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Top Verified Used Construction Equipment Dealers 2026: Reliable Heavy Machinery Sourcing

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Six risks in China's excavator industry

Starting from the beginning of 2009, under the stimulation of the national 4 trillion yuan investment plan, the construction machinery industry has experienced a period of rapid expansion for three consecutive years. However, from the second half of 2011, the central government to strengthen the macro-control of the economy, relying on investment-driven economic growth gradually to promote domestic demand, while in order to curb inflation, real estate, road and bridge construction and other infrastructure projects slowed down or delayed, the demand for products has fallen sharply. According to the China Construction Machinery Industry Association Excavating Machinery Branch statistics, excavator sales since May 2011 for 15 consecutive months of negative growth, although the decline narrowed, but the market situation is still very uncertain. Hidden under the halo of high-speed development of a variety of problems are gradually exposed, the industry is in a difficult situation, the manufacturer's operating conditions are not optimistic. In the recently held China Construction Machinery Industry Association Excavating Machinery Branch annual meeting, the association's secretary general Li Hongbao in the analysis of China's excavator industry, clearly put forward the excavator industry, there are six major risks.

Excavator domestic sales up sequentially, exports under temporary pressure | Infrastructure Barometer

Although the year-on-year decline has expanded, but the excavator sales still maintain the ring growth.

China Excavator Market Situation Analysis 2023

Throughout 2023, China's excavator market faces multiple factors at home and abroad. Domestically, changes in demand for excavators in infrastructure construction, real estate and other industries are important factors affecting the market. From the international perspective, the global economic situation and trade policies have an impact on the export market. According to the statistics of China Construction Machinery Industry Association, the total sales volume of excavators in 2023 was 195,018 units, a year-on-year decrease of 25.4%. Among them, the sales volume in the domestic market was 89,980 units, down 40.8% year-on-year; the export sales volume was 105,038 units, down 4.04% year-on-year. The following will analyze the situation of China's excavator market in 2023 from various angles.