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机械资讯 622 期

A Report for the Current Status of Taiwanese Machine Tools
Industry in July 2008

By Mr. C. C. Wang
Vice President, TAMI
The exports in September 2008 grew 15.6% over last year; the imports decreased 35.9% which was resulted form the downturn of high-tech industry's demands.


1. Exports of Taiwan Machine Tools

  Based on the customs statistics form January to September 2008, the total export value of Taiwan machine tools reached US$ 2.9 billion reflecting a 15.6% growth compared to last year. The export is increasing steady. Among which cutting tools shared US$ 2.3 billion with growth of 17.1% comparing with the same period in last year. Forming machine tools shared US$ 594 million with a growth of 9.9%.

(1) Exports Categorized by Products

  To categorize by products among machine tools, machining centers grew 15.3%, lathes by 32.9%, grinding machine by 1.9% and milling machine by 10.3%. Among forming machine tools, forging and punch presses increased by 7.2%, and other forming machine tools grew by 22.4% 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$ 859 million, sharing 29.8% of the total export value and showing a negative 8.7% growth. The US ranked second with an amount of US$ 258 million, sharing 8.9% of the total export value and showing a 5.4% increase. Germany ranked third with the amount of US$ 169 million, sharing 5.8% of the total and had 55.3% growth comparing to the same period in last year. Following are Turkey, Italy, Holland, Brazil, India and Thailand. Refer to Table 2 for details.

2. Imports of Taiwan Machine Tools

  According to Customs statistics form January to September 2008, the import value of Taiwan machine tools amounted to US$ 1.3 billion, which was 35.9% less than the last year. Among which cutting machine tools amounted to US$ 1.2 billion which decreased by 37.3% compared to the previous year. Forming machine tool shared US$ 75 million which had a growth of 1.5%.

(1) Imports Categorized by Products

  From January to September 2008, the major imported machine tools were unconventional machine tools which dropped by 42.7% over the last year. Among which machining centers had a growth of 2.7%; lathes increased by 9.6%; boring and milling machines increased by 1.5% and grinding machine increased by 22.9%. As for the imports of forming machine tools, forging and punch presses increased by 19.1%, and other forming machines decreased by 55.7%. The statistics also indicated that the demand for imported equipment from conventional industries such as automotive and metal working continues to grow steady. Refer to Table 3 for details.

(2) Imports Categorized by Countries

  To rank the countries from which Taiwan imported machine tools from January to September 2008, Japan was the first with an amount of US$ 799 million, sharing 60.7% of the total import value and reflecting an 8.1% growth. The US ranked second with an amount of US$ 273 million, sharing 20.8% of the total import value. This reflected a 68.1% negative growth. Germany ranked third with an amount of US% 74 million, sharing 5.4% of the total and reduced by 32.2%. Refer to Table 4 for details.
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