Tobacco industry puffs income for India
Tobacco is one of the major commercial crops in India. Irrespective of the health hazards associated with it, the Indian tobacco industry contributes significantly to the economy in terms of...
View ArticleSingaporeans gorge the most in Southeast Asia
Singapore's food and beverage (F&B) services industry contributed approximately SGD 11.98bn or 3.5% to the country's total GDP in 2012. On a per capita basis, Singapore has the highest food...
View ArticleGet connected to Indonesia!
The telecommunication industry has played an important role in the development of Indonesia's economy over the last few years. Not only has it increased connectivity across the country, but has also...
View ArticleE-Commerce proves to be a booming sector in Poland
The IT market value maintained a positive annual performance across all major segments namely hardware, software and services in 2012. Though the pace decelerated visibly compared to 2011, the...
View ArticleRomania’s steel production in fluctuating trend
Romania's crude steel output increased gradually from 5.5mn tonnes in 2002 to nearly 6.3mn tonnes in 2006-2007. It further plunged to below 2.8mn tonnes in 2009 amid deep recession and inventory...
View ArticleIs Romania’s pharmaceutical worry an epidemic or pandemic?
Romania'spharmaceutical market distribution prices increased by 3.6% y/y to EUR 691.9mn in Q1/2013. The market edged up a mere 0.6% q/q in the quarter following difficulties stemming from regulatory...
View ArticleIndian government cold towards increasing coal demand in the country
The Indian coal industry is one of the core industries in the country and is dominated by public sector undertakings, particularly Coal India Ltd. The industry involves coal and lignite mining,...
View ArticleMalaysia milking through healthcare services
Under the 10th Malaysia Plan (2011 - 2015), the government has identified healthcare services as one of the 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) to generate revenue for the country. Malaysia now has...
View ArticlePolish retail market on a roller-coaster ride?
The Polish retail market maintained an upward y/y path in 2012, though sales slowed down visibly in Q4. The situation varied across segments, but overall the increase of market value was supported by...
View ArticleEuro 2012 boosts tourism industry’s revenue in Poland
The Polish tourism industry benefited from the organisation of Euro 2012 championship last year. The number of foreign tourists visiting Poland in 2012 was the highest in five years, while the...
View ArticleDraughts and construction materials market in Romania
The construction materials market value inched up marginally by approximately 1% y/y to around EUR 3bn in 2012, even though initial projections were more optimistic. The building materials sector...
View ArticlePolish construction industry expected to see recovery only in 2015
The construction and assembly index dropped by 1% y/y in 2012, marking a negative growth after the double-digit annual advance recorded in 2011. After a good performance in H1, the situation in the...
View ArticleIndia’s leaking oil & gas sector expected to improve with new reforms
Indian oil and gas sector is highly regulated by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The ministry influences exploration, production, distribution, and marketing of companies in the sector. It...
View ArticleNorth Asia wears Indonesia’s garment!
The textile and garment industry is an important contributor to Indonesia's economy, serving as a large source for jobs and export earnings. Being the largest textiles and apparel producers in the...
View ArticleChina telecommunications industry skyrocketing
In 2012, business revenue for Chinese telecommunications industry recorded the fastest annual growth since 2009. China has the world's largest base of landline subscribers; however structural changes...
View ArticleRomanians consuming more food now than the year before?
The revenue for food and beverages companies selected from our pool of main players [over RON 1mn in revenues] increased by over 12% on the year to RON 38.5bn [over EUR 9bn] in 2011. The growth rate...
View ArticleShrinking demand for building materials in Poland
The building materials market gained cheering performance from the construction industry in 2011, recovering from a two years decline from 2009 - 2010. Nonetheless, as the large infrastructure works...
View ArticleNew pharmaceutical legislation causes ill effect in Poland
The Polish pharmaceutical market value (in gross retail prices) rose by 3.7% y/y to around PLN 22.3bn (EUR 5.4bn) in 2011. However, medicine sales declined this year due to the new controversial...
View ArticleUkraine’s currency may have to be devalued
The IMF has maintained its GDP growth forecast for 2012 at 3% y/y compared to 5% growth recorded in 2011. In 2013, the GDP growth is expected to reach 3.5%. The global slowdown of economic growth has...
View ArticleSlight growth in Romania’s telecom sector gives hope of recovery
Romanian telecom market is projected to reach around EUR 3.6bn in 2012, a little more than the revenue of EUR 3.5bn achieved last year. The voice and cable segments which are matured business are...
