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Los azulejos y pavimentos cerámicos salvan la crisis gracias al mercado exteriorThe Confederation of Associations of manufacturers of Materials of Construction will go back to have a remarkable leadership in Construtec
The azulejos and pavimentos ceramic save the crisis thanks to the external market
Editorial Interempresas28/03/2012
28 March 2012
The sector of the materials of construction, represented in the I International Week of the Construction through Construtec, International Living room of the Construction, has seen affected directly by the paralización in the construction of house, save in the case of the azulejos and pavimentos ceramic, that have known to find in the sales of the outside an exit to the crisis.
Like this gives off of the Report of Coyuntura of the patronal Cepco (Confederation of Associations of manufacturers of Materials of Construction), whose president Rafael Fernández Sánchez, heads the Committee Adviser of the I International Week of the Construction.
Rafael Fernández Sánchez, president of the Confederation of Associations of manufacturers of Materials of Construction.
According to said document, during the first semester of 2011, the exports of this sector already had increased 10,1% in relation with the same period of 2010. The value of the exports in the six first months of the past exercise reached the 954,8 million euros, and had by addressees to 173 countries.
By geographic reasons, the European Union, the natural market for the Spanish industry of azulejos and pavimentos ceramic, continued being the main destination, with 41,9% of the exports. Middle East consolidated , with a growth of 31,1%, occupying the second position in the ranking of destination of the Spanish exports, supposing 20,3% of the total. The sales to the zone of east Europe, where Russia has an important weight, grew 21%, being 11,8% of the total volume.
Suits resaltar also to countries like France, with a growth during these first six months of 2011, of 9,6%, keeping as the main market for the Spanish exports in this field.
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