Greece. The furniture industry
Report Code: W1.GR
Publisher: CSIL
Publication date: October 2009, XIV Ed.
Pages: 74
Price: EUR 490.00 / US$ 636.61
Language: English
Copyright: CSIL Milano
Status: available for online purchase and immediate download
Summary: Highlights of this Report
Greek economy, after recording some of the fastest growth rates in Europe until 2007, registered a contraction in 2008 under the weight of the global economic crisis, despite a sound financial industry and sustained domestic demand.
About 60% of Greek furniture manufacturers are located in Attica and Macedonia and almost 10% in Thessaly. In these areas there are also the biggest furniture importers. Except for 2005, Greece has experienced continuous increases in furniture imports for the last seven years. Although domestic demand was sluggish, imports also recorded an increase in 2008. The main countries of origin of furniture are Italy, China, Germany and Turkey.
CSIL study The furniture industry in Greece offers a comprehensive picture of the Greek furniture industry, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports.
Greek furniture production is broken down by product (office, upholstered furniture, kitchen, bedroom, dining and living room furniture, other seating and other furniture and parts) as well as furniture consumption.
Greek furniture imports and exports are differentiated by country of origin/destination and by product (office furniture, upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, bedroom furniture, dining and living room furniture, non-upholstered seats, other furniture, furniture parts and seating parts).
15 short profiles are provided for the major Greek furniture manufacturers of office furniture and home furniture: addresses are given, information on product mix, export activity, employees, turnover, brands, parent and subsidiary companies are included when available.
Products covered include: office furniture, home furniture, kitchen furniture, upholstered furniture (soft furniture), non-upholstered seats (chairs), bedroom furniture, dining room furniture, living room furniture, seats parts, parts of furniture.
Also available on the Western European region as a whole The furniture industry in European Union. Part I which offers you an overview of this area, providing information on the furniture production system and the import and export flows by country, as well as information on the factors affecting furniture demand, the local market and the leading companies operating in it.
Table of Contents
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- Executive Summary
- Key Statistics
- Europe. Total GDP at market prices. Eur billion
- Greece. Total GDP at market prices. Eur billion and percentage changes at current prices
- Europe. Final consumption expenditure at current prices. Eur billion
- Greece. Per capita final consumption expenditure. Eur and percentage changes at current prices
- Greece. Total average population by regions. Thousand inhabitants
- Greece. Disposable income of private households, by regions. In Purchasing Power Standard
- Greece. Furniture Statistics
- The furniture sector: ranking of Greece among EU17 countries
- The furniture sector: basic data (production, import, export, consumption)
- The openness of the furniture market, percentage values
- Furniture production and consumption. Eur million and annual percentage changes at current prices
- Furniture production and consumption by segment (office, upholstered furniture, kitchen, bedroom, dining-room, non upholstered seats). Eur million
- Structure of furniture production: furniture produced for the domestic market and for the foreign markets. Eur million
- Structure of furniture consumption: imported furniture and domestically produced furniture. Eur million
- Furniture production and furniture exports. Annual percentage changes at current prices
- Furniture consumption and furniture imports. Annual percentage changes at current prices
- Real growth in furniture consumption, forecast for 2009-2010
- Furniture exports and imports. Eur million and annual percentage changes at current prices
- Breakdown of furniture exports and imports by geographical area, percentage values
- Breakdown of intra-EU and extra-EU furniture exports and imports, percentage values
- Main countries of destination/origin of furniture exports/imports. Eur million
- Breakdown and performance of furniture exports and imports by segment (office, upholstered furniture, kitchen, bedroom, dining-room, non upholstered seats, furniture parts and seating parts), percentage values
- Home furniture sales by distribution channel (independent specialist retailers, buying groups and franchising,independent furniture chains). Percentage breakdown of value data
- Annex 1: Methodological Notes
- Annex 2: Detailed Furniture Trade Statistics
- Key Players
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