Now Available - World Machine Tool Survey Report 2025

The 57^th annual World Machine Tool Survey Report and corresponding data, conducted by Gardner Intelligence, the business intelligence division of Gardner Business Media is now available for purchase and download.

This survey ranks the world’s countries in machine tool production, consumption, imports and exports, taking reported and estimated machine tool economic data and adjusting for exchange rates and inflation to enable year-to-year (and country-to-country) comparisons in real U.S. dollars.

Criteria for inclusion in the survey are that the country has imported at least $100 million of machine tools over at least one year since 2001, and that the Gardner Intelligence team can access or reasonably estimate the country’s data. For countries that do not report import and export totals, data comes from the International Trade Centre (ITC). The ITC reports imports and exports at the machine tool category level for all countries, calculating production estimates when data is not provided. Historic data is adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index for capital equipment, which provides high-quality comparisons over time.

Imports and exports at the machine tool category level typically add up to numbers less than or equal to the totals reported. The Gardner Intelligence team says these differences usually stem from reporting the top five machine tool categories rather than all eight. In rare cases, imports and exports at the category level can also exceed the totals reported. The team believes these mismatches occur when machine tool category-level data includes parts and components that are not included in totals. These mismatches can also occur when using different data sources.

 Key insights include:

• Industry Overview – Trends, U.S. impact, and strategic takeaways.
• Trade Insights – Top importers, exporters, producers, and consumers.
• Country Analyses – YOY changes in machine tool trade and production.

Machine tool builders, international trade associations, investment firms and banks from around the world use this full-year 2024 global machine tool data to identify trends and takeaways to inform which international markets show the most promise and growth and which markets are losing ground. 

The data and report package includes: 

• Global machine tool trends and takeaways from full-year 2024 data. 
• Country ranking of Top 20 machine tool producers, consumers, importers and exporters
• Country ranking of largest trade balances
• Detailed data summary page for each country
• Listing of top import / export by machine type per country

For more information and download, visit: https://www.gardnerintelligence.com/report/world-machine-tool