STATISTICAL REPORT 2019-2020 In order to provide a comprehensive and analytical overview of the situation in the glass industry, this report provides statistics for the whole glass industry together and statistics for each of the glass sectors. The situation varies a lot between the different sectors. June 2020 EUROPEAN GLASS INDUSTRIES
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STATISTICAL REPORT 2019-2020 · In 2019, the EU-28 glass production reached a volume of 37.2 million tonnes, an increase of 1.8% compared with 2018, which indicates that the market
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STATISTICAL REPORT 2019-2020
In order to provide a comprehensive and analytical overview of the situation in the glass industry, this report provides statistics for the whole glass industry together and statistics for each of the glass sectors. The situation varies a lot between the different sectors.
June 2020
EUROPEAN GLASS INDUSTRIES
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Contents
I. Introduction and Commentaries 3
II. Review of Statistical Data :
• Production 2019...................................................................... 5
• External Trade : General Situation 2019................................... 9
• External Trade : IMPORTS Extra EU 2019.................................. 11
• External Trade : EXPORTS Extra EU 2019................................... 13
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I. Introduction – Commentaries
State of the Industry In 2019, the EU-28 glass production reached a volume of 37.2 million tonnes, an increase of 1.8% compared with 2018, which indicates that the market is still in demand of glass articles. Since 2016 the overall European glass industry succeeded to increase or maintain its production level thanks to a revived economy, mainly in the construction sector, car industry, energy, engineering and food services. It is however important to point out that production levels can be deeply impacted by third countries imports into the EU, and mostly those covered by illegal dumping and state aid subsidies. The European production level still maintains the EU as one of the largest glass producers in the world with China and North America. Germany remains the EU’s biggest producer with about one fifth of the volume, closely followed by France, Spain, Italy and the UK.
Regarding foreign trade from third countries, imports from Asian countries, and in particular China, remain big competitors. Compared with 2018, 2019 extra EU-28 exports remained stable (-0.3%) in volume at 3.13 million tonnes and slightly by 0.7% in value with 6.95 bn Euros. The EU-28’s four major clients in volume are the rest of Europe (45.3%), including Switzerland (15.5%), Turkey (7.2%) and Russia (4.1%), followed by the USA (11.4%), North Africa (6.9%) and Far East Asia (8.3%) including China (3.5%). As for extra-EU imports in EU-28, in 2019 they increased in volume by 4.12% (nearly 4.65 million tonnes) and in value by 5.9% (6.74 bn euros) compared with 2018. Far-East Asia accounted for 38% (including 30.7% from China alone), the rest of Europe for 46.7% (including Turkey (14%), Russia (10%), Switzerland (7.7%) & Ukraine (6.2%)), North Africa for 5.6% and the USA for 2.7%.
Employment 2019 The number of employees stabilized since 2013. Currently, the EU-28 glass industry employs about 186,000 people (incl. processors), showing a stable socio-economic situation.
Outlook Behind these 2019 figures aggregated at the level of the whole glass industry, it is important to realize that the situations are contrasted in the different sectors. Evolutions in production and employment, as well as in the origin of imports into the EU, are very different between glass sectors. The global trend indicates however steadily increasing imports in all glass sectors with rather limited exports.
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Although market conditions and consumer confidence were restored since 2015, competition remains intense with non-European glass manufacturers. Investment outside the European borders has materialised and imports are gradually and insidiously increasing, taking bigger EU market shares in all glass sectors. For 2020, next to the high influence of worldwide context (incl. Brexit, US policies, Chinese competition, etc.), the COVID-19 outbreak crisis will add to the EU stringent climate policies (ETS, Decarbonisation, Green Deal, REACH, Food Contact, etc.) and further impact all EU glass sectors. One can pre-empt an ever-challenging manufacturing climate when restrictive measures will be gradually lifted to enable a revival of the global economy.
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II. Review of Statistical Data
1. PRODUCTION in tonnes
1.1. Evolution of Global Glass Production in EUR 28
in 1,000 tonnes (*) without insulating glass fibres Container glass sector: Since 2015, report for the production of food and beverage glass packaging in the EU 28 represents 90% of the production and excludes flaconnage.
The production rate of EUR 28 slightly increased in 2019 compared with 2018 by 2.1%. Compared to 2008 index (100), sectoral production reached index 99.8 for flat glass, 105.5 for container glass, 92.2 for tableware and crystal, 104.6 for continuous filament glass fibres and 69.4 for other glasses.
Production Share By Glass Sector Source: GAE members
30.0% 62.0%
2.0% 3.6%
2.4%
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1.3. Production Evolution within GAE Sectors (in million tonnes)
Source: GAE members
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2. EMPLOYMENT
Number of people (without processors) Source: GAE members
(*) Total Glass fibres (CN 7019), i.e. reinforcement and insulation materials including glass wool.
Source : Eurostat – COMEXT Chapter 70
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Imports Exports Imports Exports
Mio TONNES Billion Euros
EXTERNAL TRADE2018 2019
4.44.6
3.14 3.13
6.74 6.96.95
- 0.3 %
+ 5.9 % + 0.7 %
+ 4.2 %
6.36
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Detailed Imports and Exports 2018 (Extra-EUR28) per Glass Sector
The following tables give
1) An overview of the EU imports and exports from detailed third countries in tonnes.
Total Far East: Includes India, Pakistan, Bengladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Mongolia, China, Koreas, Japan, Taiwan and Hong-Kong. Other Europe: Includes Albania, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Kosovo North Africa: Includes Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. 2) The historical evolution of the external trade per glass sectors both in tonnes
and in value.
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YEAR 2019 IMPORTS (tonnes) Eurostat
COUNTRIES Flat Basic % share Flat % share Container % share Domestic % share Fibres % share CFGF % share Special % share Others % share TOTAL % share
on total Processed on total on total on total Total 7019 on total Reinforc. on total on total on total CN Chap. 70 on total