With the improvement of technological content in drying equipment, it is producing gratifying results. The entire industry is gradually bidding farewell to the era of price competition, and high value-added and high-tech products are becoming the core competitiveness of backbone enterprises in drying equipment. This also means that the pace of industry integration is accelerating, and through technological competition, we will take the path of strong alliances and survival of the fittest, cultivating some powerful large enterprise groups within the industry, which is just around the corner.

At present, China's drying equipment has not yet formed an export scale, and the export volume is less than 5% of the total, mainly sold to Southeast Asia. But according to authoritative institutions' predictions, with the development of technology, the proportion of exported drying equipment in China's total output will increase from 5% to 10% in the next few years, and the export market will also expand from Southeast Asia to Europe and America.

It is predicted that in the next few years, the demand for drying equipment in China will increase significantly in the following areas. In the field of grain drying, small drying equipment (less than 5 tons/hour) used for drying rice and wheat is expected to have an annual demand of around 1000 units; The annual demand for chemical drying equipment will reach about 3000 units (sets); The annual demand for pharmaceutical drying equipment will reach about 3000 units (sets); The annual demand for drying equipment for agricultural and forestry specialty products will reach about 2000 units (sets); The annual demand for drying equipment in light industry will reach about 2000 units (sets).

In terms of drying equipment types, hot air heating atmospheric pressure drying equipment and vacuum drying equipment will be the main ones. The demand for special fields such as far-infrared drying equipment and microwave drying equipment will gradually increase; In terms of food and drug drying, the demand for larger specifications of vacuum freeze-drying equipment will increase, and the demand for equipment with functional combinations (such as granulation drying, drying filtration) will also increase; High automation drying equipment will be popular in some application fields.

As for the domestic market, due to the fact that China's drying equipment industry has entered a relatively mature stage of development, it can already meet the actual needs of users in various fields relatively well. However, in terms of price, it is only one-third of the same foreign products, which gives China's drying equipment a significant price advantage in market competition compared to imported equipment; On the other hand, due to the large volume of drying equipment, most of it also involves on-site installation, debugging, and after-sales service. Therefore, for domestic users, choosing domestic equipment is more convenient than choosing imported equipment.

In terms of the international market, China's main export varieties of drying equipment are vacuum drying equipment, vibration drying equipment, and drying equipment for small and medium-sized grain, food, and agricultural and forestry specialty products. The annual export volume exceeds 200 units, and the main export regions are Southeast Asia and other developing countries, and it has begun to expand into the European and American markets.

In international competition, the main competitors of drying equipment manufacturers in China are enterprises from Denmark, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Japan. Compared with competitors, the advantage of drying equipment in China is its low price, but there is still room for further improvement in terms of product automation control, appearance quality, completeness, and functional combination.

The variety of drying equipment produced in our country is increasing day by day, the scope of application is constantly expanding, the level and quality of products are rapidly improving, and the market competitiveness is constantly enhancing. Especially, the Chinese government has introduced various policies to support product exports, creating excellent external conditions for domestic drying equipment manufacturers, which indicates that the development prospects of drying equipment in China are promising.