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CWR 123/2017 56 The fifth edition of the publication “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles” produced by the Acimac Re- search Department is due to be released in November. Consisting of 260 pages of charts, tables and commentary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2016 in industry, markets, per capita consumption and ex- port flows in large geographic regions and in the 76 larg- est tile producer, consumer, exporter and importer coun- tries. Here we present a preview of the key figures. * * * Luca Baraldi - Acimac Research Dept. ([email protected]) 2) La produzione mondiale di piastrelle ha sfondato i 13 mi- liardi mq salendo a 13.056 milioni mq, +5,7% sul 2015. È tornata a crescere l’Asia, pas- sata da 8.631 a 9.331 milioni mq (+8,1% sul 2015), pari al 71,5% della produzione glo- bale, un risultato determina- to dalla crescita in Cina, India, Vietnam e Iran. Il continente europeo ha prodotto com- plessivamente 1.877 milio- 1) Dopo un 2015 sostanzial- mente fermo, il 2016 è sta- to caratterizzato dalla ripre- sa di produzione e consumo di piastrelle a livello globale, cresciuti rispettivamente del 5,7% e del 5%. Si è confermato invece il minor dinamismo dei flus- si di import-export, saliti dell’1,7%, in lieve migliora- mento rispetto al +1,5% del 2015. Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle di ceramica World production and consumption of ceramic tiles economics © exclusive content WORLD MANUFACTURING AREAS AREAS 2016 (Sq.mt Mill.) % on world production % var. 16/15 EUROPEAN UNION (28) 1,304 10.0 +7.1 OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included) 573 4.4 +1.1 NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included) 358 2.7 +8.5 CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,086 8.3 -9.0 ASIA 9,331 71.5 +8.1 AFRICA 399 3.1 -3.4 OCEANIA 5 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 13,056 100.0 +5.7 WORLD CONSUMPTION AREAS AREAS 2016 (Sq.mt Mill.) % on world consumption % var. 16/15 EUROPEAN UNION (28) 964 7.5 +5.9 OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included) 527 4.1 -0.9 NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included) 547 4.3 +7.9 CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,180 9.2 -7.7 ASIA 8,818 69.0 +8.0 AFRICA 691 5.4 -5.5 OCEANIA 56 0.4 +7.7 TOTAL 12,783 100.0 +5.0 Nel mese di novembre sarà pubblicata la quinta edizione del volume “Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle ceramiche” realizzato dall’Ufficio Studi Acimac: 260 pagine di grafici, tabelle e commenti che analizzano nel detta- glio l’andamento decennale al 2016 di industria, merca- to, consumi pro-capite e flussi esportativi sia per ma- cro-aree geografiche che per i 76 maggiori Paesi pro- duttori, consumatori, esportatori e importatori di pia- strelle. Presentiamo qui, in anteprima, i dati più salienti. * * * 1) After an essentially stationary 2015, 2016 saw a recovery in global production and consumption of ceramic tiles with growth of 5.7% and 5% respectively. Import/export flows were less dynamic with an upturn of 1.7%, a slight improve- ment on the +1.5% of 2015. 2) World tile production passed the 13 billion sq.m mark to reach 13,056 million sq.m, 5.7% up on 2015. Asia resumed growth, up from 8,631 to 9,331 million sq.m (+8.1% on 2015), equivalent to 71.5% of global production. This result was driven by the growth in China, India, Vietnam and Iran. The European continent produced a total of 1,877 million sq.m (14.4% of world production), including 7.1% growth from 1,218 to 1,304 million sq.m in the European Union (EU-28)

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The fifth edition of the publication “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles” produced by the Acimac Re-search Department is due to be released in November. Consisting of 260 pages of charts, tables and commentary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2016 in industry, markets, per capita consumption and ex-port flows in large geographic regions and in the 76 larg-est tile producer, consumer, exporter and importer coun-tries. Here we present a preview of the key figures.

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Luca Baraldi - Acimac Research Dept. ([email protected])

2) La produzione mondiale di piastrelle ha sfondato i 13 mi-liardi mq salendo a 13.056 milioni mq, +5,7% sul 2015. È tornata a crescere l’Asia, pas-sata da 8.631 a 9.331 milioni mq (+8,1% sul 2015), pari al 71,5% della produzione glo-bale, un risultato determina-to dalla crescita in Cina, India, Vietnam e Iran. Il continente europeo ha prodotto com-plessivamente 1.877 milio-

1) Dopo un 2015 sostanzial-mente fermo, il 2016 è sta-to caratterizzato dalla ripre-sa di produzione e consumo di piastrelle a livello globale, cresciuti rispettivamente del 5,7% e del 5%.

Si è confermato invece il minor dinamismo dei flus-si di import-export, saliti dell’1,7%, in lieve migliora-mento rispetto al +1,5% del 2015.

Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle di ceramica

World production and consumption of ceramic tiles

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WORLD MANUFACTURING AREAS

AREAS 2016(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldproduction

% var. 16/15

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 1,304 10.0 +7.1

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 573 4.4 +1.1

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 358 2.7 +8.5

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,086 8.3 -9.0

ASIA 9,331 71.5 +8.1

AFRICA 399 3.1 -3.4

OCEANIA 5 0.0 0.0

TOTAL 13,056 100.0 +5.7

WORLD CONSUMPTION AREAS

AREAS 2016(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldconsumption

% var. 16/15

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 964 7.5 +5.9

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 527 4.1 -0.9

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 547 4.3 +7.9

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,180 9.2 -7.7

ASIA 8,818 69.0 +8.0

AFRICA 691 5.4 -5.5

OCEANIA 56 0.4 +7.7

TOTAL 12,783 100.0 +5.0

Nel mese di novembre sarà pubblicata la quinta edizione del volume “Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle ceramiche” realizzato dall’Ufficio Studi Acimac: 260 pagine di grafici, tabelle e commenti che analizzano nel detta-glio l’andamento decennale al 2016 di industria, merca-to, consumi pro-capite e flussi esportativi sia per ma-cro-aree geografiche che per i 76 maggiori Paesi pro-duttori, consumatori, esportatori e importatori di pia-strelle. Presentiamo qui, in anteprima, i dati più salienti.

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1) After an essentially stationary 2015, 2016 saw a recovery in global production and consumption of ceramic tiles with growth of 5.7% and 5% respectively. Import/export flows were less dynamic with an upturn of 1.7%, a slight improve-ment on the +1.5% of 2015.

