Analysis on the Import and Export of Machine Tool Products in the First Half of China

Imports of machine tool products declined in double digits

From January to June 2013, the import of machine tool products was US$ 8.18 billion, down 14.5% year-on-year. The 10 categories of products fell across the board. The largest decline was found in foundry machinery, down 47.9% year-on-year, followed by measuring instruments, down 21.7% year-on-year. The largest import value of gold-cutting machine tools fell 18.3% year-on-year.

The demand for China's machine tool market is sluggish, not only in the year-on-year reduction in the import of metalworking machine tools, but also in the numerical control devices, machine tool fixtures, machine tool parts, cutting tools and other products related to the production of Chinese mainframes.

Imports of metal processing machine tools

The import value of metal processing machine tools was US$ 5.26 billion, down 16.9% year-on-year. The import volume of gold cutting machine tools and forming machine tools was US$ 4.17 billion and US$ 1.10 billion, respectively, down 18.3% and 11.6% respectively. The import value of CNC metalworking machine tools was US$4.25 billion, down 17.9% year-on-year. The import of gold-cut machine tools continued to decline year-on-year, the lowest point of the year; the decline of forming machine tools has narrowed, up 3.7 percentage points from January to May.

Imported products : The average unit price of metal processing machine tools is still increasing, and the average price of CNC machine tools has increased by 16.4%. Outstanding performances include machining centers, multi-tasking multi-tasking machines, boring machines, CNC lifting and milling machines, and CNC grinding machines.

Source of imports : Compared with the situation in the first quarter of this year, most of the machine tools imported from Europe and the United States are on the rise. Germany is once again ranked first in China's machine tool imports. Imports of machine tools from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea fell sharply. The processing center, which accounts for 50% of the value of CNC machine tools, is the main growth point in Europe and the United States, and the largest decline in Asia.

Mode of trade : The amount of machine tools imported by general trade was US$3.71 billion, up 2.0% year-on-year, accounting for 70.6%. Foreign-invested enterprises have seen a significant decline in the import of machine tools by means of equipment investment, down 37.1% year-on-year.

Nature of the enterprise
: Imported machine tools of foreign-funded enterprises are still declining. Foreign-funded enterprises imported machine tools of 1.76 billion US dollars, down 25.5% year-on-year, accounting for 33.5%. Sino-foreign joint ventures fell by 14.0% year-on-year, accounting for 25.5%. State-owned enterprises grew by 7.9% year-on-year, accounting for 23.0%.

Imported areas : Jiangsu, Shanghai and Guangdong, the top three imported machine tools, all declined year-on-year, -10.2%, -4.4%, and -23.5%. The import of machine tools in Beijing, Hubei and Anhui increased significantly. For example, a Beijing company imported 354 laser processing machines from the United States and Germany, amounting to USD 6.64 million. In addition, some well-known enterprises in the automotive industry have imported a large number of horizontal machining centers in batches.

Machine tool product export growth rate dropped sharply

From January to June 2013, the total export value of China's machine tool products was US$4.46 billion, down 1.5% year-on-year, down 0.7 percentage points from January to May, the lowest since 2013. Among the 10 major categories of products, only the export value of forming machine tools and abrasives increased by 14.0% and 4.5% respectively, and the growth rate decreased month by month. The export volume of other products was negative growth, among which the gold cutting machine tools, machine tool parts and cutting tools The export of measuring instruments is at a low level; the export of machine tool fixtures and numerical control devices is still further declining; the decline in the export of casting and woodworking machine tools has narrowed.

At present, the difference between the export value of gold cutting machine tools and abrasive grinding tools is less than 50 million US dollars. If this trend continues, the export value of gold cutting machine tools will be reduced from the current second place to the third place.

Metal processing machine tool exports

From January to June, the export value of metal processing machine tools was 1.38 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.7%. The export value of gold cutting machine tools and forming machine tools was 880 million US dollars and 500 million US dollars respectively, down 4.3% and 14.0% respectively. CNC metalworking machine tools exported 510 million US dollars, down 2.8% year-on-year. From the perspective of metalworking machine tools as a whole, the export growth of forming machine tools is higher than that of gold cutting machine tools, and the growth of non-CNC machine tools is higher than that of CNC machine tools.

Export products : In the first half of this year, Jinan No. 2 machine tools exported 15 presses to the United States, totaling 55.7 million US dollars, which drove the growth of the export of forming machine tools. CNC lathes, which accounted for a quarter of the total export value of CNC machine tools, saw a year-on-year decrease of 16.0% in exports and a 52.0% decline in CNC trampolines.

The average unit price of metal processing machines decreased by 11.5% year-on-year, of which the metal cutting machine saw a larger decline of 16.8%. There are two main reasons for the decline in the average price of machine tool exports: First, the number of large-scale CNC machine tools has decreased, such as CNC boring and milling machines, other machining centers, CNC gantry milling machines and other products, the average price of exports has fallen by more than 50%; second, there are several batches in the first half of the year. Low-priced export products have greatly reduced the overall price of machine tool exports.

Export destination : China, South America, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan, where China's export of machine tools has grown significantly, is mainly due to the high growth rate of forming machine tools. Processing center exports increased by 3.6% year-on-year, with exports to Hong Kong, Mexico, Turkey, and the Netherlands doubled. The export of CNC lathes to Malaysia, Vietnam, and Canada has more than doubled, but because of its small base, it is unable to change the general trend of negative growth in CNC lathe exports.

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