ITIF：2025产业实力全景评估：美国机床生产与消费研究报告（英文版）（32页）.pdf

1、 itif.org Mapping Industrial Strength:US Machine Tool Production and Consumption TRELYSA LONG|DECEMBER 2025 Machine tools are key to and indicative of the health of a nations manufacturing sector.The United States lags behind in both the production and consumption of machine tools,especially compare

2、d with other high-wage economies.KEY TAKEAWAYS The machine tools industry enables national power.U.S.machine tool production as a share of GDP ranked 25th out of 29 and 70 percent below the global average in 2022.Machine tool consumption indicates the technological sophistication of a nations manufa

3、cturing.In 2022,the United States ranked 8th out of 28 nations as a share of manufacturing workers.That same year,the U.S.machine tool trade balance was 14th out of 24 nations,with the United States running a significant trade deficit.Policymakers should seek to double machine tool production and co

4、nsumption in the next decade.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY&INNOVATION FOUNDATION|DECEMBER 2025 PAGE 2 CONTENTS Key Takeaways.1 Introduction.2 Machine Tools Production.4 Machine Tools Output as a Relative Share of Durable Goods Manufacturing Workers.6 Metal-Forming Machine Tool Production.8 Metal Cutting Ma

5、chine Tool Production.10 Machine Tools Consumption.13 Machine Tool Consumption as a Relative Share of Durable Goods Workers.17 Metal-Forming Machine Tool Consumption.19 Metal Cutting Machine Tool Consumption.22 Machine Tool Trade Balance.26 Machine Tools Industry:United States Versus China.27 Conclu

6、sion.29 Endnotes.30 INTRODUCTION The machine tool industry is important for national competitiveness and power.At the same time,robust machine tool consumption is key to U.S.manufacturing health.Machine tools are used not only to cut or form metal parts for final products such as automobiles,but als