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CWR 118/2016 68 The fourth 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 graphs, tables and commen- tary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2015 in industry, markets, per capita consumption and export flows in large geographic regions and in the 76 largest tile producer, consumer, exporter and import- er countries. Here we present a preview of the key figures. * * * Luca Baraldi - Acimac Research Centre ([email protected]) 2. La produzione mondiale di piastrelle si è fermata a 12.355 milioni mq, -0,1% sul 2014. Stabili o in lieve cresci- ta tutte le aree del pianeta, ad eccezione dell’Asia, per la prima volta in contrazione, che scende da 8.703 a 8.627 milioni mq (-0,9% sul 2014, pari comunque al 69,8% del- la produzione globale: il ri- sultato negativo è stato de- terminato dai sensibili cali in 1. Il 2015 è stato caratterizza- to da una sostanziale sta- bilità sui livelli 2014 dei vo- lumi di piastrelle prodotti e consumati nel mondo, fer- mi rispettivamente a -0,1% e +0,8%; anche i flussi di import-export, saliti appe- na dell’1,5%, hanno confer- mato la forte decelerazio- ne registrata già nel 2014 (+1%) rispetto al periodo precedente. Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle di ceramica World production and consumption of ceramic tiles economics © exclusive content WORLD MANUFACTURING AREAS AREAS 2015 (Sq.mt Mill.) % on world production % var. 15/14 EUROPEAN UNION (28) 1,218 9.9 +2.2 OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included) 572 4.6 +0.4 NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included) 327 2.6 +6.2 CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,193 9.7 -0.1 ASIA 8,627 69.8 -0.9 AFRICA 413 3.3 +3.0 OCEANIA 5 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 12,355 100.0 -0.1 WORLD CONSUMPTION AREAS AREAS 2015 (Sq.mt Mill.) % on world consumption % var. 15/14 EUROPEAN UNION (28) 910 7.5 +5.0 OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included) 532 4.4 -2.0 NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included) 505 4.1 +9.3 CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,279 10.5 -0.5 ASIA 8,166 67.1 +0.6 AFRICA 731 6.0 -2.7 OCEANIA 52 0.4 +8.3 TOTAL 12,175 100.0 +0.8 Nel mese di novembre sarà pubblicata la quarta 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 2015 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 o importatori di pia- strelle. Presentiamo qui, in anteprima, i dati più salienti. * * * 1. Ceramic tile world production and consumption volumes remained substantially stable in 2015 with respect to 2014 (-0.1% and +0.8%, respectively). Import-export flows rose by just 1.5%, continuing the slowdown observed in 2014 (+1%) against the previous year. 2. World tile production fell by 0.1% with respect to 2014 to 12,355 million sq.m. Output remained stable or saw slight growth in all areas of the world with the exception of Asia, where production dropped for the first time from 8,703 to 8,627 million sq.m (down 0.9% on 2014, although still accounting for 69.8% of global production. This down- turn was driven by significant falls in Iran, Indonesia and China, which failed to be compensated by growth in Viet-

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The fourth 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 graphs, tables and commen-tary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2015 in industry, markets, per capita consumption and export flows in large geographic regions and in the 76 largest tile producer, consumer, exporter and import-er countries. Here we present a preview of the key figures.

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Luca Baraldi - Acimac Research Centre ([email protected])

2. La produzione mondiale di piastrelle si è fermata a 12.355 milioni mq, -0,1% sul 2014. Stabili o in lieve cresci-ta tutte le aree del pianeta, ad eccezione dell’Asia, per la prima volta in contrazione, che scende da 8.703 a 8.627 milioni mq (-0,9% sul 2014, pari comunque al 69,8% del-la produzione globale: il ri-sultato negativo è stato de-terminato dai sensibili cali in

1. Il 2015 è stato caratterizza-to da una sostanziale sta-bilità sui livelli 2014 dei vo-lumi di piastrelle prodotti e consumati nel mondo, fer-mi rispettivamente a -0,1% e +0,8%; anche i flussi di import-export, saliti appe-na dell’1,5%, hanno confer-mato la forte decelerazio-ne registrata già nel 2014 (+1%) rispetto al periodo precedente.

Produzione e consumo mondiale di piastrelle di ceramica

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WORLD MANUFACTURING AREAS

AREAS 2015(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldproduction

% var. 15/14

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 1,218 9.9 +2.2

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 572 4.6 +0.4

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 327 2.6 +6.2

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,193 9.7 -0.1

ASIA 8,627 69.8 -0.9

AFRICA 413 3.3 +3.0

OCEANIA 5 0.0 0.0

TOTAL 12,355 100.0 -0.1

WORLD CONSUMPTION AREAS

AREAS 2015(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldconsumption

% var. 15/14

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 910 7.5 +5.0

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 532 4.4 -2.0

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 505 4.1 +9.3

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 1,279 10.5 -0.5

ASIA 8,166 67.1 +0.6

AFRICA 731 6.0 -2.7

OCEANIA 52 0.4 +8.3

TOTAL 12,175 100.0 +0.8

Nel mese di novembre sarà pubblicata la quarta 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 2015 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 o importatori di pia-strelle. Presentiamo qui, in anteprima, i dati più salienti.

