According to the latest statistics from Confindustria Ceramica, in the past four years, the number of Italian ceramic tile manufacturing companies has decreased by 12, and output has dropped by 152 million square meters. Compared with 2018, the development of the Italian ceramic industry in 2019 was unsatisfactory, with output and revenue declining to varying degrees. Affected by the epidemic in 2020, 135 Italian ceramic tile manufacturing companies are facing huge challenges.
"During the two-month blockade, our industry has lost at least 350 million euros (approximately RMB 2.796 billion) in revenue, and a large number of employees have been forced to take vacations. This adverse impact may last until Christmas." On June 9 Giovanni Savorani, President of the Italian Ceramic Industry Association, said this at the annual members' meeting of the Italian Ceramic Industry Association held on the 2nd.
Giovanni Savorani further mentioned, “To revive the economy and restore employment, we now need investment, simplification of bureaucracy and direct support for businesses.”
In Giovanni Savorani’s view, the development of the Italian ceramic industry in 2020 is difficult to predict, because the Italian domestic market was basically at a standstill at that time, and the epidemic broke out globally, but the time and degree were different, so it was impossible to predict the impact of the epidemic on Italy Impact on ceramic exports. But what is certain is that some positive policies were also introduced at that time to stimulate the recovery of the construction industry.
According to the "Ceramic World Review" report, the development of the Italian ceramic industry in 2019 was not very ideal. In 2019, the overall turnover of the Italian ceramic industry (including ceramic tiles, sanitary ware, tableware, refractory materials, bricks and roof tile manufacturers) was 6.52 billion euros (approximately equivalent to RMB 52.079 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%. Among them, the export volume of the Italian ceramic industry was 4.87 billion euros (equivalent to approximately RMB 38.900 billion).
In 2019, the revenue of the Italian ceramic tile industry accounted for about 80% of the total turnover, which was approximately 5.216 billion euros (approximately RMB 41.663 billion). Its output fell 3.6% year-on-year to only 4.007 billion square meters, while total sales were 4.069 billion square meters, basically the same as output.
Among them, domestic ceramic tile sales in Italy were 832 million euros (approximately equivalent to RMB 6.646 billion), the average unit price per square meter was 9.96 euros/square meter (approximately equivalent to RMB 79.56/square meter), and sales volume was 83.5 million. square meters, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. Exports fell slightly to 333.4 million square meters, down 1.3% year-on-year; revenue was 4.5 billion euros (approximately RMB 35.944 billion), and the average export unit price was13.94 euros (approximately equivalent to RMB 111.35/square meter). Exports accounted for 84% of the total turnover of the Italian ceramic tile industry, which was basically consistent with the level of 5.34 billion euros in 2018, with only a slight decrease of 0.73%.
Giovanni Savorani pointed out that the total investment in the Italian ceramic industry in 2019 was 373.1 million euros, accounting for 7% of the annual turnover, but a 25% decrease from 2018, but the tax incentive policy was higher than expected. It can be seen that Italian ceramic tile manufacturing companies are still confident about future development.
"In addition, we also need to pay attention to 16 companies headquartered abroad but controlled by 9 Italian groups. These companies are mainly located in Europe and the United States." Giovanni Savorani introduced that the above-mentioned companies produced 82 million in 2019 For square meters of ceramic tiles, the turnover was 843 million euros (approximately RMB 6.733 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%.
Of which 464.7 million euros came from the European business, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%, and the remaining 378.4 million euros of sales came from the North American market, a year-on-year increase of 0.7%. Overall, about 80% of total turnover comes from the markets in which the factories are located.
However, affected by the epidemic in 2020, Italian ceramic tile manufacturing companies above designated size are operating at low production capacity and face huge challenges in development. "Ceramic Information" will continue to pay attention to what kind of answer the Italian ceramic industry will deliver in 2020.
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
