The Peoples Republic of China has, as part of its Tenth Five Year Plan, officially estimated
the domestic demand for all types of bearings in 2005.
While they can be considered only rudimentary estimates, the projections do reflect the only
semi-official estimates -- total and relative -- for China's domestic bearing consumption.
Application
| 2005 Estimated Demand
(millions of sets)
|
| motorcycles / scooters | 314.0
|
| automobiles / light trucks | 296.0 - 305.0
|
| appliances | 230.0
|
| farm vehicles: exc. tractors | 179.0
|
| farm vehicles: tractors | 137.0
|
| engineering machinery | 83.0
|
| mining and metallurgical equipment | 18.9
|
| machine tools | 17.5
|
| petrochemical processing equipment | 8.2
|
| large electrical equipment | 8.0
|
| rail | 1.2
|
| TOTAL | 1,301.8
|