Exports/Imports of Taiwan Machinetool Accessory 2016 Q1

Aug 05, 2016

Exports

According to custom statistics published by Directorate General of Customs and analyzed by Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders’ Association (TMBA), total export value of machine tool accessory in 2016 Q1 was USD225 million, down by 30.9% YOY with the amount of USD326 million, and decreased 9.1% compared to 2015 Q4.
 
To the export products of machine tool accessory, the export performance in 2016 Q1 is as follows: Work Holders grew by 18.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 7% YOY; Dividing Head or other special parts grew by 14.4% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 40.9% YOY; Metal Cutting Accessory & Parts declined by 5.3% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 28.5% YOY; Metal Forming Accessory & Parts declined by 18.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 28.1% YOY; Ball Screw declined by 11.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 48.3% YOY; Ball or Roller Linear Side Guides declined by 16.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 32.2% YOY. Please see Table 1 for details.

Exports by Destination

The main export country of Taiwan machine tool accessory is China which still owns the biggest share of the market. The export value in 2016 Q1 was USD 105 million, declined by 42.7% YOY. Japan was ranked second place with the amount of USD 22.86 million, down by 11% YOY, and followed by USA, Germany, Korea, India, Italy, Thailand, Turkey and Malaysia.
 
To the export country of each accessory product, the top three exporting areas of Work Holders are as follows: China(incl. HK), USA and Korea. For other countries, it showed good performance to Sweden and Indonesia, but weak exports to Canada. As for Dividing Heads & Other special parts, total exports declined; highest growth rate of exports to Vietnam, and more declined demand in China and Germany.
 
For Metal Cutting Machine Tool Accessory & Parts, it showed the best growth to India and Russia, and the lowest to China. For Metal Forming Machine Tool Accessory & Parts, the top three export areas are China, USA and Japan. France and Italy had more growth, and Japan and China had declined most.

For Ball Screws, only Turkey had positive growth, other countries all had negative growth. For Ball & Roller Side Guides, it showed positive growth to India and Turkey. Please see Table 3 to 8 for details.

 

Imports

Total import value of machine tool accessory in 2016 Q1 was USD50.12 million, declined by 9.2% compared to 2015 Q1, and down by 16.6% YOY.

To the import products of machine tool accessory, the import performance in 2016 Q1 is as follows: Work Holders down by 16.7% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 10.1% YOY; Dividing Head or other special parts down by 57.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 54.7% YOY; Metal Cutting Accessory & Parts declined by 10.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 19.6% YOY; Metal Forming Accessory & Parts grew by 5.9% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 14.7% YOY; Ball Screw grew by 0.3% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 3.6% YOY; Ball or Roller Linear Side Guides declined by 7.7% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 11.1% YOY. Please see Table 9 for details.

The main import country of Taiwan machine tool accessory is Japan with the share of 35.2%. The import value in 2016 Q1 was USD 17.67 million, declined by 9.5% YOY. China(Incl. HK) was ranked second place with the amount of USD 13.64 million, down by 14.3% YOY, and followed by Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, UK, France, Korea, and Sweden, in which, only France showed positive growth. Please see Table 10 for details.

 

Source: TMBA- Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders’Association