this ceramic industry of the Castellon in one of the most sensitive moments of recent years as a result of the energy crisis, characterized by rising natural gas and electricity costs, which will leave most companies in losses by the end of this year. These negative indicators are combined by the first contraction symptoms sue in certain international markets, especially United States of America, which in recent years has become the main customer of Tile of Spain.
Despite these unfavorable conditions, some countries were found to be recovering. Most relevant in acquisitions throughout this complex 2022 is the United Kingdom, where Brexit has been on the decline recently since its economic disconnect with the European Union took effect. On the other hand, data provided by tile employers Ascercorresponding to the accrual of the first nine of the year, shows a significant increase in both billing and volume sold in square meters.
triggered development
Figures at the end of September show how exports are doing. between ceramic Sales volume from Spain to the UK increased by 19.2%. In this way, they improve their status as the third best buyer of this product. Sales rose 34.6% to 201.8 million euros.
Instead of, difficulties What percentage of the industry is determined when analyzing sales in other countries. The most annoying thing is The USA, whose purchase level decreased by 11% on a square meter basis Over the period under review, Invoicing shows a significant increase of 409 million euros and a positive development of 23.8%, but in this case this is due to factors linked to the increase in inflation.
As Ascer’s latest report on the economic impact of this industry shows, by 2022 17.4% increase in sales compared to 2021, by issuing approximately 5,700 million invoices compared to 4,855 the previous year. A development in energy, which has already reached 45% of the sector bill and is completely suppressed by the cost increase that will cause approximately 1,000 million losses..
in other countries
Based on the amount exported, France barely improved by 0.7%; duration Italy increased 19.7%. Germany grows, but at a slower rate (11.9%); Saudi Arabia and Morocco have the worst setbacks, with decreases of 15.5% and 24.2%, respectively.
brake in the last quarter
The last quarter of this year will also be sensitive for exports, as the last quarter of 2021 has already been negative for the results of the tile industry in Castellón due to the rise in gas prices. In the UK example, There is already a regression compared to the same period of September 2021, and expectations will continue to fall. Even so, the balance will be good for the full year, breaking the trend of previous years when sales have fallen or have risen to significantly lower than the rest of the big buyers.