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1. Ceramic tile world production and consumption volumes remained substantially stable in 2015 with respect to 2014 (-0.1% and +0.8%, respectively). Import-export flows rose by just 1.5%, continuing the slowdown observed in 2014 (+1%) against the previous year.

2. World tile production fell by 0.1% with respect to 2014 to 12,355 million sq.m. Output remained stable or saw slight growth in all areas of the world with the exception of Asia, where production dropped for the first time from 8,703 to 8,627 million sq.m (down 0.9% on 2014, although still accounting for 69.8% of global production. This down-turn was driven by significant falls in Iran, Indonesia and China, which failed to be compensated by growth in Viet-

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Benelux, e primo leggero re-cupero in Italia. Si è contratta, invece, la domanda nei mer-cati dell’Europa extra-UE, scesa da 543 a 532 milio-ni mq (-2%) a causa dell’an-damento negativo in Russia e Ucraina, non compensato dal recupero in Turchia. Fer-mi a 1.279 milioni mq (-0,5%) i consumi in Centro-Sud America, dove la crescita in Argentina, Cile e Colombia è stata azzerata dal brusco ar-retramento di Brasile e Vene-zuela. Si conferma invece la dinamica molto positiva della domanda in Nord America, salita da 462 a 505 milioni mq (+9,3%), grazie ad un in-cremento pressoché analogo in Messico e Stati Uniti, sia in percentuale che in valori as-soluti. Dopo anni di crescita sostenuta, si è contratta, in-vece, la domanda in Africa, scesa da 751 a 731 milioni mq (-2,7%) a causa del calo in Nigeria e Libia.

4. Nel 2015 le esportazio-ni mondiali sono aumen-tate da 2.695 a 2.735 milio-ni mq (+1,5%), conferman-do la netta decelerazione emersa nel 2014 rispetto al trend di crescita ben più so-stenuto dei 4 anni preceden-ti. L’aumento maggiore si è avuto in Unione Europea, che ha esportato 856 milio-ni mq (+4,5% sugli 819 del 2014, incremento interamen-te dovuto al nuovo forte pro-

Iran, Indonesia e Cina, non compensati dal progresso di Vietnam e India. Il con-tinente europeo ha prodot-to complessivamente 1.790 milioni mq (il 14,5% del-la produzione mondiale): in aumento del 2,2% a 1.218 milioni mq l’Unione Eu-ropea (UE-28), stabile l’a-rea dell’Europa extra-UE a 572 milioni mq (+0,4%). Nel continente americano la produzione totale ha rag-giunto i 1.520 milioni mq (il 12,3% della produzione mondiale): invariati i volumi in Centro-Sud America a 1.193 milioni mq (-0,1%), in buon progresso, al con-trario, quelli in Nord Ame-rica, saliti a 327 milioni mq (+6,2%), grazie al recupe-ro in Messico e allo svilup-po dell’industria statuniten-se. In Africa la produzione è salita da 401 a 413 milioni mq (+3%).

3. Il consumo mondiale di piastrelle è salito nel 2015 a 12.175 milioni mq (+0,8%). In Asia la doman-da ha raggiunto 8.166 mi-lioni mq (+0,6%), pari al 67,1% del consumo globa-le: Vietnam e Arabia Saudi-ta gli unici veri responsabili dell’aumento. In recupero la domanda in Unione Euro-pea che risale a 910 milio-ni mq (+5%): buona la cre-scita in Polonia, Gran Bre-tagna, Spagna, Romania e

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nam and India. The European continent produced a total of 1,790 million sq.m (14.5% of world production). The Eu-ropean Union (EU-28) registered 2.2% growth to 1,218 mil-lion sq.m, while the non-EU Europe area remained stable at 572 million sq.m (+0.4%). In the American continent, to-tal production reached 1,520 million sq.m (12.3% of world production). Volumes in Central and South America re-mained stable at 1,193 million sq.m (-0.1%), while North America saw a strong performance to reach 327 million sq.m (+6.2%), driven by the recovery in Mexico and the growth of the US industry. Africa’s output rose from 401 to 413 million sq.m (+3%).

3. World tile consumption rose to 12,175 million sq.m in 2015 (+0.8%). Demand in Asia reached 8,166 million sq.m (+0.6%), equivalent to 67.1% of global consumption, with Vietnam and Saudi Arabia the only countries really driving the growth. Demand in the European Union saw a recov-ery, returning to 910 million sq.m (+5%), including strong growth in Poland, the UK, Spain, Romania and Benelux, and a small initial recovery in Italy. By contrast, demand in non-EU European markets fell from 543 to 532 million sq.m (-2%) due to the downturn in Russia and Ukraine which was not adequately offset by the recovery in Turkey. Consump-tion in Central and South America remained stationary at 1,279 million sq.m (-0.5%), with the growth in Argentina, Chile and Colombia effectively cancelled out by the sharp decline in Brazil and Venezuela. The strongly positive trend in demand in North America was confirmed, rising from 462 to 505 million sq.m (+9.3%), driven by virtually identical increases in Mexico and the United States in terms of both percentages and absolute values. After years of sustained growth, demand in Africa dropped from 751 to 731 million sq.m (-2.7%) due to falls in Nigeria and Libya.

