UK, Spain and Greece Remain the Major Slate Producers On the European Slate Market
Other Non-Ferrous Metal Ores July 04, 2018
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IndexBox has just published a new report "EU: Slate - Market Report. Analysis And Forecast To XXX". Here is a summary of the report’s key findings.
The Three-year Upward Trend of Slate Consumption Was Replaced by a Slight Contraction
In wholesale prices, European slate market amounted to €XXX in 2016, reducing noticeably over the last nine years. This figure reflects total revenue of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers’ margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). In physical terms, the market stood at XXX tonnes, which reduced by XXX% after a period of robust growth over 2013-2015 (IndexBox estimates).
The UK, Spain and Greece Constituted Major Slate Consumers
Amongst the EU members, the UK (XXX%), Spain (XXX%) and Greece (XXX%) were the countries with the largest volumes of slate consumption. Moreover, the highest levels of per capita slate consumption was observed in Greece (XXX kg per year). In Spain (XXX kg per year) and the UK (XXX kg per year) per capita was at lower level, but still higher than the EU average (XXX kg per year). These major consumers was followed by Poland (XXX%), Germany (XXX%) and Italy (XXX%). Poland significantly increased its consumption, while the other consumers had negative dynamics of slate consumption.
Production Reduced to Its Lowest Level in Value Terms
Production of slate displayed negative trend pattern over the last few years, finally amounting to €XXX, which was the lowest level over the last nine years. In phisical terms production totalled XXX tonnes in 2016. It illustrated moderate recovery from 2012, with a slight XXX% reduction over the last year.
UK, Spain and Greece Remained the Major Slate Producers
The countries with the highest levels of production in 2016 were the UK (XXX%), Spain (XXX%) and Greece (XXX%). With the following Poland (XXX%), France (XXX%) and Sweden (XXX%), they comprised XXX% of total slate production. The major three global producers reduced its production, while France (+XXX%), Poland (+XXX%) and Sweden (+XXX%) experienced a notable growth in production levels from 2007 to 2016.
Overseas Shipments Do not Affect the Slate Market in the EU
The share of extra imports in total consumption was only XXX% in physical terms and XXX% in value terms, which indicates the independence of the EU slate market from foreign suppliers.
Exports of Slate in the EU Decreased Slightly
Total exports of slate in the EU amounted to XXX tonnes in 2016; after a sharp fall over 2008-2009, which was due to a slump in contruction industry during the global financial crisis, it bounced back and then leveled off through to 2016, with somewhat wild fluctuations in certain years.
France (XXX tonnes), Spain (XXX tonnes), Poland (XXX tonnes), Portugal (XXX tonnes) and Greece (XXX tonnes) were the main suppliers of slate, comprising XXX% of total exports in 2016. France and Greece were the fastest growing exportes: from 2007 to 2016, average annual growth rates of exports from these countries were +XXX% and +XXX%, respectively. By contrast, exports from the Czech Republic decreased at an average annual rate of -XXX% over the same period. Consequently, France (+XXX percentage points) and Poland (+XXX percentage points) significantly strengthened their positions in terms of the European slate exports. Meanwhile, the share of the Czech Republic illustrated negative dynamics, from XXX% in 2007 to XXX% in 2016.
Italy and the Czech Republic Emerged as the Fastest Growing Importer of Slate
In 2016, the UK (XXX tonnes), France (XXX tonnes), Italy (XXX tonnes), Germany (XXX tonnes), Czech Republic (XXX tonnes), Belgium (XXX tonnes) and Spain (XXX tonnes) constituted the main destinations of slate imports.
From 2007 to 2016, Italy and the Czech Republic indicated the highest growth rates in terms of the EU imports, with a CAGR of +XXX% and +XXX%, respectively. They was followed by the UK (+XXX%) and Germany (+XXX%). Imports to France and Belgium remained practically unchanged from the outset levels, while imports to Spain shrank substantially, decreasing by -XXX% per year over the last nine years.
Therefore, the shares of Italy (+XXX percentage points), the Czech Republic (+XXX percentage points), the UK (+XXX percentage points) and Germany (+XXX percentage points) significantly in terms of the EU imports increased, while the share of Spain waned from XXX% in 2007 to XXX% in 2016. The shares of the other countries remained relatively stable throughout the analyzed period.
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