Ready for Takeoff China’s Advancing Aerospace Industry(46)

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Most China-based production that supplies U.S. (and other West-ern) aerospace firms comes from either the joint ventures described above or the various subsidiaries of AVIC. According to figures released at AVIC’s 2009 company summit meeting, the total value of the company’s subcontract deliveries in 2008 reached $639 million, a 35-percent year-on-year increase over 2007. More than half of that value came from engine subcontracts, which accounted for $330 mil-lion (“AVIC Aims to Deepen Reform in 2009,” 2009).
To date, Boeing is by far the largest foreign customer of the Chinese aviation manufacturing industry. According to information released by Boeing, since the 1980s, Boeing has purchased more than $1.5 billion of aviation hardware and services from China, and it holds active contracts with Chinese suppliers valued at more than $2.5 bil-lion. All of Boeing’s commercial aircraft lines now incorporate parts

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U.S. Aerospace Imports, 2005–2009
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and assemblies built in China, although most of these parts are rela-tively minor. Boeing’s subcontract relationship with China received a major boost in 2005, after China contracted with Boeing for up to 60 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, a deal worth $7.2 billion at list prices. Soon after, a number of Chinese firms were selected as exclusive, single-source suppliers for the 787, and Boeing also “introduced” its existing network of suppliers to Chinese firms, encouraging them to purchase from Chinese suppliers. To date, U.S.-based Boeing suppli-ers with Chinese subcontracting relationships include the Eaton Corp. (777 fuel-system components), GE (jet engine components and parts assembly), Goodrich (jet engine fan cowls, 787 nacelle components), Honeywell (cabin management systems, engine parts, and other avi-onics components for the 737 and 757), and Pratt & Whitney (engine components, such as compressor airfoils).

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U.S. Aerospace Exports, 2005–2009
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It is worth noting that many of these subcontracts are themselves correlated with the U.S. supplier’s success in penetrating the Chinese market. For example, while GE’s purchase of jet engine components in China reached $284 million in 2007, Chinese engine orders with GE reached more than $1 billion (list price) that year. In addition, some of the Chinese production subcontracts increase American exports in other sectors, and joint ventures with Chinese firms may create jobs in the United States. The aluminum alloys used for Xi’an Aircraft’s subcontract for 737 vertical-tail assemblies and Shanghai Aircraft’s subcontract for horizontal stabilizers, for instance, are sourced mainly from Alcoa’s production facilities in Indiana and Arizona. And GE’s new joint venture with AVIC Systems to produce avionics systems will reportedly create more than 200 jobs in the United States.
　
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