Japan's Construction Machinery Sales Declined by 13.1% in 2001

According to statistics released by the Japan Construction Machinery Industry Association, the total sales of Japanese construction machinery in 2001 (April 2001 to March 2002) was 1.1401 trillion yen, a decrease of 13.0% from the previous year. , has been below the level of the previous year for 5 consecutive years.
Due to the reduction in public works and equipment investment, sales to Japan were 706.252 billion yen, a decrease of 19.9% ​​from the previous year. On the other hand, due to the depreciation of the yen, construction machinery exports. The amount reached 433.901 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%. Among them, exports to North America and Asia are good.
In March, the total sales of construction machinery in Japan was 137.1 billion yen, a decrease of 17.2% from the same period of last year, and it has been lower than the level of the same period of last year for 18 consecutive months. Among them, exports amounted to 55.8 billion yen, a 1.9% decrease from the same period last year, mainly due to the reduction in exports to Europe and the United States. On the other hand, sales of construction cranes exported from Japan to China are good.