4. In 2015 world exports increased from 2,695 to 2,735 mil-lion sq.m (+1.5%), in line with the slower growth trend first observed in 2014 following much more sustained growth of the previous 4 years. The biggest increase was in the Eu-ropean Union, which exported 856 million sq.m (+4.5% on the 819 million sq.m of 2014., an upturn that was entirely at-tributable to the sharp growth in Spanish exports. The EU’s share of total exports rose to 31.3%. Asia showed a slight recovery, with exports reaching 1,514 million sq.m (+1.3%, 19 million sq.m more than in 2014, corresponding to 55.4%

WORLD EXPORTING AREAS

AREAS 2015(Sq.mt Mill.)

% on worldexports

% var. 15/14

EUROPEAN UNION (28) 856 31.3 +4.5

OTHER EUROPE(Turkey included) 139 5.1 -7.3

NORTH AMERICA(Mexico included) 65 2.4 -1.5

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA 126 4.6 +5.0

ASIA 1,514 55.4 +1.3

AFRICA 35 1.3 -22.2

OCEANIA 0 0.0 -

TOTAL 2,735 100.0 +1.5

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2015(ON TOTAL WORLD CONSUMPTION)

DOMESTIC SALES77.5%

DOMESTIC SALES22.5%

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gresso dell’export spagno-lo; la quota dell’export UE sull’export globale è salita al 31,3%. In leggero recu-pero l’Asia, le cui esporta-zioni sono salite a 1.514 mi-lioni mq (+1,3%, 19 milioni mq in più rispetto al 2014) pari al 55,4% dell’export mondiale. Confermate le tendenze emerse nel 2014 per tutte le altre aree: in lie-ve crescita l’export dei Pa-esi del Centro-Sud Ame-rica (da 120 a 126 milio-ni mq, +5%); in calo quel-lo dell’Europa extra-UE (da 150 a 139 milioni mq, -7,3%) e dell’Africa (da 45 a 35 milioni mq, -22,2%); praticamente stabile quello del Nord America a 65 mi-lioni mq.

5. Per quanto riguarda la pro-pensione esportativa del-le varie aree geografiche, l’Unione Europea si raffor-za portando la sua quota export dal 68,7% al 70,3% della produzione; l’Europa extra-UE scende dal 26,3% al 24,3%, il Nord America dal 21,4% al 19,9%, l’Afri-ca dall’11,2% all’8,5%; in aumento l’Asia dal 17,2% al 17,5% e il Sud America dal 10,1% al 10,6%.

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anni, non smentisce quanto sempre sostenuto, ossia che si tende a produrre piastrelle laddove si consumano: seb-bene l’export mondiale rap-presenti il 22,1% della pro-duzione e il 22,5% del con-sumo globali, ben oltre la metà viene esportato all’in-terno della stessa area geo-grafica di produzione (l’83% dell’export sudamericano resta in Sud America, il 79% di quello nordamericano re-sta in area NAFTA, il 64% di quello asiatico si indirizza in paesi asiatici); parziale ecce-zione si conferma l’UE, che riesce ad esportare il 50% del proprio export in merca-ti extra UE. Questa tesi trova conferma nel confronto del contributo di ogni continen-te alla produzione e al con-sumo mondiali di piastrelle che mostra valori sostanzial-mente omogenei: l’Asia rap-presenta il 69,8% della pro-duzione e il 67,1% del con-sumo mondiali, l’Europa (UE + Extra-UE) rispettivamente il 14,5% e l’11,9%, le Ameri-che il 12,3% e il 14,6%, l’A-frica il 3,3% e il 6%.

6. Maggiore produttore, consu-matore ed esportatore mon-diale di piastrelle ceramiche, nel 2015 la Cina ha vissu-to la prima frenata nella sua

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of world exports. The trends observed in 2014 were main-tained in all other areas: Central and South American countries reported a small rise in exports from 120 to 126 million sq.m (+5%), as opposed to falls in non-EU Europe (from 150 to 139 million sq.m, -7.3%) and Africa (from 45 to 35 million sq.m, -22.2%), while North America remained stable at 65 million sq.m.

5. As for the export propensity of the various geographical regions, the European Union strengthened its position with growth in export share from 68.7% to 70.3% of pro-duction; non-EU Europe saw a fall from 26.3% to 24.3%, North America from 21.4% to 19.9%, and Africa from 11.2% to 8.5%; Asia grew from 17.2% to 17.5% and South Ameri-ca from 10.1% to 10.6%.

The trend in import/export flows over the years is perfectly consistent with our long-held view that tiles tend to be pro-duced close to the place of consumption. Although world exports stand at 22.1% of production and 22.5% of glob-al consumption, more than half of this volume consists of exports shipped within the same geographical region as that of production (for example, 87% of South America’s exports remain in South America, 79% of North America’s exports remain within the NAFTA region, and 64% of Asian exports are shipped to other Asian countries). The EU is a partial exception in that 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 69.8% of production and 67.1% of world consumption in 2015, while the corresponding figures for Europe (EU + non-EU) were 14.5% and 11.5%, for the Americas 12.3% and 14.6% and for Africa 3.3% and 6%.

6. China, the world’s largest producer, consumer and export-er of ceramic tiles, experienced the first slowdown in its his-tory in 2014. Although the Chinese industry and market re-main difficult to quantify due to the very large discrepan-cies between the available figures, our estimates suggest that Chinese production totalled about 5,970 million sq.m in 2015 (down 0.5% on 2014, equivalent to 48.3% of world

TOP MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2011(Sq.m Mill.)

