The valued added by the manufacturing sector to GDP varies significantly across different countries worldwide. In 2023, the manufacturing sector in China added nearly 4.8 trillion U.S. dollars to the country's GDP, while this value in the United States amounted to 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars in the same year.

In 2021, China, Germany, and Japan were the powerhouses of machine tool industry worldwide. That year, China accounted for 31 percent of the world's machine tool production, while Germany and Japan each accounted for 13 percent.

Machine tool production by country In 2020, China topped the ranking of the largest machine tool producing countries worldwide. With machine tool production to the value of about 21.8 billion euros, China's market share increased to 31 percent from 29 the year before. China, Germany, and Japan were the three leading machine tool manufacturers globally, while the United States (6.3 billion euros) and Italy (5.7 billion euros) accounted for nine and eight percent of global machine tool production respectively.

Leading machine tool manufacturers The world’s biggest machine tool manufacturing companies include China’s Shenyang, Germany’s Trumpf, and Germany-based DMG Mori Seiki . Overall, Asian countries accounted for over 50 percent of global machine tool production. The leading Asian machine tool producing countries include China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India.

China led the market for motor vehicle production in 2023, producing more than 30 million cars and commercial vehicles that year. This was even greater than the production values of the other top five countries combined. In comparison, vehicle production in the United States—the second-ranking country—amounted to approximately 10.6 million units, the majority of which were commercial vehicles.

The Worldwide Drop in Automotive Production The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many problems for the worldwide automotive sector. Since governments took rapid actions to slow down the spread of the virus—such as national lockdowns, large-scale social distancing, and stringent border controls—global motor vehicle production shrunk by 15 percent in 2020. Motor vehicle production declined in all regions, especially in Europe and Noth America, where the production value experienced a decrease of around 21 percent. Although, in 2022, the automotive industry was showing signs of recovery, the production volume of 2022 was still below the levels of the pre-pandemic years.

The Chinese Market Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
China is a leading player in the global vehicle manufacturing industry, both in supply and demand. As of 2019, motor vehicle production in China accounted for nearly 29 percent of manufacturing operations worldwide. This figure reduced to 25 percent during 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global supply chain and most industries. On a closer look, China's leading motor vehicle producer SAIC-General Motors slimmed down production numbers by 13 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, another joint venture between SAIC and Volkswagen manufactured approximately 22.4 percent fewer cars than the previous year. In 2022, China's share increased again and reached almost 32 percent of the global production.

Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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