Overseas Buyers Drive Japan’s Machine-Tool Orders

Foreign orders accounted for 71.4% of Japanese machine-tool orders by value in September 2026. China accounted for ¥48.7 billion and the United States for ¥45.9 billion. These are orders booked by Japanese machine-tool makers.

Data

September 2026 orders¥ billion
Overseas159.276
Domestic63.929
Total223.205
China (within overseas)48.742
United States (within overseas)45.906

Read the original data from Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association, final September figures.

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