Liaoning Machine Tool Exports: Price Increases in the Top High-end Shares

China Guangwang, Shenyang, August 18 (Reporter Guo Wei) According to customs statistics, in the first 7 months of this year, Liaoning Province exported 15579 metal-working machine tools (abbreviated as machine tools), which is 43.3% higher than the same period of last year (the same below). The value of 85.93 million US dollars, an increase of 47.4%.

The characteristics of this year's exports are:

The average export price ranks among the top provinces. According to the data, among the 13 provinces and municipalities with over 1 million export machine tools in the first 7 months of this year, the average price of export machine tools in Liaoning Province was US$ 5,516 per unit, ranking No. 1, ranking among the provinces and municipalities across the country. 6.

The majority of processing trade exports are exported, and the export value of general trade is high. In the form of processing trade, 11,720 machine tools were exported, an increase of 92.1%, accounting for 75.2% of the total number of export machine tools in Liaoning during the same period (the same below), valued at US$30.76 million, an increase of 1.6 times. Exports of 3,645 units in general trade, a decrease of 15.9%, valued at US$50.07 million, an increase of 16.6%.

Asia and Africa are major markets, and exports to Latin America have multiplied. The machine tools exported by Liaoning Province are mainly for the Asian and African markets, and exported 9,946 units and 3,139 units to Asia and Africa, respectively, an increase of 39.7% and 46.7%, respectively. Among them, mainly concentrated in Japan in Asia, 6312 units, an increase of 57.9%; in Africa, mainly concentrated in South Africa, 2963 units, an increase of 97.5%. In addition, 1156 sets of machine tools exported to Latin America grew by 1.1 times.

Exports of foreign-invested enterprises accounted for more, while exports of private enterprises declined. The foreign-invested enterprises exported 11,779 machine tools, an increase of 89.7%, accounting for 75.6%. State-owned enterprises exported 2010 units, an increase of 67.8%. Private enterprises exported 1,780 vehicles, a decrease of 48.6%.

Low-end products still account for the majority, while high-end products account for more. The largest export of machine tool products in Liaoning Province was sawing or cutting machines, which was 10,956 units, an increase of 86.5%, accounting for 70.3%, but the value was only 1.6% of the total export value. In the same period, as a representative of high-end machine tool products, CNC machine tools and machining centers exported a total of 1022 units, an increase of 83.2%, accounting for 6.6%, which accounted for an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the same period of last year, with a value of US$43.94 million, an increase of 82.3%.

The growth of machine tool exports in Liaoning Province benefits from: First, the support of national policies. In response to the impact of the financial crisis on China's machine tool industry, the government has repeatedly adjusted the export policy of machine tool products. The machine tool industry has achieved a growth in the export of machine tool products with various favorable policies. Second, with the weakening of the financial crisis, the economies of various countries are recovering. During the period, especially the downstream industries of machine tools, such as the recovery of downstream areas such as automobiles, machinery, power equipment and ships, have driven the growth of machine tool product exports.

It is worth noting that although the export of machine tools has increased, the export products are still dominated by low-end products, and the processing trade mode is still the main export method. This will inevitably lead to China's machine tool products in the international market is still in a state of competition for low-end market, and domestic machine tool manufacturers mainly to earn processing fees as profits. Suggestions for this: First, to further accelerate the structural adjustment of machine tool products, control the production of low-grade products, eliminate obsolete, polluting, high-energy-consuming products, develop products with high technological content and high economic value added; Second, vigorously develop numerical control systems and functional components, improve The proportion of numerical control systems and functional components in the industry; the third is to seize opportunities and seek new export markets.