The purpose of the work is to collect, treat, compute and release data concerning production, exports, imports and value unit indices (value / quantity) for the most important classes of products in the industry under analysis, namely:
· dies for pressing, stamping, punching and forming;
· moulds for plastic and rubber;
· moulds for metal, injection and compression;
· mould for metal, excluding injection and compression;
The present statistical work displays not only new indicators, like the market volumes for each country, but also a preliminary comparative study of trade flows inside, to and from major macro regions – NAFTA, Asia and EU25.
The indicators are mostly based on international and national statistical data provided by independent sources and the countries covered in this edition are: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and USA.
Data in the “ISTMA Statistical Year Book – edition 2010” were collected and treated in three levels of currencies: National (whenever different from the following), USD and EUR and figures were organized in two levels:
1. Product level - Summaries
Part 1 – Comparison between the positions of different countries and regions according to indicators applied:
· Production: quantity, value and unit prices;
· Exports: quantity, value and unit prices;
· Imports: quantity, value and unit prices.
In the case of values and unit prices, these elements are presented in EUR and USD;
Part 2 – Comparison of aggregated values among products categories:
· Dies;
· Moulds for plastic and rubber;
· Moulds for metal, injection and compression;
· Moulds for metal, excluding injection and compression.
2. Country level – Detailed Data
Presentation of national indicators for each country in the sample and for each product category:
· Production: quantity, value and unit prices;
· Exports: quantity, value and unit prices;
· Imports: quantity, value and unit prices.
In the case of values and unit prices, these elements are presented in EUR, in USD and in national currency terms.
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