The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (Aird) stressed that the Manufacturing activity increase 13.82 points in January, keeping for the fourth consecutive month on the 50 -point barrier.
According to the industrial monthly report, the monthly index of Manufacturing activity (IMAM) passed of 55.18 In December of 2024 at 69 In the first month of this year, the production indicator being the highest incidence.
He Imam It is an adaptation of the index of the purchasing managers (PMI) to the reality of the manufacturing sector Dominican, and constitutes A portrait of the Manufacturing activity A month in relation to the previous one, quickly and easily, the association explained.
In addition, he said that the results greater than 50 indicate a positive performance for the industry and a major activity In relation to the previous month. When making a mobile average of the last three months, it is also observed that the indicator remained above 50 points.
He Imam It is composed of five Variables: sales, productionjobs, inventories and delivery times.
In January, All variables They were located on 50 and, in addition, all showed increases:
- Volume of sales It went from 58.56 to 71.6.
- Volume of production It went from 55.67 to 73.2.
- Inventory of raw materials went from 55.13 to 61.2.
- Employment went from 53.28 to 60.3.
- Delivery period of suppliers went from 51.74 to 56.5.
IMAM demonstrates information about the performance of the economy
Due to the possibility of performing Surveys and receive your answers quickly, this indicator allows you to information On trends economic prior to the publication of official statistics and serves as a reference for economists, opinion makers and decision makers, allowing to foresee The trends of the economic march of the sector.
The index is prepared through Surveys monthly to the general directors and/or purchasing managers of the companies associated with the Aird. The data They are collected during the first 20 days of the following month through Surveys online.
