Based on the data and information obtained and compiled by the China Machine Tool Industry Association, the operating income of the whole machine tool industry was 404.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%. Among them, abrasives decreased by 13.4% year-on-year, and the rest of the sub-industries increased to varying degrees, with metal cutting machine tools increasing by 14.5% year-on-year and metal forming machine tools increasing by 12.0% year-on-year.
New orders for metal processing machine tools increased by 12.9% year-on-year, and orders in hand increased by 19.1% year-on-year.
the output of metal cutting machine tools of enterprises above designated size in China was 332,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%; the output of metal forming machine tools was 69,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 11.3%.
the total import and export of machine tool products was 13.43 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. Among them, the import value was 4.19 billion US dollars, down 0.7% year-on-year; the export value was 9.24 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%. the import value of metal cutting machine tools was 2.00 billion US dollars, unchanged year-on-year; the export value was 2.43 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%. the import value of metal forming machine tools was 250 million US dollars, down 17.2% year-on-year; the export value was 1.34 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 36.2%.