Policy adjustment machine tool industry should accelerate internationalization

　　At present, the production tasks of machine tool enterprises are generally full, and the supply of products is in short supply, which is related to the hot investment in fixed assets of machinery industry. According to statistics, from January to September this year, China's urban fixed assets investment reached 7.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.4% over the same period of last year. The total investment in fixed assets of the machinery industry reached 523.3 billion yuan, an increase of 42.55% over the same period of last year. The main equipment for investment in machinery industry is machine tools, which will inevitably lead to a strong demand for machine tools in China and a shortage of supply in the domestic market. But this kind of high-speed growth can not last for a long time, and the domestic market demand can not be without fluctuation.

　　Therefore, the machine tool industry should be prepared for the fluctuation of domestic market demand, improve the survival ability of enterprises in various uncertain factors, and adhere to the domestic and foreign markets. Developing international operation is a long-term strategic task for machine tool industry.

　　New phenomenon in the industry: import growth decline, export speed up

　　According to customs statistics, the import of metal processing machine tools increased year by year from 1999 to 2006, with the fastest growth in 2004. The import amount reached 5.915 billion US dollars, an increase of 43.3% over the previous year. However, since 2007, although the import amount is still large, the growth rate has decreased compared with the same period of last year, which has never happened in a long time. From January to October 2007, the import volume was 5.706 billion US dollars, down 4.8%. The total export volume reached 3.624 billion US dollars, an increase of 36.66%. The trade deficit was US $56.6 billion.

　　Since 2004, the annual growth rate of machine tool export has been more than 40%. Despite the rapid growth of exports, due to the large amount of imports, the import and export deficit is still in the rising stage year by year, and the deficit has reached 6.057 billion US dollars by 2006. In 2007, due to the decline of import growth rate and the rapid growth of export, it is expected that the deficit will be reduced by the end of the year.

　　Specifically speaking, the growth rate of imported CNC machine tools mainly includes: CNC electrical machining machine tools, vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC horizontal lathes, CNC drilling machines, CNC boring machines, CNC surface grinding machines, CNC straightening machines, and other CNC punching machines. The decline of import growth rate mainly includes: CNC boring and milling machine, CNC cylindrical grinder, CNC forging or stamping machine, CNC plate and strip cross shear machine.

　　In terms of export, there are ten kinds of CNC machine tools with rapid export growth: CNC electrical machining machine tools, CNC horizontal lathes, CNC grinding machines, CNC forging or stamping machines, CNC straightening machines, CNC bending machines, CNC strip slitting machines, CNC strip transverse shearing machines, other digital controlled shearing machines, and automatic CNC step punching presses.

　　In particular, this year's import and export of metal processing machine tools have the following two significant characteristics: first, the import growth rate this year is negative, which is the first time in many years. Coupled with the rapid growth of exports, it is expected that the trade deficit of the whole year will decrease for the first time compared with that of the previous year; second, the proportion of the import and export amount of CNC machine tools and machining centers in the import and export amount of metal processing machine tools has increased, It shows that the structure of import and export products has been improved and the product grade has been improved.

　　Policy adjustment of machine tool import and export in 2007

　　Export tax rebate. On June 19, 2007, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of finance, the State Administration of Taxation, the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued the notice on reducing the export tax rebate rate of some commodities, which has been implemented since July 1, 2007. The main purpose of this time is to balance the high trade surplus and export structure, and to control the excessive export and import.

　　According to the notice, there are 219 customs tax codes for reducing the export tax rebate rate of mechanical products, including 36 tax codes for machine tool industry. The products of tax reduction can be divided into two situations: one is products with high energy consumption, high pollution and resource; the other is products with low technology content and low added value. After tax rebate rate adjustment for machine tool industry:

　　(1) Except for planing machines, slotting machines, broaching machines, sawing machines and cutting machines, the percentage of other machine tools, CNC devices and casting machines is 17%;

　　(2) 13% for non-metallic machine tools;

　　(3) 13% for metal and non-metallic machining machine parts, accessories, workpiece fixtures, dividing heads and measuring tools;

　　(4) 5% for abrasives and abrasives, forging or stamping tools, milling, turning, boring, reaming, drilling, tapping, interchangeable tools, band saw blades and machine tool castings.

　　In the future, the Chinese government will adjust the export tax rebate rate according to China's industrial policy, import and export trade policy and trade surplus.

　　Adjustment of the policy of no duty-free import. On January 22, 2007, the Ministry of Finance issued and published the catalogue of non duty-free imported commodities for domestic investment projects (revised in 2006), and since March 1, 2007, the newly approved imported equipment of domestic investment projects shall be implemented in accordance with the catalogue of non tax free imported commodities of domestic investment projects (revised in 2006).

　　Compared with the original catalogue, the new catalogue has the following important adjustments: (1) non CNC machine tools. There are only a few metal cutting machines with non numerical control and small and medium specifications in the original tax exemption catalogue. The "new catalogue of non tax exemption" has made a major adjustment, which stipulates that all non CNC machine tool imports are not tax-free, and the adjustment range is very large.