China: Forecast Sales Of Construction Equipment, 2011-2015
(Units)
Articulated Dump Trucks
Asphalt Finishers
Backhoe Loaders
Compaction Equipment
Crawler Dozers
Crawler Excavators
Crawler Loaders
Mini Excavators
Mobile Cranes
Motor Graders
Motor Scrapers
Rigid Dump Trucks
Skid-Steer Loaders
Telescopic Handlers
Wheeled Excavators
Wheeled Loaders
Total Construction Equipment
% Annual Change
2011
60
2600
670
23,000
12,500
160,000
25
41,000
38,510
2850
2
800
850
270
2000
205,000
490,137
+ 7
2012
60
2700
790
20,000
14,000
180,000
30
45,000
39,610
2700
2
850
900
300
2100
200,000
509,042
+ 4
2013
50
2500
900
18,000
15,000
190,000
25
50,000
37,660
2500
2
800
950
350
2200
203,000
523,937
+ 3
2014
50
2600
1050
17,000
14,000
205,000
20
55,000
36,900
2300
2
750
1000
400
2300
205,000
543,372
+ 4
2015
50
2800
1250
15,000
13,000
225,000
20
60,000
37,000
2200
2
700
1100
450
2400
210,000
570,972
+ 5
Change
2011-2015
- 17
+ 8
+ 87
- 35
+ 4
+ 41
- 20
+ 46
- 4
- 23
-
- 13
+ 29
+ 67
+ 20
+ 2
+ 16
+ 16
Source: Off-Highway Research
less than 20% five years ago. Along
with the strong growth in sales of mini
excavators and wheeled excavators,
wheeled loaders have made a strong
recovery since a period of flat sales
in 2008-2009, but their proportion of
total sales has continued to decline
to below 45% compared with 65% as
recently as 2005.
Last year, sales of crawler dozers
passed 10,000 units for the first time,
making China by far the largest market
in the world for this product. All types
of road machinery, asphalt finishers,
compaction equipment and motor
graders moved ahead to record their
highest-ever levels of sales. Mobile
crane sales grew substantially with
strong demand from a wide variety of
applications, in particular, railway construction. Backhoe loaders and skid-steer loaders, two niche types of compact equipment, saw useful increases
in volume, but both from a low base.
Not everything was a winner, how-
ever. Sales of dump trucks of all types
saw a 3% fall last year, although the
small articulated dump truck sector
saw a slight increase with more sup-
pliers entering the market; sales of
rigid dump trucks declined because of
the imposition of industry regulations,
and because of increasing competi-
tion from on- and off-highway trucks.
