China suffers fall in tile exports Luca Baraldi - studi@acimac.it
Frena l’export cinese di piastrelle While remaining well ahead of other ceramic tile exporter countries, in 2014 China suffered its first setback in exports. After 10 years of uninterrupted growth culminating in record exports of 1,095 million sq.m in 2013, volumes dropped by 2.9% last year to 1,063 million sq.m (a reduction of 32 million sq.m). The breakdown of Chinese exports by large geograph-
Pur rimanendo saldamente al comando tra i maggiori esportatori mondiali di piastrelle ceramiche, nel 2014 la Cina ha registrato la prima battuta d’arresto delle sue esportazioni. Dopo 10 anni di crescita ininterrotta, fino a raggiungere il record di 1.095 milioni mq nel 2013, i volumi esportati l’anno scorso sono risultati in calo del 2,9% (32 milioni mq in meno), pari a 1.063 milioni mq.
Chinese exports of ceramic tiles by geographic area Esportazioni cinesi di piastrelle per area geografica
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
% VAR 14/13
Asia
469.0
554.0
584.8
569.5
552.6
-3.0%
Africa
129.2
160.0
193.1
236.8
250.3
5.7%
South America
83.2
108.0
118.1
129.3
99.8
-22.8%
Nafta
59.2
67.3
73.3
82.7
82.1
Oceania
21.2
22.5
23.3
25.6
28.9
European Union
66.3
46.2
32.0
26.5
24.5
Other Europe
15.6
19.8
19.2
24.8
22.1
TOTAL
843.7
977.9
1,043.7
1,.095.2
1,062.9
-2.9%
% VAR 13/12
CAGR 14/10
Shares 2014
-2.6%
4.2%
52.0%
22.6%
18.0%
23.5%
9.5%
4.6%
9.4%
-0.8%
12.8%
8.5%
7.7%
12.7%
10.0%
8.0%
2.7%
-7.7%
-17.1%
-22.0%
2.3%
-10.8%
29.2%
9.2%
2.1%
4.9%
5.9%
100.0%
Values in million sq.m. / Valori in milioni mq - Source: Acimac Research Department
Main destination countries of Chinese ceramic tile exports
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Principali mercati dell’export cinese di piastrelle
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
% VAR 14/13
% VAR 13/12
CAGR 14/10
Shares 2014
1. Nigeria
25.7
35.6
48.6
71.3
74.1
3.9%
46.7%
30.3%
7.0%
2. Saudi Arabia
62.0
77.5
87.4
81.4
63.4
-22.1%
-6.8%
0.6%
6.0%
3. Republic of Korea
47.4
52.2
54.1
54.6
48.3
-11.5%
0.9%
0.4%
4.5%
4. Philippines
27.7
27.9
34.2
41.1
47.2
14.9%
20.2%
14.3%
4.4%
5. USA
34.7
40.1
41.2
48.2
46.8
-2.8%
16.8%
7.8%
4.4%
6. Indonesia
12.4
20.2
35.0
35.0
44.5
27.1%
-0.1%
37.7%
4.2%
7. Thailand
29.0
36.6
40.6
55.7
38.2
-31.4%
37.1%
7.1%
3.6%
8. United Arab Emirates
35.3
34.1
36.1
35.9
33.9
-5.7%
-0.5%
-1.1%
3.2%
9. Malaysia
26.7
20.0
21.6
28.3
26.7
-5.7%
31.3%
0.0%
2.5%
10. Brazil
24.1
37.2
36.3
47.4
25.6
-46.0%
30.6%
1.5%
2.4%
Other Countries
518.7
596.6
608.7
596.4
614.4
3.0%
-2.0%
4.3%
57.8%
TOTAL
843.7
977.9
1,043.7
1,095.2
1,062.9
-2.9%
4.9%
5.9%
100.0%
Values in million sq.m. / Valori in milioni mq - “World Production & Consumption of Ceramic Tiles”, Acimac November 2014
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