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Economies in the United States and Europe and Japan imported ceramic products continue to shrink
News classification: World Ceramic News Increase Time: July.12,2009
According to U.S. Customs statistics show that in 2009 January-April, the United States imported 232 million U.S. dollars daily-use ceramics, up 28.23% reduction; which ceramics imported from China 161 million U.S. dollars daily, accounting for 69.28 percent share, up 18.81 percent reduction. The first four months of 2009 a total of U.S. imports of ceramics for daily use has been a downward trend in the depth (-24.73% year-on-year in January; the cumulative January-February year-on-year -31.65%; January to March a total of -30.03% year-on-year; the cumulative January-April -28.23% year-on-year). What is noteworthy is that the accumulated data from the import of view, although the United States imports of the continuous shrinkage of ceramics for daily use, but the Chinese market in the United States share of imports has remained at more than 69 percent, and imports from China has always been lower than year-on-year decrease in the average U.S. import decrease.
Japan's customs statistics show that in 2009 January to April, Japan imported 071 million U.S. dollars daily-use ceramics, up 12.35 percent reduction in imports was to accelerate the downward trend (13.88% year-on-year in January; -2.87% year-on-year January-February; 1-3 -7.25% on the same period last year; January-April year-on-year -12.35%). January-April imports from China 042 million U.S. dollars daily-use ceramics, accounting for 58.68 percent share, up 3.01 percent reduction. From the recent statistical data for three consecutive months, although Japanese imports shrink, but to occupy the Chinese import market share in Japan did not fall but rise (in February accounted for 48.44% share; March 59.77%; April 62.59%).
European Union Customs statistics show that in the first quarter of the EU (27 abroad, the Ministry of Trade) imported ceramics for daily use 287 million U.S. dollars, up 23.22% reduction; of which imports from China 213 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 74.1 percent share, up 21.74 percent reduction. EU imports was continuing a downward trend (-19.48% year-on-year in January; -19.92% year-on-year January-February; January-March year-on-year -23.22%). China accounted for the EU market share of imports of ceramics for daily use has always been maintained at around 75 percent, affected by declining imports, the EU imported from China the amount of the monthly decline, in which ring the month than in March fell by 39.4 percent, the European Union in March than in the month than the average decline in Central 28.2% more more than 10 percentage points.
The above statistics show that the impact of financial crisis, economies in Europe and the United States on imports of the continuous shrinkage of ceramics for daily use, yet do not see signs stabilized.
Although some foreign imports of the developed economies continued to shrink, but because of China's exports to affordable ceramics for daily use products, and the daily lives of foreign consumers, consumers in importing countries compression case of high-end consumer, China's exports ceramics for daily use or a greater demand for space, which can take from China's import market share of Europe, America and Japan have been confirmed higher. Therefore, ceramics for daily use on China's export enterprises, weak external demand in the current circumstances, every effort to stabilize the development of emerging markets, traditional market, adjusting business strategies, strengthening internal management reduce costs, open up the domestic market and so are the current round of crisis response line effective strategy.
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