Μετά 15% Ανάπτυξη, Πώς η ιταλική βιομηχανία κεραμικών μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει την κρίση κόστους ｜ 2021 ετήσια έκθεση

Μετά 15% Ανάπτυξη, Πώς η ιταλική βιομηχανία κεραμικών μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει την κρίση κόστους ｜ 2021 ετήσια έκθεση

Τον Ιούνιο 16, Italian time, the ceramic industry federation Confindustria Ceramica conference released the operational data of the Italian ceramics industry in 2021.

Σύμφωνα με τα τελευταία δεδομένα, σε 2021, the total turnover of the Italian building and sanitary ceramics industry reached 7.5 Δισεκατομμύριο ευρώ. Υπάρχουν 263 companies in operation, employing 26,537 άνθρωποι. The significant increase in the cost of natural gas, raw materials and logistics puts the international competitiveness of the sector and the profitability of companies at risk.

Υγειονομική κεραμική

Υπάρχουν 30 industrial companies producing sanitary ceramics in Italy, 27 of which are located in Cività Castellana. The industry employs 2,663 άνθρωποι, with a total production of 4 million pieces and a total turnover of 368.8 εκατομμύρια ευρώ. Its turnover outside the country is 166.4 εκατομμύρια ευρώ, ή 45% του συνόλου.

Architectural ceramics

Υπάρχουν 131 companies in Italy. Σε 2021, they will produce 435.3 εκατομμύρια τετραγωνικά μέτρα, μια αύξηση 8.6% ετησίως. The industry employed 18,528 άνθρωποι. Total sales volume was 455.3 εκατομμύρια τετραγωνικά μέτρα, μια αύξηση 11.9% ετησίως. Domestic sales exceeded 91 εκατομμύρια τετραγωνικά μέτρα, επάνω 9.2% ετησίως. And exports reached 364.1 εκατομμύρια τετραγωνικά μέτρα, μια αύξηση 11.9% ετησίως.

Tile Italia’s total turnover exceeded 6.16 Δισεκατομμύριο ευρώ, μια αύξηση 15.4% ετησίως. Οι εξαγωγές του έφτασαν 5.2 Δισεκατομμύριο ευρώ, μια αύξηση 15.3% ετησίως, λογοδοσία 86% of total turnover. This compares with an internal turnover of only 967 εκατομμύρια ευρώ.

Refractory materials

Υπάρχουν 31 enterprises producing refractory materials, employing 1,697 people and producing 353,500 τόνοι. Its total turnover was 381.6 εκατομμύρια ευρώ, μια αύξηση 19.4% ετησίως. The domestic turnover exceeded 176 million euros and the export value exceeded 205 εκατομμύρια ευρώ.

Brick and Tile

Italy has 62 companies in the industry, employing 3,000 άνθρωποι. Σε 2021, it will have a turnover of 500 million euros and a total production of 4.5 εκατομμύρια τόνοι, mainly for domestic sales.

Ceramic ware

Italy has 9 εταιρείες, 649 εργαζόμενοι, 10,600 tons of production, 9,900 tons of finished products sold and a total turnover of 47.2 εκατομμύρια ευρώ. Its domestic turnover accounts for 78% of the total and 66% is made in Italy.

The Italian Ceramic Industry Federation Giovanni Savolani noted that in 2021, the Italian ceramic industry grew by more than 15% ετησίως. The health, sustainability and durability of ceramic materials become one of the factors guiding the reconstruction of residential and new buildings in Italy.

Σε 2022, the first few months show double-digit growth across all markets, but this is accompanied by soaring input costs. Natural gas adds a hefty additional cost of about $900 million per year to the industry, and wooden pallets increase by 224%. It has increased the volume of packaging cartons by 180 τοις εκατό, while the price of ocean freight has quintupled.

These increased costs ultimately put pressure on margins, yet there are limitations to objectively transferring these to end-use prices.

Even though there is still a huge demand for the market, this has become the biggest crisis in supply for the Italian ceramics industry.

According to Giovanni Savolani, the Italian government has set aside a large amount of resources for households and businesses to cope with high energy prices, but these resources can only reduce the annual growth rate of ceramics by 12 τοις εκατό.

These measures are said to have regulated only the first two quarters, but the federation needs to be extended until the end of this year.

In terms of structural measures, the forecasted release of 2.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas extracted in Italy, although it is still a drop in the bucket, better than nothing.

Ωστόσο, what is crucial is the timing.

Τον Μάρτιο 1, 2022, the Italian government adopted the energy decree, which was approved by Parliament on April 27. More than three months have passed and the decree is still pending.

After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine erupted in February, EU countries want to reduce their energy dependence on Russia – για 35 percent of EU gas demand comes from Russia. While the EU has banned coal imports from Russia, sanctions have avoided the oil and gas sectors. Italy has said it would support the ban if the EU were to jointly support a move to impose sanctions on Russian gas.

Τον Ιούνιο 15, Gazprom informed ENI that Russia had reduced its daily gas supplies to Italy by 15 τοις εκατό.

ENI said Gazprom did not give a reason for the reduction and did not say how long it would last.

Italian officials say Italy has enough inventory to offset any reduction in Russian gas supplies.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi recently said the Italian government has acted quickly. Diversify gas suppliers by establishing alternatives with Algeria, Αγκόλα, Κογκό, Λιβύη, Αίγυπτος, Israel and Mozambique, Μεταξύ άλλων.

ENI has reportedly signed a cooperation agreement with Egyptian energy company EGAS, which will deliver 3 billion cubic meters of LNG to Italy annually.

Italian officials say the country is currently trying to break away from its heavy dependence on Russian gas. Τη στιγμή, Russian gas accounts for 40% of the country’s total gas imports.

Επομένως, at the conference the Italian Ceramic Federation called for a cap on the cost of gas in Europe and stressed the need for firm pragmatism in the decarbonization process.