed	6736.79	6595.61	6736.79	685.91	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	4274668.00	3727821.00	6727656.00	520279.00	IP	[+]
Steel Production	543.30	572.90	885.00	182.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	0.50	-2.00	23.20	-17.40	percent	[+]
Coincident Index	96.10	95.80	141.17	88.12	Index Points	[+]
Competitiveness Index	60.76	60.86	60.86	4.31	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	67.00	62.00	67.00	35.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	48.20	46.90	52.70	46.40		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	82.00	82.00	82.00	32.00		[+]
Electricity Production	21947.00	20844.00	23801.00	10439.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	43.00	45.00	56.80	41.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	71.00	64.00	72.00	23.00		[+]

South Africa Manufacturing PMI

The Absa Manufacturing PMI is a monthly survey of purchasing managers in South Africa's manufacturing sector. The index provides leading indications of business conditions in the sector. A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally declining. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Africa Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. South Africa Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	49.50	42.40	60.87	35.09	1999 - 2018		Monthly

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	51.30	Nov/18	58.3	63.1 : 30.86
Brazil	52.70	Nov/18	51.1	53.5 : 41.6
Canada	54.90	Nov/18	53.9	57.1 : 47.5
China	50.20	Nov/18	50.1	52.3 : 47.2
Euro Area	51.80	Nov/18	52	60.6 : 33.5
France	50.80	Nov/18	51.2	58.8 : 42.7
Germany	51.80	Nov/18	52.2	63.3 : 32
India	54.00	Nov/18	53.1	55 : 47.9
Indonesia	50.40	Nov/18	50.5	58.5 : 46.4
Italy	48.60	Nov/18	49.2	59 : 48
Japan	52.20	Nov/18	52.9	56.2 : 29.6
Mexico	49.70	Nov/18	50.7	57.1 : 49.2
Netherlands	56.10	Nov/18	57.1	63.4 : 48
Russia	52.60	Nov/18	51.3	54.7 : 47.6
Saudi Arabia	55.20	Nov/18	53.8	61.8 : 51.4
Singapore	51.50	Nov/18	51.9	53.1 : 48.3
South Africa	49.50	Nov/18	42.4	60.87 : 35.09
South Korea	48.60	Nov/18	51	52.6 : 45.7
Spain	52.60	Nov/18	51.8	56.1 : 41.1
Switzerland	57.70	Nov/18	57.4	66.9 : 32.9
Turkey	44.70	Nov/18	44.3	55.7 : 42.7
United Kingdom	53.10	Nov/18	51.1	61.5 : 34.4
United States	55.30	Nov/18	55.7	57.9 : 50.7