2) World tile production passed the 13 billion sq.m mark to reach 13,056 million sq.m, 5.7% up on 2015. Asia resumed growth, up from 8,631 to 9,331 million sq.m (+8.1% on 2015), equivalent to 71.5% of global production. This result was driven by the growth in China, India, Vietnam and Iran. The European continent produced a total of 1,877 million sq.m (14.4% of world production), including 7.1% growth from 1,218 to 1,304 million sq.m in the European Union (EU-28)

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cati dell’Europa extra-UE, a causa dell’andamento nega-tivo in Russia, in parte com-pensato dal recupero in Tur-chia. In forte calo i consumi in Centro-Sud America, scesi di un centinaio di milioni di mq a 1.180 milioni mq (-7,7%), per-dita da ascrivere interamen-te al crollo in Brasile. Si con-ferma invece la dinamica mol-to positiva della domanda in Nord America, cresciuta da 507 a 547 milioni mq (+7,9%), grazie ad un incremento pres-soché analogo in Messico e Stati Uniti, sia in percentua-le che in valori assoluti. Ha continuato invece a contrar-si la domanda in Africa, sce-sa a 691 milioni mq (-5,5%), a causa del calo in Nigeria, Li-bia ed Egitto.

4) Nel 2016 le esportazioni mondiali sono aumentate di appena 48 milioni mq a 2.794 milioni mq (+1,7%), confer-mando per il terzo anno con-secutivo un trend di cresci-ta piuttosto limitato rispet-to al periodo precedente. L’aumento, peraltro, è qua-si tutto imputabile all’export dell’Unione Europea, sa-lito da 856 a 903 milioni mq (+5,5%), pari a un terzo dell’export mondiale. In pro-gresso anche l’export dei Pa-esi del Centro-Sud Ameri-ca (da 126 a 141 milioni mq, +11,9%) e dell’Europa ex-tra-UE (da 139 a 147 milio-

ni mq (il 14,4% della produ-zione mondiale): in aumen-to del 7,1%, da 1.218 a 1.304 milioni mq, l’Unione Euro-pea (UE-28), più limitato l’in-cremento nell’area dell’Eu-ropa extra-UE a 573 milioni mq (+1,1%). Nel continente americano la produzione to-tale è scesa da 1.523 a 1.444 milioni mq (l’11% della pro-duzione mondiale) a causa della forte battuta d’arresto in Centro-Sud America dove i volumi prodotti sono dimi-nuiti di 107 milioni mq scen-dendo a 1.086 milioni mq (-9%); al contrario, è prose-guita, rafforzandosi, la cresci-ta produttiva del Nord Ame-rica che ha raggiunto i 358 milioni mq (+8,5%) grazie al-lo sviluppo sia in Messico che in USA. In Africa la produzio-ne è calata a 399 milioni mq (-3,4%).

3) Il consumo mondiale di pia-strelle è aumentato nel 2016 da 12.177 a 12.783 milioni mq (+5%). In Asia la doman-da ha raggiunto 8.818 mi-lioni mq (+8%), pari al 69% del consumo globale. In pro-gresso del 5,9% (dopo il +5% registrato nel 2015) anche la domanda in Unione Euro-pea, salita da 910 a 964 mi-lioni mq, grazie all’andamen-to positivo nella gran par-te dei Paesi. In lieve fles-sione (-0,9%) a 527 milio-ni mq la domanda nei mer-

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and a more limited 1.1% growth to 573 million sq.m in non-EU Europe. In the American continent total production fell from 1,523 to 1,444 million sq.m (11% of world production) due to the sharp contraction in Central and South America where output volumes dropped by 107 million sq.m to 1,086 million sq.m (-9%). By contrast, growth in output continued at an even more rapid pace in North America, reaching 358 million sq.m (+8.5%) thanks to an upturn in both Mexico and the USA. Africa’s output dropped to 399 million sq.m (-3.4%).

3) World tile consumption increased in 2016 from 12,177 to 12,783 million sq.m (+5%). In Asia demand reached 8,818 million sq.m (+8%), equivalent to 69% of global consump-tion. Consumption in the European Union also rose by 5.9% (following 5% growth in 2015), from 910 to 964 million sq.m thanks to growth in demand in most countries. Demand in non-EU European markets fell slightly (-0.9%) to 527 million sq.m due to the downturn in Russia, partly offset by the re-covery in Turkey. In Central and South America, consump-tion dropped by around a hundred million sq.m to 1,180 mil-lion sq.m (-7.7%), a downturn that was entirely attributable to the slump in Brazil. The very positive trend in demand in North America continued, rising from 507 to 547 million sq.m (+7.9%), driven by virtually identical increases in Mexico and the USA in both percentage and absolute value terms. By contrast, demand continued to fall in Africa, dropping by 5.5% to 691 million sq.m due to the contractions in Nigeria, Libya and Egypt.

4) In 2016 world exports increased by just 48 million sq.m to 2,794 million sq.m (+1.7%), maintaining a fairly limited growth trend for the third year running compared to the previous pe-riod. Moreover, the increase was almost entirely attributable to exports from the European Union, which rose from 856 to 903 million sq.m (+5.5%), one third of total world exports. Ex-ports from Central and South American countries likewise rose (from 126 to 141 million sq.m, +11.9%), as did exports from non-EU Europe (from 139 to 147 million sq.m, 5.5%), which made up for the previous year’s losses. By contrast, Asia saw a slight fall in exports to 1,513 million sq.m (-0.8%), equiv-alent to 54.2% of world exports, while the contraction in ex-ports from Africa and North America continued (Africa from 35 to 30 million sq.m, -14.3%; North America from 65 to 60 million sq.m, -7.7%).

5) Looking at the export propensity of the various continents

WORLD EXPORTING AREAS

AREAS 2016(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldexports

% var. 16/15

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 903 32.3 +5.5

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 147 5.3 +5.8

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 60 2.1 -7.7

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 141 5.0 +11.9

ASIA 1,513 54.2 -0.8

AFRICA 30 1.1 -14.3

OCEANIA 0 0.0 -

TOTAL 2,794 100.0 +1.7

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2016(ON TOTAL WORLD CONSUMPTION)

DOMESTIC SALES78.1%

EXPORTS21.9%

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ni mq, 5,5%) che recupe-ra quanto aveva perso l’an-no prima. Per contro, è ri-sultata in leggera flessio-ne l’Asia, le cui esportazio-ni sono scese a 1.513 milio-ni mq (-0,8%), pari al 54,2% dell’export mondiale, men-tre prosegue la contrazio-ne dell’export dell’Africa (da 35 a 30 milioni mq, -14,3%) e del Nord America (da 65 a 60 milioni mq, -7,7%).

