Thanks to the continuous growth of global infrastructure investment and warehousing and logistics demand, overseas demand for general-purpose engineering machinery such as forklifts is strong. According to Xiamen Customs statistics, from January to October this year, Fujian Province exported a total of 2.333 billion yuan of forklifts, a year-on-year increase of 10.35%, setting a record high for the same period in history.
Linde (China) Co., Ltd. is a world-renowned forklift manufacturer that has been rooted in Xiamen for more than 30 years. This year, the company's forklift exports have doubled compared to last year, exceeding 40,000 units, of which new energy forklifts account for more than half of the total sales. Data shows that from January to October, Fujian Province exported a total of 1.214 billion yuan in electric forklifts, an increase of 23.8%, accounting for 52.04% of the total forklift exports in Fujian Province.
Data shows that Fujian forklifts are almost all over the world, sold in 175 countries and regions. The EU is the largest market for Fujian forklift exports. From January to September this year, Fujian exported a total of 498 million yuan of forklifts to the EU, a year-on-year increase of 66.9%, accounting for 21.34% of the total exports. Among them, the German market has the strongest growth, with a total export of 352 million yuan of forklifts, a year-on-year increase of 57.9%. In addition, Fujian's exports to emerging markets such as Russia, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico have also increased significantly, with exports of 230 million yuan, 219 million yuan, 140 million yuan, and 114 million yuan of forklifts, respectively, up 8.44%, 51.85%, 32.97%, and 156.24% year-on-year, respectively.