Global and China Forklift Industry Report, 2013

In 2012, the economy of China entered a stage for transition. As a result, the forklift industry failed to sustain the growth momentum in the preceding two years, with the annual sales volume decreasing by 8.0% year-on-year to 288,662 sets. In H1 2013, China's forklift sales volume hit 165,366 sets, up 8.3% compared with that in 2012. The estimation shows that China forklift market will see continuing slow growth in the second half year with the targeted sales volume all the year round picking up to the level of 2011.  Among forklift products, electric forklifts have witnessed an impressive surge in terms of market occupancy, thanks to the call for energy saving and emission reduction. In 2012, the market share of electric forklift was 27.7%, up 1.2 percentage points over the preceding year and up 7.2 percentage points over 2005. In the future, China electric forklift industry is expected to sustain buoyant development, contributing to: a) comparing to Europe's

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