Market demand for high-end foreign machine tools rises

After a period of detonation of the financial crisis, the decline in the momentum of the machine tool industry was obvious. In fact, however, the market's change in demand structure for machine tool products has been occurring subtly before the financial crisis.

According to the China Machine Tool Industry Association, last year from January to September last year, the sales of machine tool industry increased by 32% compared with the same period of last year, the total output value increased by 31%, and the profit increased by 30%. From the data point of view, it still maintains The situation of steady and rapid development, but at the same time it also shows some characteristics.

The sales situation of domestic machine tool products has undergone major changes. Taking metal processing machines as an example, sales increased by 32%, and production increased by only 2%. This shows that the low-end, small-size product market has seen a decline, while the high-end, high value-added products market has increased.

On the other hand, from the point of view of import demand, the import value of China's machine tool industry from January to September last year increased significantly, and the import volume decreased. According to the editorial analysis, taking a large number of machining centers and numerical control lathes as an example, the average price per imported machining center has increased by US$13,000 and the average value of CNC lathes has increased by US$0.9 million. This reflects the market’s demand for foreign high-end machine tools. Do not fall or rise.