1. Development status
According to the statistics of the European Association of Printing and Paper Processing Machinery Manufacturers Association (EUMAPRINT), due to the global economic downturn, the sales of printing machinery and equipment in Germany, France, the United States, Italy and Switzerland declined in 2002 compared with 2001. Up 13.08%. From the economic sentiment index analysis, among the 11 countries including Europe, America, China, Russia, and Japan, only China and Russia are on the rise, and the rest are declining. Among them, Germany’s sales in 2002 were about 6.8 billion US dollars, compared with 2001. The year-on-year decline was 12%; US sales were about $2.27 billion, down 16% from 2001; UK sales in 2002 were down 24% from 2001, about $1.064 billion; Italy was down 8%. , about $763 million.
In 2001, the top five countries in terms of printing machinery and equipment ranked in the top five were: Germany's 7.73 billion US dollars, Japan's 3.918 billion US dollars, US 2.702 billion US dollars, Britain's 1.4 billion US dollars, and Italy's 829 million US dollars. In 2001, the top five countries for the export of printing machinery and equipment were: US$6.325 billion, Japan: US$1.578 billion, US$1.246 billion, Italy US$1.06 billion, and US$940 million. In 2001, the top six importers of printing machinery and equipment were: US$2.2 billion, China's US$1.3 billion, Germany's US$1.228 billion, Italy's US$922 million, UK's US$9.2 billion, and Japan's US$798 million. In 2002, China's printing machinery market was the only one, and sales of printing machinery and equipment increased by 13.8%, making it a must for the world's printing and equipment manufacturers.