In 2015, instrument and meter import and export were at a new low for six years

In 2015, the instrumentation industry was in a steady state of growth, but there was a downward trend in imports and exports, hitting a new low in six years. Why did the decline in the import and export of instrumentation industry occur in 2015? Let's take a look at the reasons.

According to the latest statistics from the customs, in 2015, the total import and export volume of the instrumentation industry was 67.6 billion U.S. dollars, and the total volume of imports and exports fell for the first time since 2009. Among them, the import amount was 41.4 billion U.S. dollars, and the export volume was 26.2 billion U.S. dollars, with a deficit of 15.2 billion U.S. dollars, hitting a new low for six years. The weak domestic market demand, the increase in the level of domestic companies, leading to a significant reduction in imports; the weakness of the international market not only affected the export of high-end products of foreign-funded enterprises in China, but also had a certain impact on the export of low-end products of domestic enterprises. The result of the superposition of the two markets created the conditions for the drop in the import and export deficit.

Compared with last year, imports fell by 5.36% year-on-year, and exports rose by 0.46% year-on-year. The last negative growth in the instrumentation industry was in 2009.

For the whole year of 2015, the import of instruments and meters continued its downward trend in 2014. In addition to a slight rebound in March, all other months were negative. From January to December, 57.1% of the 161 products decreased year-on-year. Among the imported products, the decentralized industrial process control equipment has a large decrease of 31.52%; the pressure/differential pressure transmitter and the electronic universal testing machine have a single negative growth; the gas or smoke analyzer has decreased by 13.58% year-on-year; the basic gas chromatograph Last year it was flat and the import amount was 270 million U.S. dollars. In addition, the double-digit growth of test rigs, objectives, and mass spectrometers was 13.10%, 24.81%, and 33.13%, respectively, and the liquid chromatograph increased by 16.14%.

The export situation is not optimistic. From the beginning of the year, the positive growth of 12.8% declines month by month. In July, the first negative growth since 2009, followed by two negative growths again in August and November, and the negative turnout in December. In the industry's traditional bulk export products, the number of unassembled optical components is increasing year-on-year; electric meters continue to maintain double-digit growth, with single-phase electronic (static) power meters increasing by 27.34%, three-phase electronic ( The static type) electricity meter increased by 23.16% compared with the same period of last year.

Pre-judgment In 2016, the implementation of a series of policies and improvement of the market environment, the import and export deficit of the instrumentation industry is expected to continue to decrease.