German excavator parts import and export "completion"

According to the Eurostat's industrial classification, the German construction machinery manufacturing industry was divided into 17 sub-categories, and the import and export data of the German Bureau of Statistics in 2010 was analyzed. The top five products in the German construction machinery manufacturing export were: Excavate mechanical parts (including crane parts, the same below), other excavating machinery (including piling, snow removal, compactors, etc.), excavators, mining quarryers, and sorter parts. In 2010, Germany's construction machinery manufacturing exports grew faster than the previous year: tamping rollers (62%), bulldozers (49%), self-propelled front shovel loaders (38%). From January to August 2011, the export value of excavating machinery parts, excavators, and mining quarrying machines in Germany was 1.496 billion euros, 898 million euros, and 566 million euros, respectively, an increase of 18.7%, 49.1%, and 11.1% over the same period of the previous year. .

1. Excavator machine excavator is the main product of the German construction machinery manufacturing industry. It is also the most important core product of its export. In 2010, the total amount of German excavator exports was 1.011 billion euros and the total amount of imports was 463 million euros. Calculated according to the trade competitiveness index (TC), the trade competitiveness index (TC) of the excavator industry in Germany was 0.372, indicating that its trade competitiveness is strong.

In the first eight months of 2011, Germany exported a total of 9,103 excavators, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%. The average unit price was 98,700 Euros per unit, a year-on-year increase of 25.8%. Obviously, German excavator manufacturers are more likely to win with quality and gain more marginal revenue. Although this may lose part of the market share, at the same time, due to the prominent characteristics of excellent product quality, it will lay a solid foundation for the long-term development of German excavators and consolidate its irreplaceable position in the international market. In the first eight months of 2011, the top five export markets were: the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, France, and the United States.

2, excavator parts import and export "completion"

In 2010, the total amount of excavation machinery parts exported to Germany was 1.93 billion euros, with an average export price of 5.96 kilowatts/ton, and the total import amount was 1.32 billion euros, with an average import unit price of 3.05 kilohms/ton. The TC index for the excavation of machinery parts industry in Germany was 0.189, indicating that its trade competitiveness is close to the international level, and the TC index is closer to zero, and the industry tends to trade within the industry.

In the first eight months of 2011, the top five markets for excavation machinery parts exports in Germany were China, France, the United States, South Korea, and Sweden, accounting for 9.9%, 8.9%, 8.5%, 7.3%, and 5.7%, respectively; The top five markets for imports were Italy, the Czech Republic, France, Poland, and Austria, accounting for 15.2%, 10.9%, 8.0%, 7.4, and 5.6% respectively. China, South Korea, and the United States ranked 10th, 11th, and 14th respectively. The proportion is between 4% and 3%.

From the perspective of intra-industry trade theory, vertical integration investment, especially trade with China, shows the distinctive characteristics of North-South trade, that is, exporting high value-added products to China earns high profits while importing low added value. Products or mature technology products to reduce overall machine production costs. In the first eight months of 2011, the average unit price of German excavation machinery and components exports to China was 11.5 thousand euros/ton, and the export value increased by 33.8%; the average import unit price was 1.3 thousand euros/ton, and the import amount increased by 48.3%.

In terms of trade with developed countries, the main source of imports for excavating machinery and components is the EU’s other strong manufacturing countries. The export market is not only in France, Sweden and other European Union’s engineering machinery manufacturing industry, but also includes the United States and South Korea. World-class engineering machinery manufacturing powerhouse, which fully reflects the characteristics of horizontal integration of intra-industry trade, that is, the developed countries trade through differential products to achieve complementary advantages and strong alliances. For example, in the first eight months of 2011, the average unit price of German excavation machinery imported from Germany was 3.1 thousand euros/ton, and the average unit price exported to the country was 2.7 thousand euros/ton; in 2010, the average unit price imported from the United States was 5.4. Thousands of euros/ton, exports of 5.6 thousand euros/ton.