Let's start with a number.
In 2024, the amount of valve exports from China to the United States will account for 16% of all valve exports.
The United States is the largest export destination for China's valves.
Not one of them. is the first.
In the next few years, this number will be even higher.
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Demand is exploding, not speculation, but data
The North American pipeline valve market is expected to reach US$18.74 billion in 2026. Among them, demand from the United States alone accounts for US$13.25 billion, or about 70%.
This market is still expanding at a rate of 4%-6% per year, at least until 2035.
Where does the growth come from?
Infrastructure investment: In the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, about $22 billion will be released in 2026-2028 in special funds allocated for pipeline renewal and water security
👉Semiconductors and new energy: U.S. domestic chip production capacity is expanding, and demand for corrosion-resistant and high-purity valves has soared, with an annual growth rate of 7%-9%
shale gas development: Annual demand for high-pressure valve components for shale gas wellhead growth rate of 8.1%
Replacement of old: The valve replacement cycle in the municipal water supply and sewage treatment fields has been shortened to 6-8 years, and the market size has exceeded US$4.12 billion.
This is not a short-term fluctuation, but a sustained round of structural demand.
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China valves are "eating" the US market
There is one key fact worth noting.
U.S. valve production capacity can only cover 30%-45% of domestic demand. The rest is imported.
China is already one of the largest sources of imports in the U.S. valve market.
More importantly: American valve manufacturers are facing tremendous pressure, and low-cost competition from China manufacturers has forced them to "re-evaluate their value positioning."
The US valve industry analysis report acknowledges thatChina and Mexican manufacturers are seizing more and more U.S. market share through aggressive pricing.
Your price advantage is a weapon in overseas markets.
Not only that, China companies are still moving towards the middle and high-end. Through independent research and development, Zhejiang valve enterprises have reached a maximum export unit price of more than 7000 yuan per set, and the export of independent brands has increased by 11.5%.
The low-end has a price advantage, and the mid-to-high-end is undergoing technological breakthroughs-China valves are penetrating the U.S. market at both ends.
Domestic counterparts are no longer able to move
Look at a set of data from Jiangsu.
In 2025, the total industrial output value of Jiangsu's valve industry will be 39.656 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%; the export delivery value will be 8.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.7%.
Export growth is nearly four times the overall growth rate.
Jiangsu Province Valve Industry Association directly said:"The export market has become the core driving force for industry growth."
Why?
Domestic corruption is too serious. Homogeneous competition, price wars, and rising raw material costs-"increasing quantity and decreasing profits" and "increasing income without increasing profits" have become common phenomena.
What about overseas markets?
Orders are scheduled until March next year, and customers are chasing after them.
Yongjia, a valve company, has foreign trade orders this year exceeding 90 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 50%. Russian merchants flew directly to inspect the goods, signed orders of millions of yuan, and even replaced old suppliers who had been working with for many years.
It's not no orders, it's orders in another market.
Does this wave of dividends have anything to do with you?
If you make locks, hardware, valves, mechanical parts...
directly related to you.
These products are "industrial products", not consumer products. Overseas buyers don't place random orders on Amazon. They are looking for stable factory supplies.
The U.S. market's demand for "stable China factories" is now on a climbing stage.
A valve company in southern Zhejiang completed its foreign trade business volume for the whole year of last year in the first half of the year.
Yongjia Pump Valve's foreign trade exports in the first half of the year exceeded 1.496 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth. The Russian market ranks first in exports, and emerging markets such as Italy and United Arab Emirates grew by more than 20%.
You have products, production capacity, and price advantages in your hands.
You can also accept these orders.
The only problem is: you haven't started yet
The manager of the foreign trade department of Special Valve Group handles more than 40 emails every day and maintains high-frequency communication with more than a dozen foreign businessmen.
These foreign businessmen no longer only look at price lists, but pay more attention to in-depth factory inspections of production operations, document management and hardware equipment.
Do you see?
Overseas buyers are looking for "reliable China factories" rather than just "cheap China goods."
Your factory, your equipment, your quality control-these are just the things you can offer.
All you lack is a start.
When do you plan to follow this wave of dividends?
Valve demand in the U.S. market is expanding at an annual rate of 4% to 6% until at least 2035.
This is not a short-lived window where "if you don't do it this year, you'll lose it next year", but the earlier you enter, the better the position you will get.
When everyone started to squeeze in, the threshold was high.
Your colleague has already started running.
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