China News Service, Zhuhai, November 9 (Sun Qiuxia) The "General Aviation Industry Development White Paper (2022" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") released by Aviation Industry Corporation of China on the 9th shows that the global civilian drone market maintains rapid growth. It is expected that the market size will reach 500 billion yuan in 2025.
The "White Paper" pointed out that in 2021, the global civilian drone market will exceed 160 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 61.6%, of which industrial drones account for about 60%.
With the continuous expansion of downstream application fields, it will continue to grow in the future, and it is expected to reach 500 billion yuan in 2025.
It is worth noting that as more high-value industrial drones are applied to production and life, the market share of consumer drones that once dominated the market has been decreasing year by year. The proportion of scale will exceed 80%.
In recent years, China has rapidly grown into a manufacturing and technology powerhouse in the drone industry, with drone sales accounting for 70% of the global market share.
The "White Paper" pointed out that according to the statistics of the competent industry authorities, in 2020, there will be more than 1,300 civil drone development enterprises in my country, of which private enterprises account for the vast majority, and there are more than 10 enterprises with sales of more than 100 million yuan.
By the end of 2021, more than 12,000 UAV general aviation companies have obtained general aviation business licenses in my country.
In terms of global general aircraft, the "White Paper" pointed out that due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the global general aircraft market will decline in 2020, but in 2021, with the gradual reduction of the impact of the epidemic, the global general aviation market will usher in a rebound.
In 2021, a total of 3,456 general-purpose aircraft will be delivered worldwide, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%, with a total value of US$25.3 billion. The delivery of general-purpose aircraft has exceeded the pre-pandemic level in 2019.
From the perspective of market segments, deliveries of various types of aircraft will rebound in 2021. Among them, turboprop general-purpose aircraft and helicopters have grown significantly, with a year-on-year growth rate of more than 20%. The delivery volume of jet business jets and piston general-purpose aircraft will increase by 10.2% and 20%, respectively. 6.2%.
It is worth mentioning that newly industrialized countries have become important markets for the development of general aviation.
According to the "White Paper", Brazil and South Africa are the earliest emerging market countries to develop the general aviation market, with more than 10,000 general-purpose aircraft.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and other BRICS countries have a total of about 45,000 general-purpose aircraft, accounting for about 10% of the world's total, and the future market development space is large.
At present, continuing the general trend of industrial transfer worldwide, the proportion of high-end manufacturing, including general aviation manufacturing, has been transferred from developed countries to developing countries has increased year by year. It is regarded as the country with the greatest market potential in the future.
(Finish)