2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 world

production% var.15/14

1. CHINA 4,800 5,200 5,700 6,000 5,970 48.3% -0.5%

2. BRAZIL 844 866 871 903 899 7.3% -0.4%

3. INDIA 617 691 750 825 850 6.9% 3.0%

4. SPAIN 392 404 420 425 440 3.6% 3.5%

5. VIETNAM 380 290 300 360 440 3.6% 22.2%

6. ITALY 400 367 363 382 395 3.2% 3.4%

7. INDONESIA 320 360 390 420 370 3.0% -11.9%

8. TURKEY 260 280 340 315 320 2.6% 1.6%

9. IRAN 475 500 500 410 300 2.4% -26.8%

10. MEXICO 221 231 230 230 242 2.0% 5.2%

TOTAL 8,709 9,189 9,864 10,270 10,226 82.8% -0.4%

TOTAL WORLD 10,626 11,224 11,958 12,373 12,355 100.0% -0.1%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4th edition 2016

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l’Africa il 21,6% il Nord Ame-rica l’8,5% e il Sud America l’8,4%; l’export verso l’area UE è sceso a 20 milioni mq (-15,7%), quello verso l’Eu-ropa extra-UE è crollato a 11 milioni mq (-49,5%).

7. Secondo maggiore produt-tore e consumatore mon-diale, anche il Brasile frena per la prima volta dopo oltre 20 anni di crescita costan-te. La produzione si è ferma-ta a 899 milioni mq (-0,4%), in risposta ad una doman-da interna scesa da 853 a 816 milioni mq (-4,3%). Con-tinua invece per il terzo an-no il recupero delle esporta-zioni, salite a 76,8 milioni mq (+11%), quasi interamente ri-volte ai mercati latino-ame-ricani e agli Stati Uniti. Per il 2016, le previsioni di Anfacer indicano una probabile cre-scita del 7% dell’export, ac-compagnata da una dinami-ca ancora negativa per i con-sumi interni. Un approfondi-mento sull’industria e il mer-cato brasiliani è pubblicato a pag. 88.

8. Anche nel 2015, terzo mag-giore Paese produttore e consumatore di piastrelle è l’India. La produzione nazio-nale è salita da 825 a 850 mi-lioni mq (+3%, inferiore alla crescita media del 10% de-

storia ceramica. Sebbene l’industria e il mercato cine-si restino di difficile quan-tificazione data l’ampia di-screpanza tra i dati dispo-nibili, secondo le nostre sti-me la produzione cinese dovrebbe essersi attesta-ta nel 2015 sui 5.970 milio-ni mq (-0,5% sul 2014, pa-ri al 48,3% della produzio-ne globale. Questo, a fron-te di una capacità produtti-va che le fonti ufficiali cinesi calcolano oltre i 10 miliardi mq, installata in circa 1400 aziende e 3500 linee di pro-duzione. Il consumo inter-no è stimato a 4.885 milioni mq, ossia il 40,1% del con-sumo mondiale.

Le esportazioni, il cui tasso di crescita aveva già rallen-tato significativamente dal 2012, segnando poi il primo segno negativo nel 2014 (-3,3%), scendono nuo-vamente da 1.110 a 1.089 milioni mq (-1,9%), pari al 39,8% dell’export mondia-le. Primo mercato della pia-strella cinese è divenuta l’Arabia Saudita (64 milioni mq, +0,9%), seguita da Co-rea (54 milioni mq, -20,3%) e Filippine (53 milioni mq, +12%), Nigeria, USA e Tai-landia. L’Asia assorbe il 55,5% dell’export cinese,

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production. This compares with a production capacity cal-culated by official Chinese sources at more than 10 billion sq.m, spread over some 1400 companies and 3500 produc-tion lines. Domestic consumption is estimated at 4,885 mil-lion sq.m, 40.1% of world consumption.

After growing at a significantly slower pace since 2012, China’s exports experienced the first real downturn in 2014 (-3.3%) and fell again in 2015 from 1,110 to 1,089 million sq.m (-1.9%), equivalent to 39.8% of world exports. Sau-di Arabia became the largest market for Chinese tiles (64 million sq.m, +0.9%), followed by South Korea (54 million sq.m, -20.3%) and the Philippines (53 million sq.m, +12%), Nigeria, USA and Thailand. Asia accounted for 55.5% of China’s exports, Africa 21.6%, North America 8.5% and South America 8.4%; exports to the EU region fell to 20 million sq.m (-15.7%), while sales in non-EU Europe plum-meted to 11 million sq.m (-49.5%).

7. Brazil, the world’s second largest producer and consumer country, saw a downturn for the first time after more than 20 years of steady growth. Production fell to 899 million sq.m (-0.4%) in response to a contraction in domestic de-mand from 853 to 816 million sq.m (-4.3%). Exports recov-ered for the third year running, rising to 76.8 million sq.m (+11%), almost entirely shipped to Latin American markets and the United States. As for 2016, Anfacer is forecasting 7% growth in exports along with a continued downturn in domestic consumption. A focus on the Brazilian tile indus-try and market is published on page 88.

