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France is by far the biggest table- & kitchenware <strong>market</strong>, accounting for 27 percent of the total<br />

EU consumption. At a considerable distance, we find the United Kingdom (19%) and Italy<br />

(16%), which pushed Germany out of the top three. As can be seen in Figure 3.1, the United<br />

Kingdom and Portugal represent the fastest growth in the review period (1998 to 2002). Both<br />

grew by approximately 30 percent (horizontal axis) during that period. Solely looking at 2002,<br />

Greece was the star performer, as the Greek <strong>market</strong> grew by 7 percent that year (vertical axis).<br />

The German <strong>market</strong>, which is located on the left-bottom side of Figure 3.1, remained rather<br />

stable, the <strong>market</strong> only growing by 2 percent in 2002. The countries located in the top-right<br />

corner of Figure 3.1 achieved the most growth over the review period.<br />

With a share of 32 percent, the plasticware <strong>market</strong> is the biggest table- & kitchenware <strong>market</strong>. In<br />

2002, the plasticware <strong>market</strong> represented a value of € 5.9 billion.<br />

Figure 3.2<br />

Table- & kitchenware products shares<br />

in EU, 2002, % of total value<br />

Figure 3.3<br />

Table- & kitchenware consumption by<br />

EU-member countries, 2002, % of EUtotal<br />

China &<br />

Porcelain<br />

Cutlery<br />

11.0%<br />

13.9%<br />

China &<br />

Porcelain,<br />

Ceramicware 13.0%<br />

16.8%<br />

Ceramicware<br />

, 16.8%<br />

Cutlery,<br />

11.0%<br />

Glassware<br />

27.2%<br />

Plasticware<br />

31.9%<br />

Plasticware,<br />

31.9%<br />

Netherlands,<br />

3.6%<br />

Spain, 6.7%<br />

Other EUmember<br />

countries,<br />

13.7%<br />

Germany,<br />

15.0%<br />

Italy, 15.7%<br />

France,<br />

26.6%<br />

United<br />

Kingdom,<br />

18.7%<br />

Glassware,<br />

27.2%<br />

Source: Euromonitor ‘Consumer Europe’, <strong>2003</strong>/04<br />

The French table- & kitchenware <strong>market</strong> is by far the biggest in the EU, totalling to almost € 4.9<br />

billion (excl. metalware and woodware) in 2002. That year the <strong>market</strong> grew by 3.5 percent.<br />

According to Euromonitor, France’s high ranking is due to the importance of long social meals,<br />

combined with a significant national cuisine, meaning that the French table- & kitchenware<br />

<strong>market</strong> is more formal than in other countries. This is reflected in the popularity of formal<br />

dinnerware, like glassware, china and porcelain and cutlery. However, as in the rest of the EU,<br />

the French <strong>market</strong> is steadily shifting to less formal products, such as plasticware, which are<br />

becoming increasingly important.<br />

Plasticware, the biggest segment in France amounted to € 1.7 billion in 2002, representing a 35<br />

percent share of the total French table- & kitchenware <strong>market</strong>. France’s second table- &<br />

kitchenware segment in size, glassware, continued to grow, after being down in 1999 and 2000.<br />

Ceramicware, china and porcelain together accounted for 25 percent of the table- & kitchenware<br />

consumption in 2002.<br />

Cutlery was the star performer in France’s table- & kitchenware <strong>market</strong>. Since 1998, the <strong>market</strong><br />

has grown by more than 20 percent and amounted to a value of € 757 million. The French<br />

metalware <strong>market</strong> is extrapolated at an amount of € 944 million in 2002.<br />

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