摘要: |
Global construction equipment sales may have fallen 7% last year to 1,201,126 units from the record high of 1,292,739 units sold in 2021 but, as Off-Highway Research (OHR), a leading business market intelligence consultancy, highlights: The downturn was all due to the collapse of demand in China. Sales in the world, excluding China, have risen by 7% in 2022. This year, OHR forecasts a 7% decline in global sales in 2023, a slightly steeper downturn than previously envisaged due to the weakness of the Chinese market. Stripping China out of the equation, the remaining world will only see a 5% downturn overall. OHR is classifying the 2022-2025 market downturn as a "soft landing". Only single-digit year-on-year (YOY) falls in equipment sales are expected, and the volume of machines sold should stay above one million units per year over the next four years. Before the current up-swing, OHR notes that such a volume was only achieved twice before. |