{"id":270,"date":"2026-10-31T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/sri-lanka-construction-activity-pmi-eases-in-sept-amid-bitumen-shortage\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:59:06","slug":"sri-lanka-construction-activity-pmi-eases-in-sept-amid-bitumen-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/sri-lanka-construction-activity-pmi-eases-in-sept-amid-bitumen-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka construction activity PMI eases in Sept amid bitumen shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s construction sector activity expanded at a slower rate in September 2026 due to an ongoing bitumen shortage, with a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank registering a value of 57.8 compared to 59.4 in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shortage of bitumen remained a major constraint, delaying several road construction projects,\u201d the central bank said.<\/p>\n<p>The New Orders Index expanded at a higher pace, registering 65.6 in September from 62.5 in August, \u201cprimarily underpinned by government-funded projects\u201d the central bank said.<\/p>\n<p>The Employment Index grew at a moderate rate registering 58.1, from the previous month\u2019s 59.7, \u201creflecting ongoing recruitments supported by steady project availability, although many firms continued to cite shortages of skilled workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Quantity of Purchases Index rose at a higher rate, registering 62.5 from 59.4 in August, \u201creflecting procurement requirements for ongoing and newly awarded projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Suppliers\u2019 Delivery Time lengthened further, reflecting sustained supply-side pressures, registering an index value of 65.6 from 59.4 in August.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations for construction activity over the next three months remained positive, underpinned by newly awarded projects, despite ongoing challenges with material and skilled labor availability, CBSL said. (Colombo\/Oct31\/2026)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s construction sector activity expanded at a slower rate in September 2026 due to an ongoing bitumen shortage, with a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}