{"id":4371,"date":"2014-01-20T12:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2014-01-20T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T11:00:11","slug":"eplf-announced-2013-global-market-sales-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/eplf-announced-2013-global-market-sales-figures.html","title":{"rendered":"EPLF Announced 2013 Global Market Sales Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the financial crisis does not appear to be completely over yet, the international laminate flooring market is recovering. Growth has been seen particularly in Eastern Europe, as well as in exports to Asia and North America. The upward trend for EPLF producers that began to emerge in the previous year has stabilized. Even though slight sales declines continued to be observed in Western Europe, 2013 remained a good year for the EPLF (Association of European Producers of Laminate Flooring) thanks to gains in the other regional markets.<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2013, the EPLF\u2019s 21 ordinary member companies (manufacturers of laminate flooring) sold 463m m\u00b2 of European-produced laminate around the globe (previous year: 460m m\u00b2), representing a global market sales increase of approx. 0.7%. In 2013, the western European core markets in the European laminate flooring industry experienced a slight decline of just under 3% overall. In absolute figures, western European sales fell from 298m m\u00b2 in 2012 to 290m m\u00b2 in 2013. Germany saw a decline with approx. 72m m\u00b2 (previous year: 76m m\u00b2), yet remained the largest single market, leading the ranking of western European markets. Turkey occupied second place with over 65m m\u00b2 (previous year: 66m m\u00b2). This slightly lower but still satisfactory result was achieved partly thanks to the Turkish member companies of the EPLF, and partly due to economic growth in this country. France saw a slight decline with 39m m\u00b2 (previous year: 40m m\u00b2) and continued to hold third place within Europe. The United Kingdom was stable with 29m m\u00b2 (previous year: 29m m\u00b2) and held fourth place, while the Netherlands occupied fifth place with 19m m\u00b2 (previous year: just under 19m m\u00b2). Spain remained in sixth place with 14m m\u00b2 (previous year: 15m m\u00b2). European laminate flooring manufacturers sold 103m m\u00b2 (previous year: 99m m\u00b2) in Eastern Europe in 2013, an increase of 4% compared with the previous year. Poland once again came top with approx. 25m m\u00b2 (previous year: 24m m\u00b2). With 23.9m m\u00b2 (previous year: 23.7m m\u00b2), Russia held a strong second place in the sales ranking, and promises further growth rates in the future. Romania occupied third place with 10m m\u00b2 (previous year: 9.8m m\u00b2), while Ukraine maintained its fourth place with a rise to 9 million (previous year: 8m m\u00b2). Hungary remained in fifth place with 4.6m m\u00b2 (previous year: 4.2m m\u00b2). As recently as 2011, North America experienced a dramatic slump: sales dropped from 41m m\u00b2 in 2010 to 27m m\u00b2 in 2011, while only 23m m\u00b2 was achieved in 2012. This was caused by the challenging economic situation in the USA. In 2013, North American sales picked up once more, with 28m m\u00b2. The USA in particular showed an encouraging result for European laminate flooring manufacturers, with 16m m\u00b2 (previous year: 12m m\u00b2). Canada remained stable in 2013 with 11m m\u00b2 (previous year: 11m m\u00b2). In Asia-Pacific, the total sales of European manufacturers for 2013 stood at approx. 13m m\u00b2 (previous year: 12m m\u00b2), representing a slight increase. The Chinese market, including Hong Kong, showed particularly clear growth due to exports from European producers in the premium sector \u2013 this market achieved sales of over 4m m\u00b2 (previous year: 3m m\u00b2) in 2013. The Iranian market fell even further in 2013, achieving less than half of its already rather poor 2012 sales figure of 1.6m m\u00b2. South America remained stable in 2013 with 17m m\u00b2 (previous year: 17m m\u00b2). The Chilean market showed a somewhat disappointing result compared with the previous year, with sales of 6m m\u00b2 (previous year: 6.5m m\u00b2), while sales in Mexico shaped up better, rising to 5m m\u00b2 (previous year: 4.3m m\u00b2).<\/p>\n

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