Recovery in Turkish tile exports
Not so positive, however, were the results for average selling price (down from 4.34 to 4.10 dollars/sq.m, dropping in almost all markets) and for export value which fell by 0.8%.
More specifically, the United States has become the top importer in terms of volumes with 6.3 million square metres (+20.2% in the first quarter of 2005), but reported a substantial loss in terms of value (-9.1%).
The UK has dropped to second place with 5.2 million sq.m (-5.2% in volume and -8% in value), followed by France (+36.7% in volume and +17% in value), Canada (+13.5% in volume but stable in value), Israel (-16.2% in volume and -10.6% in value) and Germany (+10.6% in volume and +8.3% in value).
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