The United States replaced China as the largest exporter of Japanese machine tools

According to statistics from the Japan Machinery Industry Association, the United States replaced China as the largest exporter of Japanese machine tools for the first time in December 2012. Since then, the United States has been the largest exporter of Japanese machine tools throughout 2013. This trend is likely to continue in 2014. Statistics show that from January to November 2013, the export value of Japanese machine tools was 645.229 billion yen, of which the total value of machine tools exported to China was 133.174 billion yen, a year-on-year decrease of 54.1%; while the total amount of machine tools exported to the United States during the same period was 204.729 billion. Japanese yen, up 10.0% year-on-year. From December 2012 to the present, the United States has remained the largest exporter of Japanese machine tools, no matter the single month or the total amount. Specifically, in 2012, the value of Japan's machine tools exported to China was 305.617 billion US dollars, accounting for 36.5% of Japan's machine tool exports; in the same period, Japan's machine tool exports to the United States amounted to 202.698 billion yen, accounting for 24.2% of Japan's machine tool exports. In 2013, from January to November, China accounted for 20.6% of Japan's machine tool exports; while the United States became the largest exporter of Japanese machine tools in the same period, the proportion rose to 31.7%. According to the analysis, since the second half of this year, the U.S. economy has improved significantly, and the PMI index has remained at a high level and continued to rise. The demand for equipment in the U.S. manufacturing industry has expanded, and the machine tool market is very hot, especially in the aerospace field, automobile manufacturing, energy and other fields. significantly increased. Many Japanese machine tool companies have also discovered this phenomenon. When judging that the demand for machine tools in the aerospace and automotive fields in the United States has increased significantly, they seized the opportunity in time and expanded their machine tool export orders.