Construction machinery exports meet new thresholds to implement IIIB standards next year

How do China's engineering machinery, which is booming as a big emitter, face the test of low-carbon?

On August 10, the author learned from the China Construction Machinery Industry Association that the European Commission will implement phase IIIB emission standards for non-road machinery ranging from 130 kW to 560 kW diesel engines in January 2011.

Ai Changqing, an engineer of the Tianjin Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, which has long been engaged in diesel engine emission standard certification, indicated that the EU IIIB emission standards have imposed stricter restrictions on engine particulate emissions, from the original 0.2 g/kWh to 0.025 g/kWh. To meet this limit, diesel engines must be equipped with particulate filters to solve this problem.

How will the implementation of Phase IIIB emission standards affect the export of China's construction machinery? Secretary Wang Zuguang of the Liugong Board of Directors told the author that “As the domestic engine still fails to meet the export requirements, Liugong can only purchase the engine of the foreign brand.” Through the international procurement to solve the emission standards of the problem, for Europe and the United States to improve emission standards, Liugong Already do a good job of related technology reserves.

"For a 5-ton loader, domestic engine prices are about 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, while foreign brands need about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. Enterprises as purchasers can only make less." China Construction Machinery Industry Wang Jinxing, Director of the Association’s Comprehensive Office, frankly stated.

The continuous improvement of foreign emission standards will further increase the export threshold of Chinese construction machinery. An analyst in the machinery industry said in an interview: “The biggest advantage of China’s construction machinery is its price. Purchasing a higher-standard foreign engine will increase the cost of the product and weaken its export competitiveness.”

In recent years, the domestic infrastructure construction has been booming. XCMG, Zoomlion, Sany Heavy Industry and other Chinese construction machinery companies have made leaps and bounds in their development, and both have proposed a “one hundred billion” development plan. According to the plan, overseas markets account for a large proportion of them. The implementation of new emission standards will create challenges for the large number of Chinese construction machinery products entering the international market.