Traffic facilities investment contraction and compaction machinery depth adjustment

The reporter learned from the China Construction Machinery Industry Association Road and Compaction Machinery Sub-committee that due to the contraction in the total construction of highways and railway facilities in 2012, the sales volume of the compaction machinery market was low and the pressure on the company's inventory increased, and the industry was facing with rare difficulties in recent years. .

According to the statistics of the association, the sales volume of compaction machinery declined significantly in January-April, with the roller and paver dropping by more than 50%, and the sales of mechanical roller decreased by 56.6% year-on-year; excavators and bulldozers. Truck crane sales fell by more than 40%, and loaders fell 26.3% year-on-year.

Up to now, there has been no apparent improvement in the sales volume of major products of compaction machinery, and the industry has entered a period of deeper adjustments.

Association analysts said that the reason why the industry is so sluggish is because the total amount of investment in upstream transportation facilities has shrunk.

Data show that from January to April 2012, the transportation sector completed a fixed asset investment of 285.79 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.2% year-on-year (3015.1).

From the perspective of the construction of the highway, the funds for the construction of roads in 2011 amounted to 1,064.894 billion yuan. Compared with the amount of investment completed, the rate of funds available was 84.5%. "It is expected that the investment in highway construction in 2012 will be at the level of 1 trillion yuan."

The total railway investment is also not optimistic. In 2011, the investment in railway infrastructure contracted sharply to only 461 billion yuan, down 34% year-on-year. In 2012, the Ministry of Railways will coordinate arrangements for investment in fixed assets of 500 billion yuan, of which infrastructure investment will be 400 billion yuan, and the new line will be put on 6,366 kilometers, which is a further decrease from 2011.

At the same time, the contraction in transportation investment may continue for a long time. Industry insiders pointed out that the "Eleventh Five-Year" China's transport capacity has been generally improved, the current situation is already a basic balance of adaptation, even in some areas for slightly more than demand.

Therefore, during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the construction of transport facilities will rely more on scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, thus changing the situation in the past that mainly depended on the investment of funds and resources.

Industry insiders pointed out that under the situation where the total amount of transportation investment has shrunk, there has been limited pull on equipment procurement. This means that the development of compaction machinery in the second half of the year will still face greater challenges.

Not long ago, the member companies of the association had in-depth discussions of current realities and unanimously advocated abandoning the "price war" and other vicious competitions that disturbed the order of the industry and jointly promoted the healthy development of the industry.