1996年1月到5月期间,日本的机床订货增长了20％,同时,这使人们相信本年内贸易额可恢复到90.35亿美元。日本机床工业协会(IMTBA)会长GoTo Tejima认为:此类订货是资本投资的一种重要测量。Tejima先生解释说:“在资本开支削减3年以后,设备更新需求终于起飞了。”从1993年到1994年中订货金额在5000亿和60000亿日元之间,比得上1991年的1.1万亿日元。1995年订货已恢复到7000亿日元的水平,其中 In January-May 1996, orders for machine tools in Japan increased by 20%. At the same time, it convinced people that the trade volume could be restored to 9,035 million U.S. dollars during the year. According to GoTo Tejima, president of the Japan Machine Tool Industry Association (IMTBA), these orders are an important measure of capital investment. Mr. Tejima explained: “After three years of capital expenditure cuts, the demand for equipment renewal finally took off.” Between 1993 and 1994, the order amount was between 500 billion and 600 billion yen, comparable to the figure of 11,000 in 1991 Billion yen. Order in 1995 has been restored to the level of 700 billion yen, of which