5) Per quanto riguarda la pro-pensione esportativa dei vari continenti o macrore-gioni, l’Unione Europea si conferma l’aera più vota-ta ai mercati internaziona-li, con una quota export del 69,2% della produzione. For-temente distanziate tutte le altre aree: l’Europa extra-UE esporta il 25,7% dei volu-mi prodotti, il Nord Ameri-ca il 16,8%, il Sud America il 13%, l’Asia il 16,2% e l’A-frica appena il 7,5%. La di-namica dei flussi di import/export, costante negli anni, non smentisce quanto sem-pre sostenuto, ossia che si tende a produrre piastrelle laddove si consumano: seb-bene l’export mondiale rap-presenti il 21,4% della produ-zione e il 21,9% del consumo globali, ben oltre la metà (il

59%) viene esportato all’in-terno della stessa area geo-grafica di produzione (il 79% dell’export sudamericano re-sta in Sud America, il 77% di quello nordamericano re-sta in area NAFTA, il 64% di quello asiatico si indiriz-za in paesi asiatici); parziale eccezione si conferma l’UE, che riesce ad esportare qua-si il 50% del proprio export in mercati extra UE. Questa tesi trova conferma nel con-fronto del contributo di ogni continente alla produzione e al consumo mondiali di pia-strelle che mostra valori so-stanzialmente omogenei: l’Asia rappresenta il 71,5% della produzione e il 69% del consumo mondiali, l’Eu-ropa (UE + Extra-UE) rispet-tivamente il 14,4% e l’11,6%, le Americhe l’11% e il 13,5%, l’Africa il 3,1% e il 5,4%.

6) Maggiore produttore, consu-matore ed esportatore mon-diale di piastrelle ceramiche, nel 2016 la Cina ha recupe-rato il trend di crescita pro-duttivo interrotto l’anno pre-cedente. Sebbene l’industria e il mercato cinesi restino di difficile quantificazione data l’ampia discrepanza tra i da-ti disponibili, secondo le no-stre stime la produzione ci-

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or macro-regions, the European Union remained the area with the highest export share at 69.2% of production. All the other areas lagged well behind: non-EU Europe exported 25.7% of its output volumes, North America 16.8%, South America 13%, Asia 16.2% and Africa just 7.5%. The trend in import/export flows over the years is perfectly consist-ent with our long-held view that tiles tend to be produced close to the place of consumption. Although world exports stand at 21.4% of production and 21.9% of global consump-tion, well over half (59%) of this volume consists of exports shipped within the same geographical region as that of pro-duction (for example, 79% of South America’s exports re-main in South America, 77% of North America’s exports re-main within the NAFTA region, and 64% of Asian exports are shipped to other Asian countries). The EU is a partial ex-ception in that almost 50% of its exports are sold in non-EU countries. This analysis is confirmed by the fact that the shares of world production and consumption tend to be similar in each continent. In other words, Asia accounted for 71.5% of production and 69% of world consumption, Europe (EU + non-EU) 14.4% and 11.6% respectively, the Americas 11% and 13.5%, and Africa 3.1% and 5.4%.

6) In 2016 China, the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of ceramic tiles, resumed the production growth that had been interrupted the previous year. Although the Chinese industry and market remain difficult to quantify due to the very large discrepancies between the available fig-ures, our estimates suggest that Chinese production totalled about 6,495 million sq.m in 2016 (+8.8% on 2015), equivalent to 49.7% of world production. This compares with a produc-tion capacity calculated by official Chinese sources at more than 11 billion sq.m, spread over some 1400 companies and 3500 production lines. Domestic consumption is estimated at 5,475 million sq.m, 42.8% of world consumption. Exports fell for the third year running from 1,089 to 1,025 million sq.m (-5.9%, the biggest fall in the past three years), equivalent to 36.7% of world exports. Sales declined in all continents with the exception of Oceania (+7% to 35 million sq.m). Sales in Asia, which account for 58.3% of total Chinese exports, fell

TOP MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

2016(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2016 world

production% var.16/15

1. CHINA 5,200 5,700 6,000 5,970 6,495 49.7% 8.8%

2. INDIA 691 750 825 850 955 7.3% 12.4%

3. BRAZIL 866 871 903 899 792 6.1% -11.9%

4. SPAIN 404 420 425 440 492 3.8% 11.8%

5. VIETNAM 290 300 360 440 485 3.7% 10.2%

6. ITALY 367 363 382 395 416 3.2% 5.3%

7. INDONESIA 360 390 420 370 360 2.8% -2.7%

8. IRAN 500 500 410 300 340 2.6% 13.3%

9. TURKEY 280 340 315 320 330 2.5% 3.1%

10. MEXICO 231 230 230 245 267 2.0% 9.0%

TOTAL 9,189 9,864 10,270 10,229 10,932 83.7% 6.9%

TOTAL WORLD 11,226 11,961 12,377 12,357 13,056 100.0% 5.7%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Research dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 5th edition 2017

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goli mercati, i cali più signifi-cativi hanno riguardato la Ni-geria (scesa da 52 a 15 milioni mq, -71%), l’India (da 32 a 12 milioni mq, -62%), il Messico (da 25 a 9 milioni mq, -62%) e l’Arabia Saudita, primo mer-cato export nel 2015 con 64 milioni mq e scesa nel 2016 al 5° posto con 49 milioni mq (-23%). Primo mercato della piastrella cinese sono divenu-te le Filippine (67 milioni mq, +27%), seguite da Corea (66 milioni mq, +21%), Indonesia (57 milioni mq, +29%) e USA (56 milioni mq, +11%).

Il valore delle esportazioni ci-nesi è stato pari a 4.979 mi-lioni di Euro, pari a un prezzo medio di vendita di 4,9 €/mq.

