Exports drive the recovery of ceramic machinery

With 73.8% growth over 2009, exports continued to be the driving force behind the recovery in 2010, producing a turnover of 1,067.1 million euro. Sales of Italian technology maintained a fairly uniform global distribution.
The largest outlet market was Asia with 32.7% of total exports, followed by Europe with 25.6%, the Americas with 16.1%, the Middle East with 14.2% and Africa with 11.2%.
A more detailed analysis of geographical distribution reveals that the China, Taiwan and Hong Kong region was the top export area with 203.7 million euro (63% up on 2009) and a 19.1% share of total export turnover. The European Union dropped to second position at 188.6 million euro (-25.1%) and 17.7% of total exports. The Middle East remained essentially stable in third place with a turnover of 152 million euro, followed by the “Others Asia” category, including India, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, with a turnover of 145.4 million euro (13.6% of the total and 37.1% up on 2009).
In fifth place was South America with 129.5 million euro, followed by Africa (119 million euro), Eastern Europe (84.5 million euro), North America (42.7 million euro) and Oceania (0.9 million euro).