In 2010, the overall performance of China's metal processing machine tool imports increased. China is a big consumer of machine tools. In recent years, with the lifting of the ban on the sales of high-end technology products from developed countries to China, many foreign brand machine tools have entered the Chinese market; a new round of industrial upgrading will increase the demand for machine tool imports; and the high-end development of the domestic machine tool industry. Demand is urgent. These factors all provide new opportunities for the development of metal processing machines. The China Machine Tool Business Network editor will review the overall trend of metal processing machines in 2010.

From January to February, the import of metal processing machines decreased by 6.8% year-on-year

According to the latest statistics released by the Customs, in January-February 2010, China's cumulative import of metal processing machine tools was 10,422 units, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%; the cumulative import amount was US$1.027 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%.

In February, China imported 4,269 metal processing machines, an increase of 4.63% year-on-year, and a decrease of 30.78% year-on-year. Imports amounted to approximately US$478 million, an increase of 7.44% year-on-year and a decrease of 12.95%. The average unit price of imports was US$112,005, which was a year-on-year increase of 2.68% and a month-on-month increase of 25.76%. The increase in the unit price of imports indicates that the import structure of Chinese machine tools is still being optimized.

March imports of metal processing machines increased by 2.9% from the previous month

In March 2010, China imported 10,932 sets of metal processing machine tools, an increase of 2.9% from the previous period and an increase of 149.4% year-on-year. Imports amounted to approximately US$740 million, an increase of 3.7% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 36.2%. The average unit price of imports was US$67,777 per unit, a slight increase of 0.7% from the previous quarter and a decrease of 45.9% year-on-year.

In April, the performance of metal processing machines increased in price from January to April 2010. China's cumulative import of metal processing machines was 31,874 units, an increase of 38.3% over the 230,046 units in the same period in 2009; the cumulative amount of imports was approximately 2.478 billion U.S. dollars, compared to 2009. The $2.052 billion in the same period increased by 20.8%.

In April, the import volume of China's metal processing machine tools increased slightly from the previous month, and continued to increase substantially year-on-year. This shows that with the economic recovery, market demand continues to pick up, and downstream industries are more demanding for machine tools and are increasing investment in fixed assets. The unit price of imported metalworking machine tools still showed a year-on-year decline this month. This may be due to the impact of raw material prices. On the other hand, due to the relatively large import volume, various grades of machine tools are involved. But from the overall trend, China's demand for high-end metal processing machine tools is obviously more than low-end machine tools.

In May, the import of metal processing machines decreased slightly month-on-month. In May 2010, the number of imported metal processing machines in China was 8,874 units, a decrease of 18.83% compared with the previous period, and a year-on-year increase of 165.93%. The import amount was approximately US$650 million, a decrease of 12.22% from the previous month. Increased by 48.84%. The average unit price of imports was 73,293 US dollars per unit, an increase of 8.1407% from the previous quarter, and a year-on-year decrease of 44.03%.

In May, the import volume of China's metal processing machine tools fell slightly from the previous month, and continued to increase substantially year-on-year, indicating that the overall market demand continued to pick up. The downstream industries were more demanding for machine tools and were increasing investment in fixed assets.

June imports of metal processing machines increased by 4.87%

In June 2010, China imported 9,306 sets of metal processing machines, an increase of 4.87% compared with the previous period and an increase of 27.46% year-on-year; the amount of imports was approximately US$795 million, an increase of 22.19% compared with the previous period and an increase of 18.99% year-on-year. The average unit price for imports was US$85,398 per unit, which was a 16.52% increase from the previous quarter, but it was down 6.65% year-on-year.

In the first half of 2010, the overall import of China's metal processing machine tools showed a trend of increasing and decreasing prices. The Chinese market has increased the demand for various grades of machine tools, including low-grade machine tools. However, from the overall trend, the demand for high-end metal processing machine tools is still more than low-end machine tools.

In July, the import of metal processing machine tools showed a significant growth trend. In July 2010, China imported 8840 metal processing machine tools, a month-on-month decrease of 5.01%, and a year-on-year increase of 12.25%. Imports amounted to approximately US$866 million, an increase of 8.96% from the previous period and a year-on-year increase. 100.29%. The average unit price for imports was US$97,956/tablet, which represented an increase of 14.71% compared with the previous quarter and a year-on-year increase of 77.42%.

