Earthmoving equipment sales in five major regions will remain flat overall this year, according to new data from specialist consultant Off-Highway Research. Sales volumes in China, India, Japan, North America and Western Europe are expected to be unmoved from 2012 levels at 674,483 units. However, the company expects this to be due to weakness in North America and Western Europe being offset by growth in Asia. The Chinese construction equipment market, by far the largest in the world, is expected to grow +4% this year to 301,520 units. Meanwhile, sales in India are expected to grow +7% to 54,415 units. A +38% rise in equipment sales in Japan last year saw it move ahead of India as the world's third largest construction equipment market, with 64,860 machines sold. This sharp increase was driven by reconstruction work in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and sales are expected to rise a further +6% this year to 68,741 units.
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