In recent years, CELIMO the country's overall imports of machine tools market share has been rising, from 55% in 2004 increased to 65% in 2006. Import rate in 2006 lowest in Italy, about 38%, nearly three years remaining at the same level; Germany about 50% greater growth than in 2005; France machine tool imports ratio decreased year by year, from 84 in 2004 % to 76% last year. As Norway is not machine tool industry, the import rate remained at 100%.

2006 CELIMO members of more than 1 billion euros in the machine tool market has three, followed by Germany, 42 million euros, accounting for 32% of the market CELIMO; Italy, 28 million euros, accounting for 21% of the market CELIMO; France, 12 100 million euros, accounting for 12% of CELIMO market. In addition to Italy, the other two markets are showing a slight decline.

2006 less than one billion euros in European machine tool market in Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Turkey's power plants and electronic industries demand a great tool, now the EU's fourth largest machine tool market, has more than 800 million euros. Rebound and rapid growth in the UK, about 470 million euros. In addition, the size of the market between Spain and the United Kingdom, France, between 8.9 billion euros. Czech machine tool market to maintain steady growth, reaching 4.5 billion euros.

Forecast, according to the European Union in 2007, the euro zone economic growth will reach 2.5% year on year; 27 European economy grew 2.8%. The first half of the European Union the means of production projects output growth of about 5.5%, of which machinery output rose 7.3%, metal products output rose 5.7%, automobile production rose 4.6%, due to the acquisition of Airbus, the European aviation industrial output up 3.1% decrease. From the current situation, although in 2007 the European machine tool market will not reproduce the high growth rate in 2006, but will maintain a high level in 2006.

3 German machine tool market Germany is Europe's largest machine tool producer and consumer. According to the German Machine Tool Association forecasts that Germany's machine tool output will increase 15% to a record 12.4 billion euros. The first half of this year, German exports to continue rapid growth, year on year increase of 16%. In the 15 most important export markets, 13 2-digit market growth in the Chinese market grew fastest, reaching 30%. But the second-largest market, the U.S., will drop 15% year on year. There are two main reasons, first because of the dollar against the euro exchange rate remained low, leading to expansion of the German multinational production in the United States; In addition, the machine tool exports to Mexico increased, these machines are mainly U.S. companies to contract manufacturing facilities. Russia became the most important emerging market, after 7 years of development, Russia from the German export market ranks No. 23 to 5.

Germany the main users of business-to-machine tool demand is still strong. User industry equipment renewal, increase productivity, machine tool industry a higher rate of investment return factors stimulated the community's demand for machine tools. In addition, the global economic environment for the machine tool industry provides favorable conditions for sustained growth.