October 2025 Construction Machinery Industry Operating Data Released: Initial Signs of Month-on-Month Recovery
Recently, the China Construction Machinery Association officially released the operating data of major products in the construction machinery industry for October 2025. The data shows that the industry's core indicators for the month exhibited a trend of "year-on-year adjustment and month-on-month improvement." The average monthly working hours saw positive month-on-month growth, the operating rate remained within a reasonable range, and the performance of sub-products showed significant differentiation, reflecting the industry's gradual accumulation of recovery momentum during the adjustment period.
Looking at the core operating indicators, the average monthly working hours of major construction machinery products in October 2025 was 80.9 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 9.03% and a month-on-month increase of 3.62%. This data indicates that although there is still a gap compared to the same period last year, with the orderly progress of domestic infrastructure projects and the steady recovery of manufacturing activities, the demand in the construction machinery market is showing signs of marginal improvement, and equipment utilization efficiency has improved compared to September.
Significant differences were observed in the working hours of sub-products. Off-highway mining dump trucks led all categories with an average monthly working time of 161 hours, highlighting strong demand in mining, large-scale infrastructure raw material transportation, and other sectors. Forklifts (106 hours) and truck cranes (103 hours) followed closely, reflecting the stable activity in manufacturing logistics and engineering construction hoisting operations. In addition, loaders (98 hours), crawler cranes (91.4 hours), and pavers (45.8 hours) maintained a certain level of operational intensity, reflecting the continued progress in road construction and large-scale engineering projects. Meanwhile, tower cranes (49.9 hours), concrete pump trucks (41.5 hours), and concrete mixer trucks (65.9 hours) had relatively low working hours, closely related to factors such as adjustments in the construction pace of the real estate industry and the phased completion of projects in some areas.
In terms of operating rates, the monthly operating rate of major construction machinery products in October 2025 was 55%, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1 percentage points and a slight month-on-month decrease of 0.16 percentage points. Although the year-on-year operating rate still declined, the month-on-month decline narrowed, indicating that the industry's operating level is stabilizing. Among the sub-categories, truck cranes ranked first with an operating rate of 69.7%, highlighting their essential nature in diverse scenarios such as infrastructure and industrial construction; loaders (58.2%) and forklifts (58.5%) had operating rates close to 60%, reflecting the basic demand support from the end market; tower cranes (39.9%), concrete pump trucks (36.1%), and concrete mixer trucks (30.9%) had relatively low operating rates, but these are expected to gradually recover as related projects are implemented and progress.
Industry analysts point out that the month-on-month improvement in the construction machinery industry's operating data in October was mainly due to three factors: First, the continued implementation of domestic policies to stabilize growth and the accelerated implementation of a number of key infrastructure projects have driven the release of demand for construction work; second, the accelerated transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry has led to a steady increase in demand for logistics equipment such as forklifts in fields such as intelligent manufacturing and warehousing logistics; and third, high investment in resource development sectors such as mining and energy has supported the high-frequency operation of specialized equipment such as off-highway mining dump trucks. The year-on-year data adjustment is partly due to the high base effect of the same period last year, and partly related to factors such as adjustments in the real estate industry and seasonal fluctuations in construction in some regions.
Looking ahead, with changes in winter construction conditions and the accelerated pace of year-end project completion, the construction machinery industry is expected to continue its month-on-month improvement. The China Construction Machinery Association stated that it will continue to track industry dynamics, help companies seize market opportunities and optimize product structures, and promote the industry's transformation towards intelligence and green development, providing stronger equipment support for high-quality infrastructure development and manufacturing upgrading. In the future, with the release of demand in areas such as new infrastructure construction and urban-rural integration, the construction machinery industry is expected to gradually emerge from the adjustment cycle and move towards a new stage of high-quality development.
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