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, in meltdown, but hope for opens up 📈

sector in meltdown, on the rise, out of control: this is how looks today when reading the country's macroeconomic data.
Yet, interesting prospects are opening up for Italian companies, since the post-Brexit bilateral memorandum of understanding between and the United Kingdom.
The market across the Channel remains crucial for our economy: in the sector the UK is the eighth most important market in the world, with a €1.2 billion demand for packaging technologies.

Leaving the European Union has had heavy repercussions: the strong political uncertainty goes hand in hand with considerable economic insecurity in the UK; housing investment plummeted after the Bank of England hiked interest rates to curb record inflation (above 10 percent), and mortgage demand came to a screeching halt.

According to the latest on the U.K. sector, the inflationary surge is set to subside in the coming months: in this, the Mecs Study Center also agrees, estimating a recovery to 2026 in demand for slabs and from the UK at around 5 percent per year on average.

Read more about it at 👉 https://www.mecs.org/en/news-press/scenarios/uk-economy-in-meltdown-but-hope-for-recovery-opens-up

HOW TO: compare ' balance sheets & income statements 🔍

The setup prepared by the Mecs Study Center for the economic-financial analyses of the different industrial sectors in which it specializes makes it easy to compare any company.

The data are organized on two mirrored pages:

- on the left are the key numbers of the balance sheet and income statement (reclassified according to IAS-IFRS standards)

- on the right are the indicators, and alongside the numerical tables there are always charts and dashboards to highlight some key indices.

from the last three fiscal years are always compared to assess the evolution of performance. The left-hand charts clearly show the company's assets and situation.

The left-hand page lists all the ratios most in use among operators in terms of , and structural soundness, supported in the graphical display on the right by the similar cluster values and globally averaged data.

Learn more about it 👉 https://www.mecs.org/en/news-press/business/two-balance-sheets-compared-porcelaingres-vs-lanka-tiles

Look at the data - Made in Italy ceramics breaks the 5 billion export wall 🌐

Figures for the first eleven months of ceramic tile exports confirm Italy as the top exporting country in the world.

That's 4.76 billion euros in Italian tile exports, with an additional 700 million slice of business in the space of a year that is the result solely of higher prices. In fact, to compensate for increases in energy bills, manufacturers decided to raise the prices by nearly 20 percent.

Italian ceramic tile exports can be expected to be well over €5 billion in 2022. The Spaniards, the fiercest competitors of the Italian producers, stopped at 4.3 billion euros in exports by value over the 12 months, and in turn raised price lists by about 30 percent over 2021.

Read more about it at https://www.mecs.org/en/news-press/markets/made-in-italy-ceramics-breaks-the-5-billion-export-wall 👇

What's new? - 📈 The latest data from the International Monetary Fund confirm it: India is the country with the highest growth potential in the world, and despite the difficulties experienced during 2022 , it will return to lead the race of the international economy as early as this year, with a +6.1% GDP and reaching +6.8% in 2024.

This is clearly told by two reports just produced by the Mecs study center, "India, ceramic tile market" and "World forecast analysis - Ceramic tile market 2022-2026."

Read more about it here 👉 https://www.mecs.org/en/news-press/markets/india-global-growth-leader-also-in-the-ceramic-industry

Look at the data - Indian ceramic tile production 📈

is the 2° world manufacturer with 2.5 billion sqm tile production.

Indian tile production has been growing constantly in the last ten years reaching 2.5 billion sqm in 2021 (+8.6% CAGR from 2012)

Learn more about "India, ceramic tile market", the first report on Indian ceramic market at https://bit.ly/indiaceramicmarket 👈

Mecs Study Center presents “India, ceramic tile market” 📍 at Indian Ceramics Asia Indian Ceramics Asia 2023

Indian ceramic tile industry beats all in growth 📈

With more than 800 companies operating in the sector, the Indian market ranks second in the ceramics industry, second to the lead held by China.

Tile production in India is set to grow by an average of 7.9% each year (CAGR 2022-2026).

Discover more at www.mecs.org 👈🏻