Coal quality analytical instrument industry develops steadily

According to the data from the China Instrument and Meter Industry Association, in 2009, analytical instruments included coal quality analysis instruments, coal quality analyzers, coal quality analysis equipment, coal quality analysis instrumentation industrial process analysis instruments, laboratory analysis instruments, environmental monitoring special instrumentation and instrumentation industries. The total output value and industrial sales output have maintained steady growth, but the year-on-year increase was significantly lower than in 2008. Export delivery values ​​maintained a negative growth except that environmental monitoring equipment maintained a slight increase. Among them, the value of special instruments for environmental monitoring exceeded 9.2 billion yuan, an increase of 28.85% year-on-year, and the sales value reached 9.121 billion yuan, an increase of 30.82% year-on-year.

The data show that in the analytical instrument industry, the growth rate of special instruments for environmental monitoring is fastest, followed by the development of coal quality analysis instruments, and the industrial process analysis instrument sub-industry also maintains a growth rate higher than the industry average, and the increase in experimental analysis instruments. Obviously lower than the average instrumentation industry. This is mainly because the country has included environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction in its mid- and long-term development plans, introduced some mandatory policies and encouragement policies, and promoted the promotion and application of environmental monitoring instruments. In addition, the market for food safety monitoring equipment has grown significantly in response to the 2008 trihydroamine event.

Imports continue to grow, exports fall

While the overall import and export of the instrument and meter industry in the country showed a negative growth, the import of coal quality analysis instruments kept growing, and the export decreased year-on-year. Among them, industrial process analysis instruments imported 448 million U.S. dollars, export value was 338 million U.S. dollars; the amount of experimental analytical instruments imported was nearly 2.7 billion U.S. dollars, and the export value was 0.6 billion U.S. dollars. The overall import and export deficit of the instrument industry was 10.2 billion U.S. dollars, compared with 2008. A decrease of 170 million U.S. dollars, and an import and export deficit of 5.6 billion U.S. dollars.

The major reason for the large import volume of analytical instruments is that most of the high-end coal quality analytical instruments in use in China are still imported. Due to the high technical requirements of high-end coal quality analytical instruments, large R&D investment, and long research and development cycle, it is a huge challenge for domestic companies. Although high-tech enterprises such as East West Electronics, Concentration Technology, Skyray Instruments, General Analysis, Beijing Nuoke, Snow Dilong, and Hebei Xianhe have emerged in recent years, domestic companies still lack a number of proprietary technologies. , The lack of original innovation capability of high-end products, the serious shortage of R&D investment, the lack of systematic and long-term continuity of work, and the lack of domestic companies’ ability to develop high-end analytical instruments. Scientific research institutes and colleges and universities have poor communication channels between scientific research achievements and the industry. In the short term, they cannot produce high-end analytical instruments that meet the needs of the domestic market.

The decrease in the export of analytical instruments was mainly due to the outbreak of the international financial crisis since the second half of 2008. The economic situation at home and abroad deteriorated drastically, and foreign demand decreased.

For a long time, almost 100% of high-end coal quality analytical instruments have been occupied by imports, forcing domestic analytical instrument companies to change their existing R&D production models, and have gradually begun to develop high-end analytical instruments. With the continuous optimization of the market environment and the entry of more foreign coal analysis instrument companies, the competition award for the domestic coal quality analysis instrument market has become fiercer. Therefore, domestic coal analysis instrument manufacturers must face up to the crisis and opportunities in the market environment, and increase investment, continuous innovation, in the development of science and technology on the road to success, to the world-class level.