意大利陶瓷:北美陶瓷市場的一枝獨(dú)秀
2006-08-13
來源:陶城報
責(zé)任編輯:白秀芬
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Cutting edge technology innovative designs and superior quality make Italian tiles a leader in the U.S. market.
尖端的科技,創(chuàng)新的設(shè)計和超級的品質(zhì)使意大利的瓷磚產(chǎn)品成為美國市場的引領(lǐng)者。
In 2005 the Italian ceramic tile industry maintained its dual leadership role in the United States in terms of imports and local production by Italian-owned companies inside the U.S.
去年,意大利瓷磚行業(yè)在美國維持了雙重領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者的地位,無論是直接進(jìn)口的意大利瓷磚還是意大利公司直接在美國生產(chǎn)的瓷磚。
According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce figures for 2005 the Italian ceramic tile industry has maintained its leadership position with respect to competitors in spite of a fall in total quantities. “The official US statistics confirm that Italy is the leading foreign supplier to the United States. Although our exports have fallen by around 4.5 million square meters this is offset by an increase in average price of $1.25 per square meter” declared Alfonso Panzani Chairman of Assopiastrelle during the International Press Conference held at Coverings. Italian tile imports totalled a volume of 64 million square metres 26.1 percent of total U.S. sales. Although 6.5 percent down from 2004 this figure is still 9 percentage points ahead of the second exporter country to the United States now in Latin America. Imports in terms of value were even more significant at 806.7 million dollars up 3.9 percent with Italian tiles accounting for 44.8 percent of the entire value of imports. While the sharp increase in average price is largely a result of the strong euro against the dollar in recent months it is also a tangible sign of the quality innovation and status of Italian ceramic tiles amongst US consumers.
根據(jù)去年美國商務(wù)部的數(shù)據(jù),意大利瓷磚雖然在總體產(chǎn)量下滑的情況下維持了它的市場領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位。在康弗靈舉辦的國際媒體會議上,意大利瓷磚及窯爐生產(chǎn)商協(xié)會的主席阿爾芬諾.潘扎尼聲稱:“美國的官方統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)顯示確認(rèn)了意大利瓷磚在美國市場的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者地位,雖然我們的出口已經(jīng)下降了450萬平方米,但是每平方米的單價上升了1.25美元,基本上抵消了銷量下降的影響”。意大利瓷磚進(jìn)口總體上達(dá)到了6400萬平方米,占據(jù)了美國市場銷售額的26.1%。在拉丁美洲,雖然相對于前年下降了6.5%,但相對于第二位的競爭者仍然高出了9個百分比。進(jìn)口額引人注目地達(dá)到了8億多美元(上升了百分之3.9),意大利陶瓷占了總體進(jìn)口金額的44.8%。當(dāng)然平均價格的顯著增長很大程度上緣于歐元對美元匯率的強(qiáng)勁走勢,同時也確實(shí)代表了美國客戶對意大利瓷磚在品質(zhì)、創(chuàng)新、地位上的認(rèn)可。
No less important is the second leadership position enjoyed by Italian ceramic tiles in the North American market namely that of local production. As a result of the strategy of establishing a local manufacturing presence that was first pioneered in the early 1980s about half of today’s installed capacity is owned by Italian companies. This value is even more significant if we consider that substantial investments were made last year to rationalize the production capacity of many of these factories and that a number of major historic US ceramic tile producers have been acquired by Italian companies in recent months.
北美市場的另外一個市場主力軍對于意大利陶瓷來講也是意義重大的,在整個市場上占有著第二位的重要地位。作為在八十年代早期,意大利的陶瓷公司就從戰(zhàn)略角度在北美建立了生產(chǎn)線,今天意大利公司的本地化生產(chǎn)占有了北美陶瓷產(chǎn)量的一半,如果我們考慮近幾個月來意大利公司在美國做的潛在投資,例如收購了美國幾家傳統(tǒng)的瓷磚生產(chǎn)商,整合了一系列工廠的生產(chǎn)能力,意大利公司在美國的本地化產(chǎn)量將會更加引人注目。
These two separate approaches underscore the strategic nature of the North American market for the Italian ceramic tile industry.
依賴進(jìn)口和本地化生產(chǎn)的兩個獨(dú)立的策略顯示了今天意大利瓷磚在美國市場的地位。
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