7) Nel 2016, l’India ha scavalca-to il Brasile divenendo il se-condo maggiore produtto-re e consumatore di piastrel-le. La produzione naziona-le è salita da 850 a 955 milio-ni mq (+12%), mentre il con-sumo interno ha avuto un in-cremento più contenuto (785 milioni mq, +2,9%). Prosegue a ritmi decisamente sostenu-ti lo sviluppo del distretto ce-ramico di Morbi (Gujarat), do-ve si stimano oltre 500 linee produttive, molte delle qua-li dedicate a produzioni de-stinate all’export. Proprio le

nese dovrebbe essersi atte-stata nel 2016 sui 6.495 mi-lioni mq (+8,8% sul 2015), pari al 49,7% della produzio-ne globale. Questo, a fron-te di una capacità produtti-va che le fonti ufficiali cinesi calcolano oltre gli 11 miliar-di mq, installata in circa 1400 aziende e 3500 linee di pro-duzione. Il consumo inter-no è stimato a 5.475 milioni mq, ossia il 42,8% del consu-mo mondiale. Le esportazio-ni sono diminuite per il terzo anno consecutivo scendendo da 1.089 a 1.025 milioni mq (-5,9%, la variazione negati-va più alta del triennio), pari al 36,7% dell’export mondia-le. In frenata le vendite in tut-ti i continenti ad eccezione dell’Oceania (+7% a 35 mi-lioni mq). L’Asia, che assor-be il 58,3% dell’export tota-le è scesa a 583 milioni mq (-1,3%); -14% in Africa (198 milioni mq, il 19,8% del to-tale); -11,7% in Nord Ame-rica (78 milioni mq) e -11% in Sud America (80 milioni mq), entrambi con una quo-ta dell’8% dell’export cine-se; -20% l’export verso l’UE (16 milioni mq, pari all’1,6% dell’export totale); -9% in Eu-ropa extra-UE (10 milioni mq) che assorbe appena l’1% del-le esportazioni cinesi. Sui sin-

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by 1.3% to 583 million sq.m; in Africa by -14% (198 million sq.m, 19.8% of the total); -11.7% in North America (78 mil-lion sq.m) and -11% in South America (80 million sq.m), both with an 8% share of Chinese exports; -20% in the EU (16 mil-lion sq.m, 1.6% of global exports); and -9% in non-EU Europe (10 million sq.m) which accounts for just 1% of Chinese ex-ports. As for individual markets, the biggest falls were in Ni-geria (down from 52 to 15 million sq.m, -71%), India (from 32 to 12 million sq.m, -62%), Mexico (from 25 to 9 million sq.m, -62%) and Saudi Arabia, the largest export market in 2015 with 64 million sq.m but down to 5th in 2016 with 49 million sq.m (-23%). The Philippines has become the largest market for Chinese tiles (67 million sq.m, +27%), followed by South Korea (66 million sq.m, +21%), Indonesia (57 million sq.m, +29%) and the USA (56 million sq.m, +11%). The value of Chinese exports totalled 4,979 million euros, corresponding to an average selling price of 4.9 €/sq.m.

7) In 2016, India overtook Brazil to become the world’s second largest tile producer and consumer. Production increased from 850 to 955 million sq.m (+12%), while domestic con-sumption saw a more modest increase (785 million sq.m, +2.9%). The ceramic cluster in Morbi (Gujarat) has continued its rapid growth and is estimated to comprise more than 500 production lines, many of which are devoted to products for export. Foreign sales saw a major upturn in 2016, rising from 134 to 186 million sq.m (+38.8%) and strengthening India’s fourth place amongst the world’s top exporter countries. In value terms exports reached 598 million euros, equivalent to an average selling price of 3.2 €/sq.m, one of the lowest figures of all exporter countries. Saudi Arabia remained the top export market with a 32.5% share (up from 49 to 60 mil-lion sq.m, +23%) and appears to have replaced Chinese im-ports with product from India. Next come Iraq (11.5 million sq.m, +29.5%), UAE (11.4 million sq.m, +13.6%), Oman and Kuwait (both with around 10 million sq.m, more than dou-ble the 2015 figure). While Mexico (7 million sq.m) estab-lished itself for the first time as a major destination for Indi-an exports, this contrasted with a sharp fall in sales in Brazil (3.1 million sq.m, -62%). Overall, the Asian continent absorbs

TOP CONSUMPTION COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

2016(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2016 world

consumption% var.16/15

1. CHINA 4,250 4,556 4,894 4,885 5,475 42.8% 12.1%

2. INDIA 681 718 756 763 785 6.1% 2.9%

3. BRAZIL 803 837 853 816 706 5.5% -13.5%

4. VIETNAM 254 251 310 400 412 3.2% 3.0%

5. INDONESIA 340 360 407 357 369 2.9% 3.4%

6. USA 204 230 231 254 274 2.1% 7.9%

7. SAUDI ARABIA 230 235 244 263 248 1.9% -5.7%

8. TURKEY 184 226 215 234 241 1.9% 3.0%

9. MEXICO 187 187 197 218 235 1.8% 7.8%

10. THAILAND 160 180 175 192 189 1.5% -1.6%

TOTAL 7,293 7,780 8,282 8,382 8,934 69.9% 6.6%

TOTAL WORLD 10,964 11,582 12,081 12,177 12,783 100.0% 5.0%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Research dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 5th edition 2017

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esportazioni hanno segnato nel 2016 un nuovo forte bal-zo in avanti, passando da 134 a 186 milioni mq (+38,8%) e consolidando l’India al 4° po-sto tra i maggiori esportato-ri mondiali. In valore l’export ha raggiunto i 598 milioni di Euro, pari a un prezzo me-dio di vendita di 3,2 €/mq, tra i più bassi in assoluto. Pri-mo mercato di esportazio-ne, con una quota del 32,5% sull’export totale, si è confer-mata l’Arabia Saudita (in cre-scita da 49 a 60 milioni mq, +23%), che pare aver quin-di sostituito l’import dalla Ci-na con quello dall’India. Se-guono Iraq (11,5 milioni mq, +29,5%), Emirati Arabi (11,4 milioni mq, +13,6%), Oman e Kuwait (entrambe con circa 10 milioni mq, oltre il doppio del 2015). Spicca l’exploit in Messico (7 milioni mq), en-trato per la prima volta tra le destinazioni dell’export indiano; sul fronte opposto, il calo delle vendite in Bra-sile (3,1 milioni mq, -62%). Complessivamente, il con-tinente asiatico assorbe il 74,5% dell’export indiano (138 milioni mq, +38%), l’A-frica il 13% (24 milioni mq, +33%), l’Europa (UE +Ex-tra-UE) il 4,8% (8,9 milioni mq, +102%), il Nord Ameri-

ca (NAFTA) il 4,3% (quasi in-teramente in Messico) e il Sud America il 3% (5,5 milioni mq, -47%).

