根据最近美国工业出版商Gardner Publications, Inc.发布的年度调查报告可知,1997年世界上34个国家的机床产值为371亿美元,而1996年这34个国家的机床产值为387亿美元,下降了4.2％。 从1982年以来,日本一直位居世界机床生产厂前列,1997年的产值为97亿美元,比去年增加了6％。排名第二的是德国,产值为66亿美元,比去年下降了13％。美国居第三,产值为46亿美元,上升2％。 排在前10名的其他机床生产国和地区依次是,意大利、瑞士、中国台湾、中国、英国、法国和韩国。基本上与一年前的前10名相同。机床是制造业的基础设备,它用于制造自飞机到家电和汽车的各种耐用工业产品。 欧盟国家的机床产值为163亿美元,占世界总产值的44％,而1996年为46％,下降了2％。在亚洲和太平洋地 According to the annual survey released by the recent U.S. industrial publisher Gardner Publications, Inc., machine tool output in 34 countries in the world was 37.1 billion U.S. dollars in 1997, compared with 38.7 billion U.S. dollars in 34 countries in 1996 4.2%. Since 1982, Japan has been at the forefront of the world’s machine tool manufacturing plant with a production value of 9.7 billion U.S. dollars in 1997, an increase of 6% over last year. Ranked second in Germany, with a value of 6.6 billion U.S. dollars, a drop of 13% over last year. The United States ranks third with an output value of 4.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 2%. The top 10 other machine tool producing countries and regions followed, Italy, Switzerland, China Taiwan, China, the United Kingdom, France and South Korea. Basically the same as the top 10 one year ago. Machine tools are the foundations of the manufacturing industry and are used to make a variety of durable industrial products from aircraft to home appliances and automobiles. The EU’s machine tools output value was 16.3 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 44% of the world’s total output value, down from 46% in 1996, a decrease of 2%. In Asia and the Pacific