According to the statistics of the European Federation of printing and paper processing machinery manufacturers' associations (eumaprint), due to the impact of the world economic downturn, the sales of printing machinery and equipment in seven countries, including Germany, France, the United States, Italy and Switzerland, decreased by 13.08% in 2002 compared with 2001. From the analysis of economic prosperity index, only China and Russia are on the rise in Europe, America, China, Russia and Japan, and the rest are on the decline. Among them, the sales volume of Germany in 2002 was about 6.8 billion US dollars, a decrease of 12% over 2001; Sales in the UK in 2002 decreased by 24% compared with 2001, to about US $1064 million; Italy fell 8% to about $763 million.

In 2001, the annual output value of printing machinery and equipment ranked the top four respectively: Germany $7.73 billion, Japan $3.918 billion, Britain $1.4 billion and Italy $829 million. The top four exports of printing machinery and equipment in 2001 were: Germany $6.325 billion, Japan $1.578 billion, Italy $1.06 billion and Britain $940 million. In 2001, the top five imports of printing machinery and equipment were: 1.3 billion US dollars for China, 1.228 billion US dollars for Germany, 922 million US dollars for Italy, 920 million US dollars for the UK and 798 million US dollars for Japan. In 2002, China's printing machinery market was in full bloom, and the sales of printing machinery and equipment increased by 13.8%, becoming an indisputable place for manufacturers of printing equipment and equipment in the world.