8) Nel 2016, l’unico importan-te segno negativo tra i gran-di produttori e consumato-ri mondiali è quello del Bra-sile, dove la domanda inter-na, già scesa nel 2015 del 4%, ha perso un altro 13,5% scen-dendo da 816 a 706 milioni mq. Di riflesso, l’analoga con-trazione della produzione na-zionale, da 899 a 792 milio-ni mq (-11,9%). Ha continua-to invece per il quarto anno il recupero delle esportazioni, salite a 94 milioni mq (+22%) per un valore di 309 milio-ni di dollari (+5%); esporta-zioni quasi interamente ri-volte ai mercati latino-ameri-cani e agli Stati Uniti, secon-do maggiore mercato este-ro della piastrella brasiliana. Per il Presidente di Anfacer Heitor Almeida, la recessio-ne economica, innestata dalla crisi politica interna, ha para-lizzato l’edilizia e il settore im-mobiliare brasiliano, crollati del 40% nel 2016; il rafforza-mento dell’export verso nord e sud America è quindi l’unica vera sfida su cui l’industria ce-ramica locale può puntare, in attesa che si manifestino, pre-

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TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

2016(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2016 national

production% on 2016

world exports% var16/15

value 2016 (million €)

average export price (€/sq.m)

1. CHINA 1,148 1,110 1,089 1,025 15.8% 36.7% -5.9% 4,979 4.9

2. SPAIN 318 339 378 395 80.3% 14.1% 4.5% 2,570 6.5

3. ITALY 303 314 316 332 79.8% 11.9% 4.8% 4,588 13.8

4. INDIA 55 102 134 186 19.5% 6.7% 38.8% 598 3.2

5. IRAN 114 109 112 126 37.1% 4.5% 12.5% 328 2.6

6. BRAZIL 63 69 77 94 11.9% 3.4% 22.1% 293 3.1

7. TURKEY 88 85 77 81 24.5% 2.9% 4.8% 463 5.7

8. MEXICO 64 62 61 56 21.0% 2.0% -8.2% 289 5.2

9. UAE 58 55 54 48 66.7% 1.7% -11.1% 278 5.8

10. POLAND 48 42 42 46 32.4% 1.6% 9.5% 246 5.3

TOTAL 2,259 2,287 2,340 2,389 23.2% 85.5% 2.1%

TOTAL WORLD 2,670 2,705 2,746 2,794 21.4% 100.0% 1.7%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Research dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 5th edition 2017

74.5% of Indian exports (138 million sq.m, +38%), Africa 13% (24 million sq.m, +33%), Europe (EU + non-EU) 4.8% (8.9 mil-lion sq.m, +102%), North America (NAFTA) 4.3% (almost en-tirely Mexico) and South America 3% (5.5 million sq.m, -47%).

8) The only country amongst the world’s major producers and consumers to see a significant downturn in 2016 was Brazil, where domestic demand fell by 13.5% from 816 to 706 mil-lion sq.m following the 4% contraction in 2015. This pushed down production from 899 to 792 million sq.m (-11.9%). By contrast, the recovery in exports continued for the fourth year running to reach 94 million sq.m (+22%) and a value of US $309 million (+5%). These exports are almost entire-ly shipped to Latin American markets and the USA, the sec-ond largest foreign market for Brazilian tiles. Anfacer chair-man Heitor Almeida explains that the economic recession triggered by the domestic political crisis has paralysed the Brazilian building industry and real estate market, which contracted by 40% in 2016. Increasing exports to North and South America is therefore the only real option open to Bra-zilian tile manufacturers while awaiting the first signs of what is sure to be a slow recovery, in all likelihood from 2018 on-wards.

9) With a further 4.5% growth in exports to 395 million sq.m in 2016, Spain strengthened its position as the world’s second largest exporter. It also continued its recovery in terms of production with output volumes reaching 492 million sq.m (+11.8%), confirming the country’s position at 4th in the rank-ings of world producers. This was in no small part due to the further recovery in domestic sales, which according to Ascer exceeded 125 million sq.m and increased in value by 16% to 746 million euros. France overtook Saudi Arabia as the top export market (37.8 million sq.m, +14.8%), followed by Saudi Arabia (down by 19% to 27.6 million sq.m), Alge-ria (23.5 million sq.m, -9%), the USA (where exports grew by 49.6% from 13.8 to 20.7 million sq.m) and the UK (20.2 mil-lion sq.m, +6.5%). The top foreign markets in terms of val-ue were France (257 million euros), USA (188 million euros, +30%), the UK (166 million euros) and Saudi Arabia (146 mil-lion euros). In 2016 the breakdown of Spanish export desti-

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vedibilmente dal 2018, i pri-mi segni di quello che sarà un lento recupero.

9) Con un nuovo incremento del 4,5% delle esportazioni, salite nel 2016 a 395 milio-ni mq, la Spagna ha consoli-dato la posizione di secondo maggiore esportatore mon-diale. È proseguito, accele-rando, anche il recupero sul fronte produttivo, con volu-mi cresciuti a 492 milioni mq (+11,8%), che confermano il Paese iberico al 4° posto tra i maggiori produttori mon-diali. Merito anche del nuovo recupero delle vendite inter-ne che, secondo Ascer, han-no superato i 125 milioni mq, segnando un incremento in valore del 16% a 746 milio-ni di Euro. Sui mercati esteri, la Francia ha scavalcato l’Ara-bia Saudita divenendo il pri-mo mercato di esportazione (37,8 milioni mq, +14,8%); seguono l’Arabia Saudita, in flessione del 19% a 27,6 mi-lioni mq, l’Algeria (23,5 mi-lioni mq, -9%), gli Stati Uni-ti, dove le esportazioni sono cresciute del 49,6% da 13,8 a 20,7 milioni mq, e il Re-gno Unito (20,2 milioni mq, +6,5%). Maggiori mercati esteri per valore delle vendi-te sono stati Francia (257 mi-

lioni di Euro), USA (188 milio-ni di Euro, +30%), Regno Uni-to (166 milioni di Euro) e Ara-bia Saudita (146 milioni di Eu-ro).

