A Report for Current Status of Taiwanese Machine Tools Industry
in December 2007
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By Mr. C. C. Wang
Vice President, TAMI |
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The exports from January to December grew 17.1% over last year; the imports grew 26.4% which is resulted from the high-tech industry's demands.
1. Exports of Taiwan Machine Tools
Based on the customs statistics, from January to December 2007, the total export value of Taiwan machine tools reached US$3.5 billion reflecting a 17.1% growth compared to last year. The export is increasing steady. Among which cutting tools shared US$2.7 billion with growth of 18.8% comparing with the same period in last year. Forming machine tools shared US$741 million with a growth of 11.2%.
(1) Exports Categorized by Products
To categorize by products among machine tools, machining centers grew 24.8%, lathes by 18.4%, grinding machines increased by 7.3% and milling machines by 21.2%. Among forming machine tools, forging and punch presses increased by 14.6%, and other forming machine tools reduced by 2.2% 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$1.3 billion, sharing 36.9% of the total export value and showing a 14.8% growth. The US ranked second with an amount of US$ 339 million, sharing 9.8% of the total export value and showing a 5.2% growth. Turkey ranked third with the amount of US$167 million, sharing 4.8% of the total and had 10.1% growth comparing to the same period in last year. Following are Germany growth 103%, Holland 40.3%, Italy 29.8%, Thailand negative growth 11.0%, India 12.6%, Korea 2.4% and the UK 27.1% and Brazil 79.0%. Refer to Table 2 for details.
2. Imports of Taiwan Machine Tools
According to Customs statistics from January to December 2007, the import value of Taiwan machine tools amounted to US$2.5 billion, which was 26.4% more than the last year. Among which cutting machine tools amounted to US$2.4 billion which increased by 28.1% compared to the previous year. Forming machine tool shared US$93 million which had a negative growth of 5.5%.
(1) Imports Categorized by Products
From January to December 2007 the major imported machine tools were unconventional machine tools which grew 31.8% over the last year. Among which machining centers had a growth of 41.7%; lathes increased by 21.5%; boring and milling machines increased by 8.1% and grinding machines decreased by 19.2%. 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 1.6%, and other forming machines decreased by 18.7%. 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 so on, 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 December 2007, Japan was the first with an amount of US$1.2 billion, sharing 45.8% of the total import value and reflecting a 31.9% growth. The US ranked second with an amount of US$989 million, sharing 38.9% of the total import value. This reflected a 26.9% growth. Korea ranked third with an amount of US$117 million, sharing 4.6% of the total and increased by 107%. Refer to Table 4 for details. |
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