Chinese Database Service

A susbcription to the Chinese Database Service provides annual sales and production data by OEM for 15 products, dating back to 1998.

Also included in the subscription is our Chinese Annual Review, which is published every April. This report, which sells to non-subscribers for more than US$1,000, provides context and analysis to the wealth of information in the database and is available in English or Chinese.

Our standard single-site licence allows for up to five individual users based in one location. If you require further access rights for colleagues in other locations around the world, please enquire about our multi- and global-site licence packages.

The Service Offers

• Sales by company, by product since 1998
• Production by company, by product since 1998
• Five-Year sales forecast by product

 Applications

• Establish market sizes, trends and forecasts by product type
• Analyse market shares
• Competitor analysis
• Component manufacturers use production data to target their customers – the OEMs
• Identify market opportunities
• Create machine population models

 Equipment Coverage

• Agricultural Tractors
• Articulated Dump Trucks
• Asphalt Finishers
• Backhoe Loaders
• Compaction Equipment
• Crawler Dozers
• Crawler Excavators
• Mini Excavators
• Mobile Cranes
• Motor Graders
• Rigid Dump Trucks
• Skid-Steer Loaders
• Wheeled Excavators
• Wheeled Loaders Under 80 HP
• Wheeled Loaders Over 80 HP

Accessing The Service

Access to Off-Highway Research’s databases is via our online client portal. The databases are also available as a bespoke PC software download for offline working. Both versions allow clients to manipulate data and export it directly as an Excel worksheet or as a delimited flatfile for easy integration with other analytical tools.

Off-Highway Research’s Database Services are available in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian and Spanish.

Latest news on the Chinese Database

High sales seen continuing in Chinese asphalt finisher market

The last three years saw a peak in sales, but volumes should remain relatively high and China looks likely to continue to be the largest paver market in the world.

China adopts electric wheeled loaders

Policy drivers and the availability of products are expected to drive a sharp increase in sales of medium-sized electric wheeled loaders in China. However, it will also remain the largest market for traditional diesel-powered loaders for the foreseeable future.

Export focus for Chinese backhoe loaders

There is no tradition of using backhoe loaders in China, and sales have never risen above a few hundred units per year. However, backhoe loader production is an order of magnitude greater.

Customer group data now available for India and China

Our database of sales by year, buy equipment type, by customer group has now been extended from its original European coverage to include India and China.

Chinese equipment sales fell 6 per cent in 2021

Full data for 2021 and updated forecasts are now available to subscribers to the Chinese Database Service

Changes to database CSV files

The ALL COMPANIES data line has been replaced with a DEMAND FORECAST to help prevent errors when configuring analysis tools such as Excel Pivot Tables

Increased export focus for Chinese grader industry

With the road construction market in China moving more towards repair and maintenance, rather than new build, the country’s grader producers are likely to put more emphasis on overseas sales in the coming years.

Chinese excavator market passes its peak

Hydraulic excavator demand in China hit an unprecedented high last year while the first few months of 2021 also saw some staggering sales figures. More sustainable levels have been seen in recent months, signalling the start of a slowdown.