Nel 2016 l’export spagnolo in volume si è suddiviso per il 39,7% in Europa (il 45,8% in valore), per il 27,9% in Medio Oriente e Asia (24% in valore), per il 19,6% in Africa (14,2% in valore) e per il 12,3% nel-le Americhe (15% in valore). I ricavi generati da esportazio-ni sono saliti a 2.570 milioni di Euro (+4,8%), con un prezzo medio stabile a 6,5 €/mq. Il fatturato totale dell’industria spagnola ha raggiunto i 3.316 milioni di Euro (+7,1%).

10) Nel 2016 l’Italia ha registra-to un nuovo recupero della produzione (+5,3%) salita da 394,8 a 416 milioni mq, con vendite complessive pari a 414,5 milioni mq (+4,5%). In ripresa dopo 8 anni di flessio-ne le vendite sul mercato in-terno, salite a 83 milioni mq (+3,2%) per un valore pari a 829 milioni di euro (+3,7%). Considerate anche le impor-tazioni (21 milioni mq), il con-sumo nazionale ha raggiunto i 103 milioni mq.

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nations by volume saw Europe at 39.7% (45.8% in value), the Middle East and Asia at 27.9% (24% in value), Africa at 19.6% (14.2% in value) and the Americas at 12.3% (15% in value). Ex-port revenues rose to 2,570 million euros (+4.8%), while av-erage selling price remained stable at 6.5 €/sq.m. The Span-ish industry’s total turnover amounted to 3,316 million eu-ros (+7.1%).

10) In 2016 Italy saw a further recovery in production (+5.3%), up from 394.8 to 416 million sq.m, while total sales reached 414.5 million sq.m (+4.5%). Domestic sales recovered after an 8-year downturn, rising to 83 million sq.m (+3.2%) and a value of 829 million euros (+3.7%). Adding in imports (21 mil-lion sq.m), domestic consumption reached 103 million sq.m. As the world’s third largest exporter, Italy again increased its exports both in volume (from 316.6 to 331.7 million sq.m, +4.8%) and even more significantly in value (from 4,318 to 4,588 million euros, +6.3%), thanks to an average price that has risen to 13.8 €/sq.m. The sector’s total turnover exceed-ed 5.4 billion euros (+5.9%), of which 85% was generated by exports. Exports to Western Europe, the biggest market for Italian tile accounting for 50% of total Italian exports, rose to 167 million sq.m (+5%). Sales also picked up in Central And Eastern Europe to reach 31 million sq.m (+2% follow-ing the -17% of 2015), despite the severe difficulties in the Russian market (2.5 million sq.m, -10%). Exports to the Bal-kans likewise performed well (17 million sq.m, +5.3%). Over-all, the European continent absorbed 215 million sq.m of Italian tiles, 65% of all exports by volume. Results were al-so good in the NAFTA region with sales of 49 million sq.m (+8.5%), equivalent to 14.8% of total exports. Albeit with lim-ited volumes, sales also rose in the Far East (19 million sq.m, + 4.8%), in the Gulf region (12 million sq.m, +3.2%) and in North Africa and the Middle East (11 million sq.m, +2%). By contrast, Latin America saw a sharp fall for the third consec-utive year (4 million sq.m, -21%). The positions of the top 10 largest Italian export markets remained unchanged, all of which saw growth with respect to 2015. Germany remained the largest market with 54.4 million sq.m (+5.8%), followed by France (43.9 million sq.m, +1.6%), the USA (38.7 million

TOP IMPORTING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

2016(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2016 national

consumption

% on 2016 world

imports% var.16/15

1. USA 147 165 164 179 194 70.8% 6.9% 8.4%

2. SAUDI ARABIA 155 170 156 188 167 67.3% 6.0% -11.2%

3. GERMANY 89 89 95 100 115 91.3% 4.1% 15.0%

4. IRAQ 105 121 102 106 112 98.2% 4.0% 5.7%

5. FRANCE 107 96 99 99 104 87.4% 3.7% 5.1%

6. SOUTH KOREA 61 65 76 72 75 60.0% 2.7% 4.2%

7. PHILIPPINES 38 46 53 60 75 65.2% 2.7% 25.0%

8. UAE 52 53 54 64 59 71.1% 2.1% -7.8%

9. INDONESIA 37 36 46 45 57 15.4% 2.0% 26.7%

10. ISRAEL 43 48 44 52 57 91.9% 2.0% 9.6%

TOTAL 834 889 889 965 1,015 62.1% 36.3% 5.2%

TOTAL WORLD 2,524 2,670 2,705 2,746 2,794 21.3% 100.0% 1.7%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Research dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 5th edition 2017

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te le esportazioni sia in volu-me (da 316,6 a 331,7 milioni mq, +4,8%) che, soprattutto, in valore (da 4.318 a 4.588 milioni di euro, +6,3%), con un prezzo medio sa-lito a 13,8 €/mq. Il fatturato totale del settore ha superato i 5,4 miliar-di di euro (+5,9%), di cui l’85% ge-nerato da esportazioni. Le espor-tazioni in Europa Occidentale, prima area export della piastrel-la italiana (assorbe il 50% del to-tale), sono salite a 167 milioni mq (+5%). Hanno ripreso quota anche le vendite in Europa Centro Orien-tale portandosi a 31 milioni mq (+2%, dopo il -17% del 2015), no-nostante le forti difficoltà sul mer-cato russo (2,5 milioni mq, -10%); bene anche le vendite nei Balca-ni (17 milioni mq, +5,3%). Com-plessivamente il continente euro-peo ha assorbito 215 milioni mq di piastrelle italiane, pari al 65% dell’export in volume. Buoni i risul-tati anche nell’Area Nafta, con 49 milioni mq venduti (+8,5%), pari al 14,8% dell’export complessivo. Positive, sebbene su volumi conte-nuti, anche le vendite nel Far East (19 milioni mq, +4,8%), nei Paesi del Golfo (12 milioni mq, +3,2%), Nord Africa e Medio Oriente (11 milioni mq, +2%). In decisa con-trazione ormai da tre anni è inve-ce l’America Latina (4 milioni mq, -21%).

Invariate le posizioni dei 10 mag-giori mercati esteri italiani, tut-ti peraltro in crescita sul 2015. La Germania si è confermata al ver-tice con 54,4 milioni mq (+5,8%), seguita da Francia (43,9 milioni mq, +1,6%), Stati Uniti (38,7 mi-lioni mq, +7,8%), Austria, Belgio, Gran Bretagna, Svizzera, Canada, Olanda e Romania.

