Production Shipment Trends (metric tons) Country
2014 Total 2013 Total +/-% 2014 vs. 2013
Austria Belgium
China, Japan and Korea posted upticks in total production.
Canada China
Croatia
Czech Republic Denmark Finland France
Germany Hungary India Italy
Japan* Korea
Mexico** Norway Pakistan Poland
Portugal Romania Russia Serbia
Slovenia
South Africa Spain
Sweden
Switzerland* Taiwan
Thailand* Turkey Ukraine U.K. U.S.
TOTAL
* 2013 Results ** 2011 Results
Metalcasting Trends in Global Production
The worldwide market expanded in 2014, but plotting this year’s data against the total production figures from 2013 and 2009 can highlight spe- cific trends. Global changes over the course of the last year can be seen in the world map on these pages. Coun- tries in red experienced a decrease in total casting production, with the degree of loss shown by various shades of red. Similarly, blue signifies a nation’s market expanded in 2014 when compared to the previous year. Russian and Asian markets grew
modestly, with the China, India and Korea reporting growth rates below 5%. North America expanded slightly as a whole, with a 1.8% boost in the
U.S. and a 0.7% increase to the north in Canada. Curiously, Brazil’s market experienced a significant drop in production, making it the only BRICS country to report diminished production.
The European market proved especially varied in its growth rates. Established markets gener- ally experienced slight growth or contraction, while nations in the east and southeast proved much more volatile. Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia had difficult years, while Ukraine and Turkey were among the world’s leaders in growth rate. Another notable trend was the difficult years for northern Europe, with Norway,
Sweden, Finland and Denmark all reporting losses in total production. While nations’ fortunes can change from year to year, the global market as a whole looks quite strong when compared to the census of world casting production for 2009. Listed on the right columns of the above chart, the metalcasting market of five years ago was one still in shock from recession. Much of the world, both developing and mature countries, have experienced encouraging growth in the past half-decade. Worldwide output has increased by more than 30%, exceeding totals from before the economically turbulent times.
December 2015 MODERN CASTING | 31
317,954 77,242
Bosnia & Herzegovina 32,310 Brazil
316,795 72,046 22,956
2,737,200 3,071,400 709,885
705,037
46,200,000 44,500,000 65,808
79,011
416,206 82,857 70,320
408,358 83,935 77,800
1,729,405 1,748,166 5,246,557 5,186,727 194,516
179,905
10,021,000 9,810,000 2,024,851 1,970,968 5,538,037
-
2,630,900 2,562,000 1,651,679 46,630
- 59,763 232,500 220,000
1,058,300 1,266,100 156,455 108,368
138,927 103,038
4,200,000 4,100,000 55,457
86,497
198,353 380,300
245,571 375,000
1,141,741 1,112,045 261,078 65,617
282,200 69,113
1,319,221 1,157,550 316,400
-
1,750,000 1,543,000 1,560,000 1,365,000 502,332
483,750 10,470,939 10,288,975
0.4 7.2
40.7
243,468 79,812 16,669
-10.9 2,296,916 0.7 3.8
735,105
-16.7 1.9
-1.3 -9.6 -1.1 1.2 8.1 2.2 2.7 -
2.7 -
-22.0 5.7
-16.4 12.6 5.2 2.4
-35.9 -19.2 3.1 2.7
-7.5 -5.1 14.0 -
13.4 14.3 3.8
1.8 103,641,518 101,262,489 2.3
270,961 87,604 75,741
1,736,704 3,901,665 132,303
7,443,200 1,668,802 4,385,998 2,135,000 1,485,324 72,535 -
770,000 127,043 89,894
4,200,000 89,145
140,494 493,222 902,078 194,600 68,134
914,683 304,100
1,030,500 1,000,000 389,900
7,408,281
30.6 -3.2 93.8 19.2 -3.4
35,300,000 30.9 53,797
22.3 53.6 -5.4 -7.2 -0.4 34.5 47.0 34.6 21.3 26.3 23.2 11.2
-35.7 -
37.4 23.2 20.6 0
-37.8 41.2
-22.9 26.6 34.2 -3.7 44.2 4.0
69.8 56.0 28.8
41.3 80,343,266 29.0
Note: The total production may differ from aggregate of national totals because countries with only one reported year were excluded.
2009 Total +/-% 2014 vs. 2009
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