The Trend of Global Demand for Electric Instrument from 2010 to 2012
The import value of global electric instrument increased year by year from 2010 to 2012. And the total import value of the three years amounted to 2.053 billion US dollars, 2.153 billion US dollars and 2.198 billion US dollars respectively, among of which, the import value of 2012 increased slightly by 2.09% year on year.
Global Electric Instrument Major Import Countries/Regions from 2010 to 2012
| No. | Import Countries/Regions | Import Value (Thousand USD) | Import Value Growth Compared 2012 to 2010 | ||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| 1 | USA | 450,668 | 432,477 | 446,379 | -0.95% |
| 2 | Germany | 218,732 | 257,270 | 251,977 | 15.20% |
| 3 | Japan | 163,962 | 182,870 | 211,719 | 29.13% |
| 4 | UK | 113,861 | 118,405 | 115,742 | 1.65% |
| 5 | France | 111,637 | 109,803 | 110,378 | -1.13% |
| 6 | Netherlands | 63,982 | 77,384 | 94,454 | 47.63% |
| 7 | Canada | 79,826 | 84,433 | 84,921 | 6.38% |
| 8 | South Korea | 37,864 | 45,607 | 54,161 | 43.04% |
| 9 | Brazil | 41,644 | 57,422 | 52,748 | 26.66% |
| 10 | Australia | 43,809 | 54,132 | 51,300 | 17.10% |
| 11 | The Russian Federation | 38,073 | 43,630 | 48,292 | 26.84% |
| 12 | Italy | 61,693 | 60,945 | 45,286 | -26.59% |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 46,735 | 37,834 | 33,201 | -28.96% |
| 14 | Belgium | 60,356 | 30,499 | 30,618 | -49.27% |
| 15 | Spain | 39,500 | 35,029 | 28,757 | -27.20% |
| 16 | Switzerland | 26,326 | 29,686 | 28,062 | 6.59% |
| 17 | Mexico | 23,506 | 23,284 | 26,792 | 13.98% |
| 18 | Sweden | 29,724 | 29,444 | 25,578 | -13.95% |
| 19 | Singapore | 20,049 | 23,277 | 24,083 | 20.12% |
| 20 | Malaysia | 22,682 | 17,967 | 23,741 | 4.67% |
The United States, Germany and Japan are the world's three largest electric instrument import countries from 2010 to 2012. Among the global top twenty import markets in 2012, the Netherlands' import value of electric instrument increased by 47.63% compared to that of 2010, which was the largest increase, followed by South Korea, the import value of which increased by 43.04% compared to that of 2010.
Global Electric Instrument Major Import Countries/Regions Market Share from 2010 to 2012
| No. | Import Countries/Regions | Import Value Percentage | ||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 1 | USA | 21.96% | 20.09% | 20.31% |
| 2 | Germany | 10.66% | 11.95% | 11.46% |
| 3 | Japan↑ | 7.99% | 8.49% | 9.63% |
| 4 | UK↓ | 5.55% | 5.50% | 5.27% |
| 5 | France↓ | 5.44% | 5.10% | 5.02% |
| 6 | Netherlands↑ | 3.12% | 3.59% | 4.30% |
| 7 | Canada | 3.89% | 3.92% | 3.86% |
| 8 | South Korea↑ | 1.84% | 2.12% | 2.46% |
| 9 | Brazil | 2.03% | 2.67% | 2.40% |
| 10 | Australia | 2.13% | 2.51% | 2.33% |
| 11 | The Russian Federation↑ | 1.85% | 2.03% | 2.20% |
| 12 | Italy↓ | 3.01% | 2.83% | 2.06% |
| 13 | Hong Kong↓ | 2.28% | 1.76% | 1.51% |
| 14 | Belgium↓ | 2.94% | 1.42% | 1.39% |
| 15 | Spain↓ | 1.92% | 1.63% | 1.31% |
| 16 | Switzerland | 1.28% | 1.38% | 1.28% |
| 17 | Mexico | 1.15% | 1.08% | 1.22% |
| 18 | Sweden↓ | 1.45% | 1.37% | 1.16% |
| 19 | Singapore↑ | 0.98% | 1.08% | 1.10% |
| 20 | Malaysia | 1.11% | 0.83% | 1.08% |
Note: “↑”represents that the indicators listed continued to increase from 2010 to 2012, “↓”represents that the indicators listed continued to decrease from 2010 to 2012.
Judging from the market share, the import value in proportion of Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, the Russian Federation and Singapore continued to rise, while that of the UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Belgium, Spain and Sweden continued to decline from 2010 to 2012.
Global Electric Instrument Major Demanding Countries from Jan. to June in 2013
| Major Import Countries/Regions | Import Value of Jan.-June 2013 (thousand US dollars) | YOY |
| USA | 166,086 | -13.56% |
| Japan | 86,328 | -13.72% |
| Germany | 85,191 | -17.87% |
| UK | 61,207 | 16.18% |
| Netherlands | 56,968 | -15.93% |
| France | 38,269 | -18.86% |
| Canada | 35,745 | -4.15% |
| South Korea | 26,014 | -6.75% |
| Italy | 21,574 | -2.95% |
| Australia | 21,160 | -3.74% |
From Jan. to June in 2013, global electric instrument major import countries and regions were the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Italy and Australia.
(Source: UN COMTRADE)