From January to July 2010, China's cumulative import of metal processing machines was 58,792 units, an increase of 55.8% from 37,732 units in the same period of 2009; the cumulative amount of imports was approximately US$4.79 billion, an increase of 33.5% from the US$3.589 billion in the same period of 2009; The average unit price for imports was US$81,475 per unit, a decrease of 14.34% compared with US$95,117 per unit in the same period of 2009.

August continued to show volume increase and decrease in August 2010, China's imports of metal processing machine tools 9754, an increase of 10.34%, a sharp increase of 138.25% year on year; import amount of about 829 million US dollars, a decrease of 4.26%, a substantial year-on-year An increase of 117.63%. The average unit price for imports was USD 84,996 per unit, which was a decrease of 13.23% compared with the previous period and a year-on-year decrease of 8.66%.

In the first eight months of 2010, the import of metal processing machine tools in China showed a significant growth trend, and the cumulative import volume increased by more than 60%. However, the import volume in August decreased from the previous month, mainly because the average import price of metal processing machines in August fell 13.23% month-on-month. In the first eight months of this year, the average import unit price of metal processing machines decreased by 13.26% year-on-year, which is a worrying issue in the industry. The continuous decline in the unit price of export of metal processing machine tools has made the profits of export companies drastically reduced, which has become the biggest difficulty faced by companies in the industry. Today's exports no longer emphasize the creation of foreign exchange, but focus on the adjustment and upgrading of the structure of export products. Therefore, the long-term focus of export work in the future is to adjust the product mix, increase the quality and efficiency of growth while maintaining the growth of the total amount, and avoid further expansion of low-level product exports to cause more serious low-price competition.

In October, the number of imported metal processing machine tools saw a decrease in price. In October 2010, China imported 6,799 metal processing machine tools, a decrease of 40.23% compared with the previous period, and a year-on-year increase of 37.24%. The import amount was approximately US$736 million, a decrease of 23.55% from the previous period. The year-on-year increase was 109.49%. The average unit price for imports was 108,221 U.S. dollars per unit, a month-on-month increase of 27.92%, and a year-on-year increase of 52.64%.

In the first 10 months of 2010, China's imports of metal processing machine tools showed a significant growth trend, the cumulative import growth rate of nearly 70%, the amount of imports also increased by nearly 50%. However, the average import unit price of metal processing machines fell by 10% year-on-year. In October, the import volume of metal processing machine tools decreased, but the unit price of imported materials increased significantly, indicating that the industry’s demand for high-end equipment is still relatively strong. According to statistics, from January to September this year, China's cumulative import of 12,294 CNC machine tools, an increase of 78.9%; import volume of 2.531 billion US dollars, an increase of 25.3%; but the average import price of 1,870,177 US dollars / Taiwan, a decrease of 32.9% . It can be seen that the increase in the number of imports of CNC machine tools is even more pronounced than in the case of metal processing machine tools, indicating that the import structure of China's machine tools is still unreasonable, and the apparent decline in the value of high-end products is worthy of attention by the industry and related companies.

In November, the import of metal processing machine tools showed a significant growth trend. In November 2010, China imported 15,184 metal processing machine tools, an increase of 123.33% compared with the previous period, and also a significant year-on-year increase of 259.73%. The import amount was approximately US$1.042 billion, a year-on-year increase of 41.56%, a year-on-year increase. 140.44%. The average unit price for imports was 68,642 US dollars per unit, which was a 36.57% decrease from the previous quarter and a decrease of 33.61% year-on-year.

In the first 11 months of 2010, China's imports of metal processing machine tools showed a significant growth trend, the cumulative import growth rate of more than 80%, the amount of imports also increased by more than 50%. However, the average import unit price of metal processing machines decreased by 14% year-on-year. In November, the import volume of metal-working machine tools rebounded sharply after a decline in the previous month, and the volume of imports each month was the highest since the beginning of this year, indicating that market demand is still relatively strong. However, the average price of imports fell sharply, close to the lowest point in the year. According to statistics, in the first 10 months of this year, China's cumulative imports of 13,491 CNC machine tools, an increase of 79.4%; import value of 2.733 billion US dollars, an increase of 27.3%; but the average import price of 207,800 US dollars / Taiwan, down 30% year-on-year . It can be seen that the increase in the number of imports of CNC machine tools is even more pronounced than in the case of metal processing machine tools, indicating that the import structure of China's machine tools is still unreasonable, and the apparent decline in the value of high-end products is worthy of attention by the industry and related companies.