Machine Tool Consumer

中国的年机床消费量在五年前就从第四跃居首位。在此之后，中国在领跑的同时也继续带动其他主要机床消费国日本、德国和美国等增加世界机床的消费量。据Gardner Publications公司出版的World Machine Tool Output ＆ Consumption Survey杂志最新年度报表的数据显示，2007年，中国在相关产品类的贸易量和消费量是最大的。仅2007年，中国的各类工厂用于购买和安装机床的费用就达154亿美元，投资额再次大大高于同行业竞争者。

Five years ago China moved from fourth to first place in annual consumption of machine tools. The country has retained that position ever since and even strengthened it, leading the other principal users Japan Germany, and the United States. According to the most recent annual survey of production and trade in that class of equipment, the World Machine Tool Output ＆ Consumption Survey issued by the industrial publisher Gardner Publications Inc., Chinese factories installed an estimated $15.4 billion worth of machine tools in 2007 again out-investing their competitors.