There are six American companies dedicated to producing five-axis machine tools, and at least 20 in China.
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The United States exported 515 five-axis machine tools between 2005-2007, and only 12 of these went to China.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is in charge of licensing the sale of five-axis machine tools for export.
Companies making five-axis machine tools in the United States take a lot longer to build them than foreign rivals.
The number of licenses issued for export of five-axis machine tools to China dropped from nine in 2006 to only three in 2007.
There are not many U.S. producers of five-axis machine tools.
It found that 80 percent of the five-axis machine tools they sold in the United States between 2005 and 2008 were imported, with Japanese and German machines making up the majority of models.
Sales of high-precision five-axis machine tools are declining.
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