2013 World Machine Tool Production and Consumption Survey

The world's major industrial countries and regions in the ranking of machine tool production, trade and consumption to meet the stable development of production and trade


In 2012, world machine tool production fell by 1% year-on-year (in US dollars). A total of 99.2 billion US dollars were produced in 28 major producing countries and regions. After 35% and 25% growth in the previous two years, this figure was lower than the US$94.3 billion in 2011. Make up for the deficit caused by the economic recession that swept the world in 2009.

Almost all major manufacturers have relatively small changes in machine tool production. More prominently, Germany has increased by 10%, the United States has increased by 7%, Austria has increased by 15%, and the Czech Republic has increased by 25%. Machine tool production in other countries, including Brazil, Belgium and the United Kingdom, is declining.

In 2012, China's machine tool production declined slightly, but it is still the largest machine tool manufacturer. Japan ranks second, and its production is the same as in 2011; it is followed by the country. According to the survey, the top three countries and regions accounted for 64% of the world's machine tools. US machine tool production continues to rank seventh, close to $5 billion; in 2012, machine tool imports grew by as much as 30%, still a major importer; total machine tool consumption increased by 19% to $8.7 billion.

China continues to maintain its position as the world's largest consumer of machine tools, reaching $38.5 billion, of which imports are more than one-third. According to per capita consumption, Switzerland, South Korea and Taiwan ranked in the top three.

The situation in each producing country is relatively stable

The global machine tool manufacturing industry has emerged from the sharp decline in 2009, and in terms of production, 2012 is relatively stable. In the "World Machine Tool Production and Consumption Survey", machine tool production in various countries and regions reached US$93.2 billion in 2012, a slight decrease of 1% from the revised US$94.3 billion in 2011. It has recovered from the economic recession and has stabilized. Compared with the sharp drop of the world's total machine tool production in 2009, the data in 2012 is quite gratifying (see the attached table and Table 1).


Some countries and regions have been hit hard by the economic recession. For example, in China, between 2008 and 2009, when production in other countries and regions declined, China’s growth was 10%, and its market share increased. .

In 2012, the three major machine tool producing countries produced a total of US$59.4 billion in machine tools, accounting for 64% of the total output value of all 28 countries and regions surveyed. The order of production rankings of countries has not changed much.

The latest survey found that the production area of ​​machine tools is shifting. In the recession of 2009 and a few years ago, Asian countries and regions accounted for about 48% of the world's total output, while CECIMO's 15 Western European countries accounted for about 46%. In 2010, production in Asia and Europe accounted for 61% and 32% respectively, and by 2011 and 2012, this ratio remained unchanged.

China factor: The world's machine tool production has been transferred to Asia and China. Since 2002, China has been the world's largest machine tool consumer. In order to meet the needs of the Chinese market, Chinese manufacturers have expanded their scale, Taiwan, Japan and Japan. Enterprises from other countries and regions have also set up factories in China. In 2012, China's machine tool production was about 27.4 billion US dollars, higher than the combined value of South Korea, Italy, Taiwan, the United States, Switzerland, Spain and Austria.
Trade volume is rising

Tables 2 to 4 list the import value, export volume and trade balance status data of major countries and regions in the world. The survey shows that in the past few years, global machine tool imports and exports have resumed growth. Compared with 2011, 8 of the top 10 exporting countries and regions showed growth in 2012.


Consumption pattern

If the machine tool is the cornerstone of the manufacturing industry, the speed of its market development determines the pace of industrialization in a country and region. In the past 10 years, China has been the largest consumer of metalworking machine tools in the world. Table 5 shows that this pattern is still maintained in 2012. In terms of output value, China consumes more than two-fifths of the world's machine tools. A subtle change can also be seen from Table 5: the concentration of machine tool consumption is further enhanced. Also the top five consumer countries, spending in 2012 accounted for 70% of global production. In 199, the United States, Germany, Japan, China, and Italy accounted for only 55% of the world's total consumption. From Table 6, the per capita consumption rankings have changed little.

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