8. India was once again the world’s third largest tile produc-er and consumer country in 2014. National production rose from 825 to 850 million sq.m (+3%, less than the average 10% growth of previous years); domestic consumption also increased by just 7 million sq.m to 763 million sq.m (+0.9% compared to the +5% of previous years). Exports saw fur-ther sharp growth from 92 to 122 million sq.m (+32.6%), corresponding to fourfold growth in just 3 years, position-ing India 4th in the rankings of top world exporters.

9. With a further 11.5% growth in exports to 378 million sq.m in 2015, Spain consolidated its position as the world’s sec-

TOP CONSUMPTION COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2011(Sq.m Mill.)

2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 world

consumption% var.15/14

1. CHINA 4,000 4,250 4,556 4,894 4,885 40.1% -0.2%

2. BRAZIL 775 803 837 853 816 6.7% -4.3%

3. INDIA 625 681 718 756 763 6.3% 0.9%

4. VIETNAM 360 254 251 310 400 3.3% 29.0%

5. INDONESIA 312 340 360 407 357 2.9% -12.3%

6. SAUDI ARABIA 203 230 235 244 263 2.2% 7.8%

7. USA 194 204 230 231 254 2.1% 9.9%

8. TURKEY 169 184 226 215 234 1.9% 8.8%

9. MEXICO 177 187 187 197 216 1.8% 9.6%

10. RUSSIA 181 213 231 219 192 1.6% -12.3%

TOTAL 6,996 7,346 7,831 8,326 8,380 68.8% 0.6%

TOTAL WORLD 10,472 10,964 11,582 12,077 12,175 100.0% 0.8%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4th edition 2016

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gli anni precedenti); anche il consumo interno è au-mentato di appena 7 milio-ni a 763 milioni mq (+0,9%, contro il +5% degli ultimi anni). Di rilievo, invece, è il nuovo forte incremento del-le esportazioni, da 92 a 122 milioni mq (+32,6%), qua-druplicate in 3 anni, che po-siziona l’India al 4° posto tra i maggiori esportatori mondiali.

9. Con un nuovo incremento dell’11,5% delle esporta-zioni, salite nel 2015 a 378 milioni mq, la Spagna ha consolidato la posizione di secondo maggiore esporta-tore. È proseguito anche il recupero sul fronte produt-tivo, con volumi saliti a 440 milioni mq (+3,5%), che confermano il Paese iberi-co al 4° posto tra i maggio-ri produttori mondiali. Pri-mo recupero dopo 7 anni di contrazione anche per le vendite interne che, secon-do Ascer, tornano sopra i 110 milioni mq.

L’Arabia Saudita si è con-fermata primo mercato di esportazione in volume (34,1 milioni mq), con un in-cremento del +19,7%; se-guono Francia (33 milio-ni mq, +17,8%), Algeria (25,9 milioni mq, +8,9%),

Regno Unito (19 milioni mq, +24,3%) e Israele (18,4 milio-ni, +26,1%). Maggiori merca-ti esteri per valore delle ven-dite sono stati Francia (223,8 milioni di euro), Arabia Sau-dita e Regno Unito. Nel 2015 l’export spagnolo in volume si è suddiviso per il 37% in Europa (il 45% in valore), per il 30% in Asia (25% in valo-re), per il 23% in Africa (16% in valore) e per il 10% nelle Americhe (13% in valore). Il valore dell’export è salito a 2.452 milioni di euro (+5,3%), con un prezzo medio in fles-sione a 6,5 €/mq. Il fatturato totale dell’industria spagnola ha raggiunto i 3.095 milioni di euro (+6,6%).

10. Nel 2015 l’Italia ha registra-to un nuovo recupero del-la produzione (+3,4%) salita da 381,7 a 394,8 milioni mq, con vendite complessive pa-ri a 397 milioni mq (+0,6%). Di fatto stabili sui livelli 2014 le vendite sul mercato inter-no sia in volume (80,3 milioni mq) che in valore (799 milio-ni di euro, -0,6%); somman-do le importazioni (17 milio-ni mq), il consumo naziona-le ha raggiunto i 98 milioni mq. Terzo maggiore espor-tatore mondiale, l’Italia ha incrementato nuovamen-te le esportazioni sia in volu-

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TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 national

production% on 2015

world exports% var15/14

value 2015 (million €)

average export price (€/sq.m)

1. CHINA 1,086 1,148 1,110 1,089 18.2% 39.8% -1.9% n.a. n.a.

2. SPAIN 296 318 339 378 85.9% 13.8% 11.5% 2,452 6,5

3. ITALY 289 303 314 317 80.2% 11.6% 0.9% 4,318 13,7

4. INDIA 33 51 92 122 14.4% 4.5% 32.6% 498 4,1

5. IRAN 93 114 109 112 37.3% 4.1% 2.8% 380 3,4

6. TURKEY 92 88 85 77 24.1% 2.8% -8.9% 451 5,9

7. BRAZIL 59 63 69 77 8.6% 2.8% 11.0% 265 3,4

8. MEXICO 63 64 62 61 25.2% 2.2% -1.6% 320 5,2

9. EAU 54 58 55 54 71.1% 2.0% -1.8% 297 5,5

10. POLAND 42 48 42 42 30.4% 1.5% 0.0% 222 5,3

TOTAL 2,107 2,255 2,277 2,329 24.2% 85.1% 2.2%

TOTAL WORLD 2,524 2,666 2,695 2,735 22.1% 100.0% 1.5%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4th edition 2016

