A Report for Current Status of Taiwanese Machine Tools Industry
in October 2007
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By Mr. C. C. Wang
Vice President, TAMI |
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The exports from January to October grew 15.2% over last year; the imports grew 40.4% which is resulted from the high-tech industry's demands.
1. Exports of Taiwan Machine Tools
Based on the customs statistics, from January to October 2007, the total export value of Taiwan machine tools reached US$ 2.8 billion reflecting a 15.2% growth compared to last year. The export is increasing steady. Among which cutting tools shared US$ 2.2 billion with growth of 17.3% comparing with the same period in last year. Forming machine tools shared US$ 597 million with a growth of 8.0%.
(1) Exports Categorized by Products
TTo categorized by products among machine tools, machining centers grew 21.1%, lathes by 17.9%, grinding machines increased by 7.5% and milling machines by 20.6%. Among forming machine tools, forging and punch presses increased by 11.4%, and other forming machine tools reduced by 5.0% when comparing with the same period in last year. Refer to Table 1 for details.
(2) Exports Categorized by Countries
To rank by countries, China and Hong Kong were first with an export value of US$ 1 billion, sharing 37.1% of the total export value and showing a 12.1% growth. The US ranked second with and amount of US$ 274 million, sharing 9.8% of the total export value and showing a 3.6% growth. Turkey ranked third with the amount of US$ 133 million, sharing 4.8% of the total and had 9.8% growth comparing to the same period in last year. Following are Germany growth 103%, Holland 34.2%, Italy 34.8%, Thailand negative growth 10.0%, India 13.2%, Korea 0.1% and the UK 23.2%. Refer to Table 2 for details.
2. Imports of Taiwan Machine Tools
According to Customs statistics form January to October 2007, the import value of Taiwan machine tools amounted to US$ 2.2 billion, which was 40.4% more than the last year. Among which cutting machine tools amounted to US$ 2.1 billion which increased by 43.2% compared to the previous year. Forming machine tool shared US$ 81 million which had a negative growth of 7.3%.
(1) Imports Categorized by Products
From January to October 2007 the major imported machine tools were unconventional machine tools which grew 49.5% over the last year. Among which machining centers had a growth of 41.1%; lathes increased by 29.7%; boring and milling machines increased by 27.5% and grinding machines decreased by 22.2%. In 2005 demands of machine tools from high-tech industry dropped down, but then bounced back and greatly increased in 2006 and 2007.
As for the imports of forming machine tools, forging and punch presses dropped by 4.7%, and other forming machines decreased by 15.3%. The statistics also indicate that the demand for imported equipment from conventional industries such as automotive and metal working continues to grow steady. The demand from the high-tech industries such as semi-conductor, information, communications, electronics, photo-electronics and soon, shows the strength in rising again. Refer to Table 3 for details.
(2) Imports Categorized by Countries
To rank the countries from which Taiwan imported machine tools from January to October 2007, Japan was the first with an amount of US$ 937 million, sharing 43.4% of the total import value and reflecting a 27.1% growth. The US ranked second with an amount of US$ 885 million, sharing 41.0% of the total import value. This reflected a 72.6% growth. Korea ranked third with an amount of US$ 107 million, sharing 5.0% of the total and increased by 110%. Refer to Table 4 for details. |
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