China as market for plastics and rubber machines

According to the report, German exports to China in 2010 increased by 64.4 % to reach an export volume of more than EUR 587 million. This growth more than compensated the slump experienced in the preceding year. The export volume scarcely fell short of the peak volume recorded in 2004.

German exports of plastics and rubber machines to China

Year	EUR million	Change over previous year (%)	Share in world exports to China (%)
2005	307.4	-48.2	19.8
2006	288.8	-6.1	17.5
2007	346.9	20.1	21.3
2008	494.5	42.6	28.4
2009	357.1	-27.8	28.5
2010	587.2	64.4	N. A.

Worldwide exports of plastics and rubber machines to China in 2009 reached a volume of EUR 1.25 billion, a decrease of 28.2 % when compared to the preceding period. For the first time ever, German suppliers outranked their Japanese competitors and – at a share of 28.5 % in worldwide exports – became the number one foreign supplier of this equipment to China.

World exports of plastics and rubber machinery to China

Country	2008 EUR million	2009 EUR million	Change 2009/2008 (%)
Germany	494.5	357.1	-27.8
Japan	523.2	313.8	-40.0
Taiwan	189.4	107.0	-43.5
USA	75.5	84.0	11.2
Italy	97.9	79.3	-19.0
Republic of Korea	117.2	71.3	-39.2
France	59.5	52.2	-12.3
Canada	34.7	46.3	33.2
Total	1,745.8	1,253.4	-28.2

Further important machinery exporters to China in 2009 ranking behind Germany and Japan (25.0 %) comprise of Taiwan (8.5 %), the USA (6.7 %), Italy (6.3 %), Republic of Korea (5.7 %), France (4.2 %), and Canada (3.7 %). Within this list, only the USA and Canada showed increase rates in the year of the economic and financial crises.