ond largest exporter. It also continued its recovery in terms of production with output volumes reaching 440 million sq.m (+3.5%), confirming the country’s position at 4th in the rankings of world producers. Domestic sales likewise saw the first recovery after 7 years of contraction, accord-ing to Ascer figures returning to above 110 million sq.m. Saudi Arabia confirmed its position as the leading export market by volume (34.1 million sq.m, +19.7%), followed by France (33 million sq.m, +17.8%), Algeria (25.9 million sq.m, +8.9%), UK (19 million sq.m, +24.3%) and Israel (18.4 mil-lion sq.m, +26.1%). The top foreign markets in terms of val-ue were France (223.8 million euros), Saudi Arabia and the UK. In 2015 the breakdown of Spanish export destinations by volume was Europe 37% (45% in value), Asia 30% (25% in value), Africa 23% (16% in value) and the Americas 10% (13% in value). The value of exports rose to 2,452 million euros (+5.3%), with average price dropping to 6.5 euro/sq.m. The Spanish industry’s total turnover reached 3,095 million euros (+6.6%).

10. In 2015 Italy saw a further recovery in production (+3.4%), up from 381.7 to 394.8 million sq.m, while total sales reached 397 million sq.m (+0.6%). Domestic sales re-mained stable at 2014 levels in terms of both volumes (80.3 million sq.m) and value (799 million euros, -0.6%). Add-ing in imports (17 million sq.m), domestic consumption reached 98 million sq.m. The world’s third largest export-er, Italy again increased its exports both in volume (from 313.7 to 316.6 million sq.m, +0.9%) and even more signif-icantly in value (from 4,109 to 4,318 million euros, +5.1%), thanks to a rise in average price to 13.7 €/sq.m (from 12.6 €/sq.m in 2013 and 13.1 €/sq.m in 2014. The sector’s to-tal turnover reached 5.12 billion euros (+4.1%). Exports to Western Europe, the biggest market for Italian tile ac-counting for 50% of total Italian exports, rose to 159 mil-lion sq.m (+1.9%). With 6.7% growth in sales to 51.4 million sq.m, Germany remained the biggest foreign market for Italian tiles, followed by France at 43.2 million sq.m (-7.2%). Strong growth was also registered in the UK (+12.7%), the Netherlands (+15.7%), Romania, Sweden and Spain. Sales

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me (da 313,7 a 316,6 milio-ni mq, +0,9%) che, soprat-tutto, in valore (da 4.109 a 4.318 milioni di euro, +5,1%), grazie ad un prez-zo medio salito a 13,7 €/mq (12,6 €/mq nel 2013 e 13,1 €/mq nel 2014). Il fattura-to totale del settore ha rag-giunto i 5,12 miliardi di eu-ro (+4,1%). Le esportazioni in Europa Occidentale, pri-mo mercato di sbocco della piastrella italiana (assorbe il 50% dell’export italiano), sono salite a 159 milioni mq (+1,9%); con un incre-mento di vendite del 6,7% a 51,4 milioni mq, la Ger-mania si conferma il mag-giore mercato estero del-la piastrella italiana, seguita dalla Francia a 43,2 milioni mq (-7,2%); una buona pro-gressione, tra gli altri, anche in Gran Bretagna (+12,7%), Olanda (+15,7%), Romania, Svezia, Spagna. In aumen-to le vendite anche in area NAFTA (+5,9% a 45 milioni mq, il 14% dell’export ita-liano), dove gli USA, terzo maggiore mercato export, hanno assorbito 35,9 mi-lioni mq (+4,7%). Bene an-che in Far East (19 milio-ni mq, +14,3%), nei Balca-ni (16 milioni mq, +5%) e nei Paesi del Golfo (12 mi-

lioni mq, +5%). In contrazio-ne, invece, le vendite in Eu-ropa Centro Orientale (31 mi-lioni mq, -17,3%), Nord Afri-ca e Medio Oriente (11 milio-ni mq, -8,6%) e America Lati-na (5 milioni mq, -4,8%).

11. I tre maggiori esportato-ri - Cina, Spagna e Italia - hanno rappresentato l’anno scorso il 65,2% dell’export mondiale. Tra tutti i Paesi esportatori, Italia e Spagna mantengono il primato del-la più elevata quota esporta-tiva sulla produzione nazio-nale (rispettivamente l’80% e l’86%), contro il 71% degli Emirati Arabi, il 18,2% della Cina e una quota tra il 9 e il 37% per gli altri. A questo, l’Italia somma anche il vero segno della sua leadership, ossia il prezzo medio: 13,7 €/mq contro i 6,5 €/mq del-la Spagna, e tra i 3,4 €/mq e i 5,9 €/mq di tutti gli altri Pa-esi.

12. Tra i maggiori Paesi produt-tori e consumatori spicca-no i risultati, opposti, di Vie-tnam, Indonesia e Iran. In Vietnam la domanda inter-na è aumentata di ben 90 milioni mq a 400 milioni mq (+29% su un 2014 che aveva già registrato un +23,5% sul 2013); analogo l’andamen-to della produzione, passata

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also rose in the NAFTA region (up 5.9% to 45 million sq.m, 14% of total Italian exports), with the USA (the third largest export market) accounting for 35.9 million sq.m (+4.7%). Italian exports also performed strongly in the Far East (19 million sq.m, +14.3%), the Balkans (16 million sq.m, +5%) and the Gulf states (12 million sq.m, +5%). This contrasted with falling sales in Central and Eastern Europe (31 million sq.m, -17.3%), North Africa and the Middle East (11 million sq.m, -8.6%) and Latin America (5 million sq.m, -4.8%).

