In 2018, the machinery industry operation confidence to increase pressure remain
发布时间：2020-06-19
At the beginning of the New Year, in order to understand the forecast of the operation trend of machinery industry enterprises in 2018 and the change of investment intention, and to enrich the information source of industry operation analysis, China Machinery Industry Federation carried out a special research activity. Questionnaires and telephone interviews were conducted on more than 100 machinery enterprises regarding inventory, price, market expectation, investment plan and investment direction. It is involved in 10 major industries, such as construction machinery, petrochemical and general, machine tools and tools, electrical and electrical appliances, automobile, heavy mine, instrument and meter, basic parts, etc. The results show that at the beginning of 2018, business confidence has increased but the pressure remains, and investment is prudent but the structure is optimized.
Good order confidence increased
In terms of order volume, 60 per cent of the companies surveyed increased their orders in hand from the previous year, while 20 per cent maintained the same level. In the order cycle, 78% of enterprises can meet the production demand within half a year, the initial situation is basically stable. As a result, business confidence has increased. 50% of companies expect production to expand from last year, while 41% expect production to be flat. The proportion of companies that expected profit growth was 61%, higher than those that expected production expansion; Companies expecting flat profits accounted for 33%.
In addition, for the operating environment, the enterprise makes a biased optimistic judgment. Nearly 98% of the companies surveyed believe the macroeconomic trend will be flat or growing in 2018, 84% believe the market demand for their products will be flat or growing, and 61% expect significant growth in the export market.
Rising costs are difficult to transmit
From the perspective of raw material costs, the prices of raw materials represented by steel have risen considerably since 2017, exerting pressure on the production and operation of machinery enterprises. Expectations for raw material prices in 2018, 77% of companies
