eu market survey 2003 - crecer
eu market survey 2003 - crecer
eu market survey 2003 - crecer
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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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