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Italy slowdown sees decline in foreign plastic machinery sales


Italian exports of plastics machinery declined slightly in the first nine months of 2018 – though imports again saw healthy growth. Overall, exports for the period fell by 0.6%. While the trend is positive for extru- sion lines, and both injection and blow moulding machin- ery, it fell away for ancillary equipment and moulds. Exports to the Far East


grew by almost 10%, thanks mainly to India and South Korea, while those to the Middle East fell by around one-third. There was also a 6.5% growth in exports to


Italian machinery export sales by region, Jan-Sep 2018, %


Americas 20%


Europe 60%


Oceania 1% Africa 5% Source: Amaplast


North America, but a decline of nearly 13% to South America. Sales to North Africa also saw a healthy 13% growth.


And, while sales within the EU were flat, those to the rest of Europe were up by 12%, but those to Russia declined.


Amaplast’s most recent


Asia 14%


mid-year survey of its members reveals slightly that fewer than half expect stable turnover at the end of the current half-year – while one-third expect continuing growth. “We expect year-end


production and foreign trade to be roughly in line with 2017,” said Amaplast. “This must be considered a positive result, given that 2017 was the best in the past five years.”


Amaplast says it has a cautious outlook for 2019. � www.amaplast.org


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