11) I tre maggiori paesi esportatori – Cina, Spagna e Italia – hanno rap-presentato l’anno scorso il 62,7% dell’export mondiale; i primi die-ci l’85,5%. Tra i grandi esporta-tori, Italia e Spagna mantengo-no il primato della più elevata quota esportativa sulla produzio-ne nazionale, per entrambe pari all’80%, contro il 66,7% degli Emi-rati Arabi, il 37% dell’Iran, il 32% della Polonia, il 15,8% della Cina

e una quota tra il 12 e il 24% per India, Brasile, Turchia e Messico. A questo, l’Italia somma anche il vero segno della sua leadership, ossia il prezzo medio: 13,8 €/mq contro i 6,5 €/mq della Spagna, e tra i 2,6 €/mq e i 5,8 €/mq de-gli altri.

12) Tra i maggiori Paesi produtto-ri e consumatori si confermano, in Far East, Vietnam e Indone-sia. Nel 2016 il Vietnam ha incre-mentato la produzione nazionale a 485 milioni mq (+10%) a fronte di una capacità installata stimata oltre i 600 milioni mq. La doman-da interna è salita a 412 milioni mq (+3%) consolidando il Paese asiatico quale 4° maggiore con-sumatore mondiale. L’Indonesia, al contrario, ha continuato a ra-zionalizzare la produzione nazio-nale (da 370 a 360 milioni mq, -2,7%), nonostante il lieve recu-pero della domanda interna (da 357 a 369 milioni mq, +3,4%), pari ad un consumo procapite di 1,4 mq. In aumento, invece, le importazioni (da 45 a 57 milioni mq, +26,7%), provenienti intera-mente dalla Cina.

13) Maggiore produttore del Medio

Oriente (8° nel ranking mondia-le), l’Iran ha prodotto nel 2016 340 milioni mq (+13%), un primo recupero dopo due anni di con-trazione che aveva fatto crollare la produzione dai 500 milioni mq del 2013 ai 300 milioni del 2015, su una capacità installata intorno ai 680 milioni mq. L’incremento produttivo non è stato motivato dalla ripresa dei consumi inter-ni, anzi nuovamente calati, per il quinto anno consecutivo, da 190 a 169 milioni mq (-11%) a cau-sa della stagnazione del settore dell’edilizia residenziale. Hanno invece continuato a crescere le esportazioni, salite da 112 a 126 milioni mq (+12,5%), pari al 37% della produzione nazionale. Di questi, ben 94 milioni sono sta-ti esportati in Iraq e il resto nei mercati limitrofi.

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sq.m, +7.8%), Austria, Belgium, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the Netherlands and Romania.

11) The three largest exporter countries, China, Spain and Italy, accounted for 62.7% of world exports last year, while the top ten countries made up 85.5%. Amongst the largest exporter countries, Italy and Spain maintained the highest share of exports as a percentage of production (both 80%), compared to the 66.7% of the UAE, the 37% of Iran, the 32% of Poland, the 15.8% of China and shares of between 12% and 24% of India, Brazil, Turkey and Mexico. But the real sign of Italy’s leadership position is its average selling price of 13.8 €/sq.m compared to the 6.5 €/sq.m of Spain and between 2.6 €/sq.m and 5.8 €/sq.m of the other countries.

12) Vietnam and Indonesia remain the largest produc-er and consumer countries in the Far East. In 2016 Vietnam saw its output increase to 485 million sq.m (+10%), while installed capacity was estimated at more than 600 million sq.m. Domestic demand rose to 412 million sq.m (+3%), confirming the country’s position as the world’s fourth largest consumer. By contrast, Indonesia continued to see a contraction in production (from 370 to 360 million sq.m, -2.7%) despite a small recovery in domestic demand (from 357 to 369 million sq.m, +3.4%), equivalent to a per capita consumption of 1.4 sq.m. This contrasted with an increase in imports (from 45 to 57 million sq.m, +26.7%) originating entirely from China.

13) The largest producer in the Middle East (8th in the world rankings), Iran produced a total of 340 mil-lion sq.m in 2016 (+13%). This marked a recovery following a two-year contraction that saw produc-tion plummet from 500 million sq.m in 2013 to 300 million sq.m in 2015, compared to an installed ca-pacity of around 680 million sq.m. The increase in production was not driven by a recovery in domes-tic consumption, which instead fell for the fifth year running from 190 to 169 million sq.m (-11%) due to housing sector stagnation. By contrast, exports continued to grow, increasing from 112 to 126 mil-lion sq.m (+12.5%), equivalent to 37% of produc-tion. This included 94 million sq.m exported to Iraq and the rest to neighbouring markets.

14) In 2016 Turkey maintained the positive growth trend that was observed in 2015. Domestic con-sumption rose from 234 to 241 million sq.m (+3%) and was entirely covered by Turkish production, which grew by 3% to 330 million sq.m (imports to-talled just 5 million sq.m). Exports picked up after a three-year decline, increasing from 77.2 to 80.9 million sq.m (+4.8%) and corresponding to a value of 463 million euros (+2.7%). Turkish exports were mainly spread out over three macro-regions: 50% to the European Union (40.6 million sq.m, +10.7%), 22% to the Middle East and Asia (18 million sq.m, -10.5%) and 20% to the NAFTA region (16 million sq.m, +12%). Following 24% growth with respect to 2015, Germany became the largest market for Turkish tiles (11 million sq.m), pushing Israel into

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emersa nel 2015. I consumi interni sono cresciuti da 234 a 241 milio-ni mq (+3%), interamente coperti dalla produzione nazionale (l’im-port è di appena 5 milioni mq) sa-lita anch’essa del 3% a 330 milio-ni mq. In recupero (dopo tre an-ni di flessione) le esportazioni, ri-salite da 77,2 a 80,9 milioni mq (+4,8%) per un valore di 463 mi-lioni di euro (+2,7%). L’export tur-co si è ripartito prevalentemente su tre macroaree: il 50% in Unio-ne Europea (40,6 milioni mq, +10,7%), il 22% in Medio Orien-te e Asia (18 milioni mq, -10,5%) e il 20% nell’area NAFTA (16 milio-ni mq, +12%). Con un incremen-to del 24% sul 2015, la Germania è divenuta il primo mercato estero della piastrella made in Turkey (11 milioni mq), facendo arretrare Isra-ele al secondo posto (10 milioni mq, +6,5%). Seguono gli USA (9,2 milioni mq, +17,3% dopo il +24% del 2015), il Regno Unito (8 milio-ni mq), il Canada (6,8 milioni mq, +5%) e, tra i primi dieci mercati, Francia, Romania, Finlandia, Gre-cia e Belgio, tutti con segno po-sitivo.

