In 2025, both industries have shown a pattern of strong export growth and weak import performance. Road construction machinery such as road rollers and graders has achieved steady growth in overall exports, while the tractor industry has witnessed a sharp drop in imports and a surge in exports.
Here is a detailed analysis of their current status and import - export situation:
Road Construction Machinery
Road construction machinery mainly covers road rollers, graders, pavers and other equipment. In 2025, the industry has maintained a good development trend with strong domestic and foreign market demand, and the export volume has achieved considerable growth as a whole.
Overall market performance
The sales volume of major road construction machinery products has increased significantly year - on - year. For example, in February 2025, the sales volume of road rollers, graders and pavers all achieved double - digit year - on - year growth. Among them, the year - on - year growth rate of pavers even reached 44.9%.
From January to June, the total sales volume of road rollers was 9,450 units, a year - on - year increase of 21.3%, and the total sales volume of graders was 4,343 units, a year - on - year increase of 9.2%. Meanwhile, imported brands are gradually losing their market share in the Chinese market.
For instance, the market share of foreign - funded enterprises in the super - large paver field has dropped to less than 15% due to problems such as long delivery cycles.
Import and export situation
Exports: It has become the core driving force for the growth of the industry. From January to June 2025, 5,845 road rollers were exported, a year - on - year increase of 25.2%, which was much higher than the domestic sales growth rate of 15.4% in the same period.
In the same period, 3,525 graders were exported, a year - on - year increase of 3.9%.
As early as February, the export volume of pavers increased by 31.8% year - on - year, and that of graders increased by 19.4% year - on - year, showing a strong export momentum.
Although the export volume of graders in June decreased by 17.8% year - on - year, the overall export volume in the first half of the year still maintained growth, which fully reflects the strong competitiveness of Chinese road construction machinery in the international market.
Imports: There is a lack of direct and complete import volume and value data for the industry.
However, considering that domestic products have gradually replaced imported ones in most market segments, and the market share of imported brands is continuously compressed, it can be inferred that the import scale of road construction machinery is relatively small, and the imported products are mostly high - end supporting parts or a small number of core components with high technological content, such as advanced hydraulic systems, rather than complete machines.
Tractors
China has long been a net exporter of tractors. In 2025, the industry's import volume and value have dropped sharply, while exports have maintained a high - speed growth, and the industrial competitiveness has been significantly enhanced.
Overall market performance
The industry's growth driver has shifted to the dual - wheel drive of domestic structure upgrading and overseas market expansion.
The overall output of tractors in China is in a state of stock optimization. Although the total output is declining, the output of large - scale tractors is rising, and their proportion is increasing.
At the same time, the market share is constantly concentrating on leading enterprises, and the industry concentration is increasing. In terms of product structure, the export of low - end walking tractors is gradually decreasing, while the proportion of medium and large - horsepower tractors is increasing, which promotes the continuous improvement of the added value of export products.
Import and export situation
Exports: The volume and value are both growing rapidly. From January to September 2025, the export volume of tractors reached 135,702 units, a year - on - year increase of 20.2%, and the export value was 6.65489 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 33.4%.
In the first half of the year, tractors were exported to 182 countries and regions, with a total export volume of 90,076 units and an export value of 4.363 billion yuan.
The main export products are walking tractors and 25 - 50 horsepower wheeled tractors, accounting for 38% and 26% of the total export volume respectively.
The main export destinations are Bangladesh, Ukraine, Indonesia and other countries, and the total export volume to the top ten countries accounts for more than half of the total export volume.
Imports: It shows a trend of sharp decline in both volume and value, and the imported products are highly concentrated. From January to September 2025, the import volume of tractors was only 319 units, a year - on - year decrease of 68.3%, and the import value was 363.03 million yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 64.3%.
In the first half of the year, the cumulative import volume was only 221 units, and 199 of them were 180 - horsepower and above wheeled tractors.
The main import sources are the United States, Germany, France and other countries. In the past few years, the import price of tractors has been rising continuously, reaching 1.0477 million yuan per unit in 2024, which is more than 15 times the export price.
This indicates that the imported tractors are mainly high - end large - horsepower products, which are used to make up for the temporary shortcomings in the domestic high - end market.
However, with the continuous improvement of domestic large - horsepower tractor technology, the demand for imports is also shrinking sharply.
