چكيده لاتين :
According to statistics unveiled by Confindustria Ceramica at its traditional end of year conference, the Italian ceramic tile industry closed 2017 with growth in investments, stable national production and strong export dynamics. The preliminary figures published by the association’s Research Department in collaboration with Prometeia show that the recovery has further strengthened in terms of production and total sales volumes, which both stood at around 425 million
sq.m (up 2.3% on 2016). This strong performance continues to be driven more by exports, which have risen to 340 million sq.m (+2.6%), than domestic sales (84 million sq.m, +1.5%), which while remaining in positive territory saw a slowdown during the year. The volume
of tiles imported into Italy rose by 11% to 23 million sq.m, bringing total national consumption to 106 million sq.m (+2.5%). The total turnover of the industry should have risen to about 5.5 billion euros (+2% on 2016).