15) Anche il Messico ha conferma-to nel 2016 la dinamica espansi-va degli anni precedenti. La do-manda nazionale ha raggiunto i 235 milioni mq (+7,8% sul 2015 e +26% sul 2013). Al maggiore con-sumo interno l’industria locale ha risposto con un nuovo incremen-to produttivo, da 245 a 267 milioni mq (+9%), mentre le importazioni hanno segnato un brusco calo del 34%, da 35 a 23 milioni mq. Il Mes-sico è anche l’8° esportatore mon-diale di piastrelle, con un export di 56 milioni mq, in larga parte desti-nato agli Stati Uniti.

16) Nel 2016 i 10 maggiori Paesi im-portatori hanno importato un to-tale di 1.015 milioni mq, pari al 36,3% dei flussi globali di import/export e con un tasso di cresci-ta del 5,2% sul 2015, superiore al +1,7% segnato a livello mondiale. Con l’unica eccezione dell’Indone-sia che importa appena il 15% del proprio consumo nazionale, per

tutti gli altri l’import ha soddi-sfatto oltre il 60% della doman-da interna, con punte del 98% in Iraq e tra l’87 e il 92% in Francia, Germania e Israele.

17) Nel 2016 gli Stati Uniti sono di-venuti il maggiore importato-re mondiale, con importazioni salite da 179 a 194 milioni mq (+8,4%), in risposta ad una do-manda locale cresciuta anch’es-sa dell’8% da 254 a 274 milio-ni mq. L’import si conferma pa-ri al 70,8% del consumo naziona-le, sebbene la produzione loca-le, in parte controllata da gruppi italiani (Del Conca USA, Florida Tile, Florim USA, Landmark, Sto-nepeak), sia cresciuta per il setti-mo anno consecutivo, portando-si a 88 milioni mq (+6%); questa è destinata peraltro a espander-si ancora nel 2017-2018 dati i nu-merosi investimenti in corso.

L’82% delle importazioni statu-nitensi proviene dai 4 maggiori Paesi fornitori, nell’ordine Cina (56,4 milioni mq, +11%), Messi-co (43,1 milioni mq, -8,7%), Italia (38,7 milioni mq, +7,8%) e Spa-gna (20,7 milioni mq, +49,6%). In valore, l’Italia si conferma leader di mercato con vendite (CIF) per 751 milioni di dollari (+8%), ossia il 35,8% del valore totale delle importazioni (2,1 miliardi di dol-lari).

18) Nel 2016 l’Arabia Saudita, se-condo grande importatore, ha ri-sposto alla minore domanda in-terna (248 milioni mq, -5,7%) ri-ducendo di oltre 20 milioni mq le importazioni, scese da 188 a 167 milioni mq (-11,2%). L’India è di-venuto il maggiore esportato-re verso il Paese arabo e l’unico addirittura in crescita (+23% da 49 a 60 milioni mq). Pesanti i ta-gli all’import da tutti gli altri pa-esi: -23% dalla Cina (49 milioni mq) -19% dalla Spagna (27,6 mi-lioni mq), -33% dagli Emirati Ara-bi Uniti (15,5 milioni mq), -26% dall’Oman (6 milioni mq). Prin-cipale produttore locale è Sau-di Ceramics che ha prodotto 50 milioni mq su un totale nazionale stimato di 90 milioni mq.

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second place (10 million sq.m, +6.5%). Next came the USA (9.2 million sq.m, +17.3% after the +24% of 2015), the UK (8 million sq.m) and Canada (6.8 million sq.m, +5%). Other countries in the ranking of top ten markets included France, Romania, Fin-land, Greece and Belgium, all of which saw posi-tive growth.

15) In 2016 Mexico also continued the upward trend of previous years. Domestic demand reached 235 million sq.m (+7.8% on 2015 and +26% on 2013). The country’s tile industry responded to the higher domestic consumption with a fresh increase in out-put, from 245 to 267 million sq.m (+9%), while im-ports slumped by 34% from 35 to 23 million sq.m. Mexico is also the world’s 8th largest tile exporter with exports of 56 million sq.m, mostly sold in the USA.

16) In 2016 the top 10 importer countries imported a total of 1,015 million sq.m of tiles, 5.2% up on 2015 (compared to +1.7% at a world level). This was equivalent to 36.3% of total world import/export flows. With the sole exception of Indonesia which imported just 15% of its consumption, all the oth-er top-10 countries saw imports account for more than 60% of domestic demand, with peaks of 98% in Iraq and between 87% and 92% in France, Ger-many and Israel.

17) In 2016 the USA became the world’s biggest im-porter country with imports up from 179 to 194 mil-lion sq.m (+8.4%) in response to the 8% growth in local demand from 254 to 274 million sq.m. Imports stood at 70.8% of domestic consumption, despite the fact that local production, partly attributable to Italian-owned groups (Del Conca USA, Florida Tile, Florim USA, Landmark and Stonepeak), grew for the seventh year running to reach 88 million sq.m (+6%), a figure that will increase further in 2017-2018 driven by the numerous investments under way. No less than 82% of US imports originated from the 4 largest supplier countries: China (56.4 million sq.m, +11%), Mexico (43.1 million sq.m, -8.7%), Italy (38.7 million sq.m, +7.8%) and Spain (20.7 million sq.m, +49.6%). Italy remained the market leader in terms of sales (on a CIF basis) at US $751 million (+8%), a 35.8% share of total import value (US $2.1 billion).

18) Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest importer, responded to the fall in domestic demand in 2016 (248 million sq.m, -5.7%) by reducing imports by more than 20 million sq.m from 188 to 167 million sq.m (-11.2%). India became the largest exporter to Saudi Arabia and the only one to see growth (+23% from 49 to 60 million sq.m). Imports from all oth-er countries fell sharply: -23% from China (49 mil-lion sq.m) -19% from Spain (27.6 million sq.m), -33% from the UAE (15.5 million sq.m) and -26% from Oman (6 million sq.m). The country’s biggest man-ufacturer is Saudi Ceramics which produced 50 mil-lion sq.m out of the country’s estimated total pro-duction of 90 million sq.m.

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