According to the latest data released by the China Plastics Machinery Industry Association, China's plastics machinery business revenue in 2017 was RMB 67.064 billion, an increase of 13% year-on-year. Total profit was RMB 6.914 billion, an increase of 22% year-on-year. Export delivery value was 109.48 Billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21%.
The press market in other overseas countries also showed good momentum. The latest statistics of the presses of the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Die Industry Association (Amaplast) and the German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association (VDMA) have been released, let us see first. .
Italy: Amaplast expects to produce 4.5 billion euros at the end of the year
According to the analysis of ISTAT's foreign trade data for January-September 2017 by the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Mold Industry Association (Amaplast) Research Center, compared with the same period in 2016, imports increased by 12% and exports increased by 16%. The trade surplus increased by more than 17%. Billion euros, an increase of 17%.
Mainly due to the positive trend in exports, exports in the 9-month ISTAT data maintained double-digit growth. Amaplast estimates that the end of the year production may reach 4.5 billion euros, creating a new historical record (previous record is 4.25 billion Euros in 2007), at least 5 percentage points over 2016.
Amaplast President Alessandro Grassi stated: 'The success of the Italian manufacturer of plastics and rubber processing machines stems from providing customers with technological innovations, providing original and optimal solutions for the production, recycling and reuse of plastics and rubber products within the Industry 4.0 system. '
Most of the machine types have performed well abroad, with the exception of monofilament/multifilament production plants and machines for foam products. In the core machinery, thermoforming machines (+ 51%) and extruders (+ 19% ) The export data is above average.
Flexographic printing presses (+ 27%) and various ancillary equipment (such as open mills, mixers, etc.) also performed well. Die exports (+ 18%) continued to increase, accounting for nearly one-third of the total.
Performance in Geographic Regions Asia: China's Core Import Machinery Excelled
In Iran, Saudi Arabia’s sales in the two major Middle East markets continued to decrease, with Iran reducing by 5% and Saudi Arabia decreasing by 34%. Unfortunately, the good trends in the UAE and Israel are not sufficient to offset this decline and therefore have overall negative results (- 5%). Exports to the Far East are generally mild, with positive growth (+ 4%), which is the average result of huge fluctuations in each year. Market demand from Thailand, Korea, and Japan has grown strongly, while India remains weak (+ 1%) .
For China, after strong growth in 2016 (12% growth compared to 2015), Italian sales have shrunk throughout 2017, falling by 11% from January to September. This result is mainly due to monofilaments and multifilaments. The supply of equipment and foam production machines is low. At the same time, injection molding machines, extruders, thermoforming machines and other important core imported machinery perform well, with an average increase in average.
Despite the slowdown in the first nine months of 2017, China is still the main export market for Italian plastics and rubber machinery. In recent years, total sales have steadily exceeded 100 million euros.
In this positive context, about 60 Italian companies (listed in the official exhibitor database at www.chinaplasonline.com) will join CHINAPLAS 2018 (Shanghai, April 24-27) at Hall 2H. The Italian pavilion, exhibited coordinated by Amaplast (Booth C63).
Europe: 20% increase
The share of the Old World has grown to nearly 61%, of which the EU accounts for 50% of the total. The strong performance of Europe (+ 20%) is attributed to the three traditional markets of Italian manufacturers - Germany (+ 25%), Spain ( +11%) and French (+ 15%) sales increased substantially.
Russia’s sales continued to recover (up by 109%), eventually returning the country to the top 10 export destinations.
Americas: North American Free Trade Agreement injects new impetus
Due to the new development momentum of the North American Free Trade Agreement market (especially the United States, and Mexico’s poor performance) and the sustained vitality of the South American market (Brazil seems to have achieved a steady recovery, and is in a leading position), the trend of export to the Americas is even more People are satisfied (+ 12%).
Africa: Growth is mainly concentrated in Mediterranean countries
Africa’s overall share of Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery exports is less than 3%, despite the increase in sales from January to September (+22%), mainly in Mediterranean countries, with Algeria and Egypt leading.
Grassi continued: “Although we recognize that export performance is excellent, we cannot ignore the positive trend in the domestic market. This is mainly due to the increase in imports and the stability of orders from our manufacturers. These manufacturers have resumed their development momentum, especially in recent years. For several weeks, part of the credit was due to the incentives provided by the National Plan Industry 4.0.
In fact, as a complement to ISTAT's foreign trade data, the recently completed annual forecasting survey among Amaplast members highlights that income (most respondents indicated that revenue growth in the second half of the year) and orders (especially November) are positive Trends. Overall, 55% of respondents expect the results at the end of 2017 to improve compared to the previous year.
Germany: Ranked No.1 in Global Exports to China
According to the VDMA of the German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Confederation (VDMA) and the statistics of the 52 reporting countries of the German National Bureau of Statistics, the global supply of plastics and rubber machinery to China reached 1.97 billion euros in 2016, a decrease of 7.1% compared to the previous year. Germany ranks first in global exports to China, accounting for 31.8%, followed by Japan (27.8%), Taiwan (8.7%) and South Korea (7.0%).
At CHNAPLAS 2018, the German Pavilion will be exhibited at Hall 2H of Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center with 163 exhibitors.