Hunan manufacturing accelerates going to sea. On the 21st, Changsha Customs announced that in the first seven months of 2024, Hunan exported 19.44 billion yuan of construction machinery, an increase of 25% over the same period last year. Among them, Changsha accounts for more than ninety percent.

Changsha accounts for more than ninety percent

Construction machinery industry is the core competitiveness of Hunan industry, since 2010 industrial scale "topped" the country, has been 14 consecutive years in the total assets, operating income, total profit and other major indicators of the country first.

According to customs statistics, the province's construction machinery exports are mainly concentrated in Changsha. In the first seven months, Changsha exported 18 billion yuan of construction machinery, an increase of 30.3%, accounting for 92.6%.

"If you don't go to sea, you will be out", Changsha construction machinery enterprises have deployed overseas and moved towards the "new". Recently, the overseas market of Changsha construction machinery industry has been frequently reported good news: Zoomlion signed an excavator order of more than 30 million yuan in Indonesia; Sany's sales in Africa are expected to exceed 4 billion yuan in 2024; Nearly 120 sets of aerial work equipment were sent to the world, setting a record for the highest single-day delivery of enterprises......

The average export price has risen sharply

In recent years, the "big country heavy weapon" has shown its skills, and the "made in Changsha" construction machinery has taken root in the "Belt and Road".

Which construction machinery is popular overseas? According to customs statistics, special-purpose motor vehicles, bulldozers, road rollers, forklifts, and cranes are the main export products. In the first seven months, Hunan exported 6,668 special-purpose motor vehicles, an increase of 30.8%, and the value of goods was 6.43 billion yuan, an increase of 30.8%, accounting for 33.1% of the total export value of construction machinery in Hunan Province in the same period.

It is worth mentioning that the average export price has risen sharply. In the first seven months, the average price of construction machinery exported by Hunan was 186,000 yuan, an increase of 126.2% over the same period last year. Among them, the average export price of bulldozers and rollers was 348,000 yuan, an increase of 8.9%; The average export price of forklifts and other working vehicles equipped with lifting or handling devices was 148,000 yuan, an increase of 37.2%; The average export price of cranes was 1.326 million yuan, an increase of 401.6%. "This shows that the added value of Hunan Province's construction machinery export products has increased, and corporate profits have increased." The relevant person in charge of Changsha Customs said.

Russia and Saudi Arabia are the main exporters. In the first seven months, exports were 2.75 billion yuan and 2.36 billion yuan respectively. In the same period, the export of construction machinery to the EU was 2.64 billion yuan, an increase of 121.8%; exports to the Belt and Road countries were 13.01 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%; exports to Africa were 1.29 billion yuan, an increase of 39.4 percent.

The "shipment" of China-Europe freight trains increased by 77.9%.

On August 19, a Zoomlion special train set off from Changsha North Railway Station to Europe, loaded with 55 large containers of construction machinery, with a value of 1.4386 million US dollars and a cargo weight of 538.21 tons. Zoomlion accelerates the pace of "going out" through the China-Europe Express (Changsha). According to statistics, as of August 21, the China-Europe Express (Changsha) has operated a total of 38 Zoomlion special trains this year, a year-on-year increase of 216.67%.

The China-Europe Express (Changsha) actively helped the export of construction machinery, and the transportation increased significantly. At present, the China-Europe Express (Changsha) has 14 normalized operation routes, radiating nearly 30 countries and regions in the Eurasian continent. The train is actively integrated with the construction machinery industry, and has opened a special train for construction machinery, through the transformation of non-standard products to the container, to customize the product to the box solution for the enterprise, and to solve the problem of container loading of large equipment. Because of the low transportation cost and high efficiency, the train has become the choice of more and more enterprises for overseas shipments. In the first 7 months, the value of Changsha's construction machinery exports by railway transportation increased by 77.9% to 550 million yuan.