The first quarter of 2013 presses import and export briefing

    According to statistics from China Customs, in the first quarter of this year, China imported a total of 1826 plastics machines with an import value of 390.305 million U.S. dollars; exported 73,910 plastics machines with an export value of 385.459 million U.S. dollars, and the export amount increased by 4.8% compared with the same period of last year . Among them, the export volume of injection molding machines was 222.436 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 12% year-on-year ; and the export value of extruders was 68.692 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 17.2% , especially in January, a decrease of 27.7% ; the export of blow molding machines was basically the same as that of the same period of last year. The export amount was US$ 34.68 million.

Figure 1 : Import and Export of China's Plastic Machinery in the First Quarter   Unit: 10,000 U.S. dollars

 

Injection molding machine

Extruder

Blow molding machine

Vacuum Molding Machines and Other Thermoforming Machines

Other molding machines and molding machines

January

8585.6

2953.1

1518.8

988.1

1061.5

February

5643.3

2214.8

1245.8

1205.3

1155.3

March

8014.7

1701.3

703.4

773.6

691.3

 

 

In the past two years, due to the changes in the international situation and the economic environment, major changes have also taken place in the major export markets of injection molding machines. For example, before last year, Brazil was a major exporter of injection molding machines in China for a long period of time, but in recent years there have been considerable changes. Due to flooding in 2011 in Thailand , the demand for injection molding machines last year was high, and the local supply chain was also damaged by floods, which made Thailand desperately need to import a large number of injection molding machines. In 2012 , Thailand became China’s largest export market for injection molding machines, but this year, Due to the completion of the post-disaster reconstruction in Thailand and the arrival of a large number of manufacturers in Thailand, China's exports of injection molding machines to Thailand have dropped sharply. Compared with the first quarter of last year, injection molding machines exported to Thailand in the first quarter of this year decreased by 44.9% .

 

Figure 2 : China's major export countries and regions for injection molding machines in the first quarter of 2013 (sort by amount)

 

 

In recent years, Indonesia's market has been relatively stable, and the amount of imported injection molding machines from China ranked first in the first quarter, an increase of 41.3% compared to last year , showing a relatively strong momentum. Brazil continues to decline in the market share of injection molding machines in China, but in fact, the amount of injection molding machines exported to Brazil in the first quarter of this year has also rebounded slightly.

Of course, the first quarter also provides some special cases, such as Egypt imports from China amounted to $ 7.293 million injection molding machine in March, Venezuela in January amounted to $ 8.591 million from China's imports of injection molding machines, so these two data, even from the first quarter The market share is not small, but exclude these individual situations.

 

 

 

Figure 3 : Export situation of injection molding machines in various regions of China in the first quarter of 2013 (in order of amount)

 

 

 

Since the beginning of this year, India's import volume has dropped sharply regardless of whether it is an injection molding machine or an extruder. This is closely related to the overall economic situation in India. In the first quarter, India imported 3.4.28 million U.S. dollars worth of extruders , a year-on-year drop of more than 50% . In addition, several markets in Thailand, Vietnam, and Iran have also experienced significant declines, and Thailand in particular has decreased by 23.8% year-on-year . Due to the large-scale decline in the markets in many countries and regions, the overall export of the extruder in the first quarter has finally declined.

From a regional perspective, the export volume of major regions including Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shandong all declined to different degrees. From the first quarter, the export of extruders was relatively low.

 

Figure 4: 2013 first quarter of the extruder main export countries / regions distribution (sorted by amount)

 

 

Figure 5 : Exports of Extruders in Various Regions of China in the First Quarter of 2013 (Sorted by Amount)