11. The three biggest exporter countries, China, Spain and Italy, accounted for 65.2% of world exports last year. Of all exporter countries, Italy and Spain maintained the high-est share of exports as a percentage of production (80% and 86%, respectively), compared to the UAE’s 71%, Chi-na’s 18.2% and the other countries’ shares of between 9% and 37%. But the real sign of Italy’s leadership position was its average selling price of 13.7 €/sq.m compared to the 6.5 €/sq.m of Spain and between 3.4 €/sq.m and 5.9 €/sq.m of all the other countries.

12. Amongst the largest producer and consumer countries, Vietnam, Indonesia and Iran saw strongly contrasting re-sults. In Vietnam domestic demand rose by 90 million sq.m to 400 million sq.m (+29% on 2014 following +23.5% with respect to 2013) and production saw similar growth from 360 to 440 million sq.m (+22.2%, following +20% in 2014). With this new expansion, Vietnam becomes the fourth largest producer country (level with Spain) and the world’s fourth largest consumer. Indonesia experienced the op-posite trend with a sharp fall in consumption from 407 to 357 million sq.m (-12.3%), which in turn prompted an equal-ly strong fall in production from 420 to 370 million sq.m (-11.9%), returning the country to 2012-2013 levels. The same scenario occurred in Iran, where the sharp contrac-tion in 2014 (between 18% and 20%) was further accentu-ated in 2015 due to continued stagnation in the residen-tial building sector. The estimated domestic demand of no more than 190 million sq.m (-32.1%) prompted the industry to reduce its output volumes to 300 million sq.m (-26.8%) compared to an installed capacity of 680 million sq.m. The

TOP IMPORTING COUNTRIES

COUNTRY 2011(Sq.m Mill.)

2012(Sq.m Mill.)

2013(Sq.m Mill.)

2014(Sq.m Mill.)

2015(Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 national

consumption

% on 2015 world

imports% var.15/14

1. USA 131 139 160 159 175 68.9% 6.4% 9.9%

2. SAUDI ARABIA 134 155 155 149 174 66.2% 6.4% 16.8%

3. IRAQ 80 105 121 102 106 99.1% 3.9% 3.9%

4. GERMANY 90 89 89 95 100 83.3% 3.7% 5.3%

5. FRANCE 110 107 96 99 99 87.6% 3.6% 0.0%

6. SOUTH KOREA 63 61 65 76 85 63.9% 3.1% 11.8%

7. NIGERIA 47 61 84 90 70 86.4% 2.6% -22.2%

8. UAE 50 52 53 54 64 74.4% 2.3% 18.5%

9. PHILIPPINES 31 38 46 53 60 61.9% 2.2% 13.2%

10. THAILAND 46 52 68 49 56 29.2% 2.0% 14.3%

TOTAL 782 859 937 926 989 68.4% 36.2% 6.8%

TOTAL WORLD 2,346 2,524 2,666 2,695 2,735 22.5% 100.0% 1.5%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4th edition 2016

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da 360 a 440 milioni mq (+22,2%, che replica il +20% del 2014); con questa nuova espansione il pae-se asiatico diventa il 4° maggiore produttore (ex aequo con la Spa-gna) e il 4° consumatore mondia-le. Di segno opposto l’andamento in Indonesia, dove il pesante ca-lo del consumo da 407 a 357 mi-lioni mq (-12,3%) ha determinato un’altrettanto forte riduzione del-la produzione da 420 a 370 milio-ni mq (-11,9%), riportando il Pa-ese sui livelli 2012-2013. Stesso scenario in Iran, già protagonista nel 2014 di una pesante contra-zione (tra il 18% e il 20%), ulte-riormente accentuata nel 2015 a causa della protratta stagnazione del settore dell’edilizia residen-ziale: la domanda interna, stima-ta a circa 190 milioni mq (-32,1%) ha indotto l’industria a contenere i volumi prodotti a 300 milioni mq (-26,8%), a fronte di una capacità installata sui 680 milioni mq. Uni-ca nota positiva, il recupero del-le esportazioni a 112 milioni mq (+2,8%), di cui 86 milioni destina-ti in Iraq e il resto nei mercati li-mitrofi.

13. Nel 2015 la Turchia ha registrato un buon recupero dei consumi in-terni, passati da 215 a 234 milioni mq (+8,8%) e interamente coper-ti dalla produzione nazionale (l’im-port è di soli 3,8 milioni mq), salita a 320 milioni mq (+1,6%). È pro-seguito invece, per il terzo anno, il ridimensionamento dell’export, sceso da 84,7 a 77,2 milioni mq (-8,9%), che ha generato un fattu-rato di 451 milioni di euro. Princi-pali mercati esteri della piastrella made in Turkey sono stati, in vo-lume, Israele con 9,5 milioni mq (-13,6%), Germania (9 milioni mq, +15,4%), Regno Unito (8 milioni mq, -3,6%) e USA (7,8 milioni mq, +23,8%). Maggiore mercato in valore è la Germania (54,7 milio-ni €, +10%), seguita da Stati Uni-ti, Israele e Regno Unito.

