A few days ago, at the press conference of the 13th China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT2013), Li Jingming, Deputy Secretary-General of China Machine Tool Industry Association revealed that in 2012, my country’s machine tool industry was in fierce market competition, product structure and market demand The contradiction is more prominent, and the export of machine tool products in my country shows a state of high first and then low.

　　 One is the relatively high base of industry indicators at the beginning of 2012;

　　 The second is that 2012 has been rising month by month since September, and will enter an adjustment period;

　　 The third is the period for the market to digest inventory; the fourth is the seasonal factor. This is the main reason for "lower first". "But the fundamentals of the macro economy are still improving. It is expected that after a period of decline, the economic trend of the machine tool industry will slowly pick up." Li Jingming said.

　　 The demand for domestic low-end products has decreased significantly, and the import value is running at a high level.

　　 In 2012, my country's machine tool industry continued the downward trend that began in the second half of 2011, the growth rate continued to slow down, and the domestic market was in a downturn. Judging from the statistics of new orders of key contact enterprises (parts) of China Machine Tool Industry Association, downward pressure on the operating trend is still great. As of December 2012, new orders had been negative growth for 19 consecutive months, and orders in hand for the whole year were also negative year-on-year. The market situation is still severe.

　　 However, my country's imports of machine tool products in 2012 remained high. Metal cutting machine tools are the absolute main force in various imported products of machine tools, with a year-on-year increase of 6.03%; imports of forming machine tools, numerical control devices, cutting tools, and parts all have a negative year-on-year growth. Machining centers, grinders, special processing machine tools, and lathes rank among the top four imports of various metal processing machine tools.

Li Jingming said that the lack of domestic market demand has caused more companies to turn their business attention to the international market. The recovery of demand for equipment in the European and American markets, its return to the equipment manufacturing industry’s industrial policies and the relief of employment pressure, have become factors driving my country’s machine tool exports. .

　　 In 2012, the top three rankings of my country's machine tool product export value were: cutting tools, metal cutting machine tools and abrasives. Among the eight categories of products, the top two with the fastest export growth rate were foundry machinery and forming machine tools, with year-on-year growth of 18.3% and 16.9% respectively; numerical control devices, woodworking machine tools and abrasives showed negative growth.

It is worth noting that in 2012, in my country's metal processing machine tool export market, the growth rate of exports to Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia reached 61.7%, 25.8%, and 10.1%, respectively. This is in line with the recent shift of some labor-intensive industries to neighboring countries. The increasing trend is consistent and related to the establishment of the ASEAN Free Trade Area.

　　 From the perspective of the nature of machine tool product export enterprises, private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises are the main force in the export of machine tool products, and the export of machine tool products of state-owned enterprises is on a downward trend.

Li Jingming said that from the data, it can be seen that in 2012, although the export of my country's machine tool industry still maintained a certain growth rate, the growth rate has gradually declined from the double-digit growth at the beginning of the year to single digits, and there are four months. All of the growth rates are negative, and the trend is obviously in a downward channel. It is difficult to have an optimistic estimate of exports in 2013.

Regarding the overall trend of the machine tool industry in 2013, Li Jingming judged that the whole industry may have a trend of first low and then high: first, the base of industry indicators at the beginning of 2012 was relatively high; second, 2012 has been rising month by month since September. It will enter the adjustment period; the third is the period of market digestion of inventory; the fourth is the seasonal factor. This is the main reason for "lower first". "But the fundamentals of the macro economy are still improving. It is expected that after a period of decline, the economic trend of the machine tool industry will slowly pick up." Li Jingming said.

　　 The 13th China International Machine Tool Exhibition (CIMT2013) hosted by China Machine Tool Industry Association will be held in Beijing from April 22 to 27. The exhibition area of ​​this year's exhibition reached 126,000 square meters, the largest scale ever.