14. Nel 2015 i 10 maggiori Paesi im-portatori hanno importato un tota-le di 989 milioni mq, pari al 36,2% dei flussi globali di import/export. Con l’unica eccezione della Tai-landia che importa il 29% del pro-prio consumo nazionale, per tut-

ti gli altri l’import ha soddisfat-to oltre il 60% della domanda interna, con punte del 99% in Iraq e tra l’83 e l’87% in Ger-mania, Francia e Nigeria.

15. Maggiore importatore mondia-le si confermano gli USA, con importazioni salite da 159,1 a 174,8 milioni mq (+9,9%), in risposta ad una domanda lo-cale cresciuta anch’essa del 9,9% da 231,5 a 254,5 milioni mq. L’import si conferma pari al 69% del consumo nazionale, mentre la produzione si è asse-stata a 76 milioni mq, destina-ta a crescere nel 2016-2017 in seguito ai nuovi investimenti in corso in Tennessee. Secondo i dati TCNA, in crescita le quan-tità importate dai 5 maggiori fornitori, nell’ordine Cina (50,8 milioni mq, +8,5%), Messico (47,3 milioni mq, +0,7%), Italia, Spagna e Turchia. In valore, l’I-talia (che controlla anche par-te della produzione naziona-le) si conferma leader di mer-cato con vendite (CIF) per 695 milioni di dollari (+9,7%, in ul-teriore crescita dopo il +8,7% del 2014 e il +18% del 2013), ossia il 35% del valore totale delle importazioni (2 miliardi di dollari). Le previsioni 2016 so-no decisamente positive: se-condo TCNA, nel primo trime-stre 2016 la produzione na-zionale è cresciuta dell’8,4%, l’import del 9,8% e il consu-mo del 9,3% sullo stesso pe-riodo 2015.

16. L’Arabia Saudita, secondo grande importatore, ha rispo-sto al nuovo incremento del-la domanda interna (263 mi-lioni mq nel 2015, +7,8%) con un aumento delle importazio-ni a 174 milioni mq (+16,8%). Maggiori fornitori, la Cina (64 milioni mq, +0.9%), l’In-dia (37,6 milioni mq, +66,7%), la Spagna (34 milioni mq, +19,7%) e gli Emirati Ara-bi (23,2 milioni mq, +9,6%). Principale produttore locale è Saudi Ceramics che nel 2015 ha prodotto 53 milioni mq su un totale nazionale stimato di 93 milioni mq. 5

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only positive note was the recovery in exports to 112 million sq.m (+2.8%), of which 86 million sq.m was sold in Iraq and the rest in neighbouring mar-kets.

13. In 2015 Turkey saw a strong recovery in domestic consumption, which rose from 215 to 234 million sq.m (+8.8%) and was entirely covered by national production (imports stood at just 3.8 million sq.m), up to 320 million sq.m (+1.6%). This contrasted with exports, which fell for the third year running from 84.7 to 77.2 million sq.m (-8.9%), generating a turnover of 451 million euros. The top export mar-kets for Turkish tiles in terms of volume were Israel with 9.5 million sq.m (-13.6%), Germany (9 million sq.m, +15.4%), the UK (8 million sq.m, -3.6%) and the USA (7.8 million sq.m, +23.8%). The biggest market in terms of value was Germany (54.7 mil-lion euros, +10%), followed by the United States, Israel and the UK.

14. In 2015 the top 10 importer countries imported a total of 989 million sq.m of tiles, equivalent to 36.2% of total world import/export flows. With the sole exception of Thailand which imported 29% of its consumption, all the other top-10 countries saw imports account for more than 60% of domestic demand, with peaks of 99% in Iraq and between 83% and 87% in Germany, France and Nigeria.

15. The USA remained the world’s biggest importer country with imports up from 159.1 to 174.8 million sq.m (+9.9%), reflecting the 9.9% growth in local demand from 231.5 to 254.5 million sq.m. Imports covered 69% of consumption, while production totalled 76 million sq.m, a figure that is set to in-crease in 2016-2017 following the new investments under way in Tennessee. TCNA figures reveal growth in imported volumes from the top 5 sup-plier countries: China (50.8 million sq.m, +8.5%), Mexico (47.3 million sq.m, +0.7%), Italy, Spain and Turkey. Italy (which also controls a portion of na-tional production) retained its position as market leader in terms of value with CIF sales of $695 mil-lion (+9.7% following the +8.7% in 2014 and the +18% in 2013), equivalent to 35% of the total value of imports ($2 billion). The 2016 forecasts are very positive: according to TCNA, domestic production grew by 8.4%, imports by 9.8% and consumption by 9.3% in the first quarter of 2016 over the same period in 2015.

16. Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest import-er country, responded to the continuous growth in domestic demand (263 million sq.m in 2015, +7.8%) with an increase in imports to 174 mil-lion sq.m (+16.8%). The biggest supplier coun-tries were China (64 million sq.m, +0.9%), India (37.6 million sq.m, +66.7%), Spain (34 million sq.m, +19.7%) and the UAE (23.2 million sq.m, +9.6%). The country’s biggest producer company is Saudi Ceramics which produced 53 million sq.m in 2015 out of an estimated total national production of 93 million sq.m. 5

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