View ArticleFlood disaster in Thailand landed steel industry in murky waters
The global steel industry was faced with many challenges in 2011 and H1/2012, arising from the adverse external environment, soft international steel demand and volatile raw material prices. Thailand...
View ArticleRising number of vacant homes haunted by inflation in India?
The Indian economy experienced an economic slowdown with high inflation in fiscal year 2012. India's property industry suffered a major slowdown with declining sales and rising inventory levels in the...
View ArticlePrice war between low cost carriers in Malaysia
Malaysia's GDP grew by 5.4% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 backed by reviving exports. There was a six months lull in passenger traffic in the Malaysian aviation industry. It grew by 4.2%...
View ArticleConstruction industry in SEE still struggling to emerge from eurozone debt...
Construction activity contracted in most counties in Southeast Europe in the first half of 2012, continuing a trend from 2011 as the ongoing instability in the eurozone, the major market for the...
View ArticleMobile internet service creating waves in Poland
he Polish telecom market inched up by 1.1% y/y to nearly PLN 43bn (EUR 10.4bn) in 2011; the moderate expansion of the internet and mobile segments managed to offset the poor performance of voice call...
View ArticleRomania’s economy wears weary outlook
Romania's economy increased by 0.7% y/y in H1 and will end with negative for the year, less than -1%. Bullish expectations were ruined by poor use of EU funds and by below-average agricultural...
View ArticleVietnam’s steel industry badly hit by depressing global economy
2011 saw unpredictable events in the European sovereign debt crisis depressing the global economy. In Vietnam, unstable macroeconomic conditions and negative impacts of the global economy caused...
View ArticleImbalance in demand and supply rocks steel prices in India
The Indian economy experienced an economic slowdown with high inflation in fiscal year 2012. India's steel industry also suffered a minor slowdown but managed to record a y/y consumption growth of...
View ArticleCement industry going through difficult times in India
Over the past two years, the cement industry in India has experienced a subdued demand growth and declining operating rates, compare a 7% growth during FY12 against 5.7% in FY11. Escalating industrial...
View ArticlePharmaceutical industry in Singapore recuperating after ill spell
Singapore's economy saw a period of subdued growth in last three quarters due to slowdown in exports growth. However, the Singaporean pharmaceutical industry continued its V-shaped recovery in year...
View ArticleMalaysia’s oil & gas sector clinched world’s no.2 title
Malaysia became the world's second largest LNG exporting country in 2011. Exports of petroleum products and LNG in the first six months of 2012 have reached 8.49mn tons and 11.39mn tons respectively....
View ArticleOnline media tops as preferred advertising choice in Poland
Poland's advertising market growth slowed down in 2011 and projections for 2012 are rather pessimistic. After a poor performance Q1, the Euro 2012 soccer championship did not show the expected...
View ArticleChina’s steel production on the rise or perhaps over producing
Cumulative revenue for the industry during the first six months of 2012 was RMB 6.14tr, or 26.21% of 2011's annual revenue. The industry was reported to have made no profit in the first six months of...
View ArticleConstruction industry losing ground in Romania
Construction works volume index grew by 9.1% y/y in Q2 and by 6.8% y/y in H1/2012, according to official statistics. The works for engineering projects surged by 17.1% y/y in Q2 and 18.1% y/y in H1,...
View ArticleChina’s steel production on the rise or perhaps over producing
Cumulative revenue for the industry during the first six months of 2012 was RMB 6.14tr, or 26.21% of 2011's annual revenue. The industry was reported to have made no profit in the first six months of...
View ArticleIndonesia’s steel industry growing strong
Indonesia's steel consumption grew robustly by 22.4% y/y to 10.95mn metric tonnes in 2011 in line with the growth in domestic steel demand. As the country with the largest economy and highest...
View ArticleIndian consumers more fascinated by imported electronic equipment
The country ranks very low regarding electronic equipment manufacturing, at 1.5% of the total world production. According to Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), more than 50%...
View ArticleIndian healthcare industries show resilience in the face of slowdown by...
However, Indian healthcare industry continued to show resilience in the face of slowdown with leading healthcare players recording a double digit growth, both in revenues and net profits. The industry...
View ArticleRomania’s GDP mirage: fact or fiction?
Romania's seasonally-adjusted GDP edged up by 0.5% q/q in Q2, after it has stagnated for three years around the same level. Against the past quarter, the domestic demand strengthened robustly driven...
View ArticleEuro 2012 paved way for a better transport infrastructure in Poland
The Polish transportation sector registered positive performance in 2011 in terms of freight volumes carried and service revenues. Freight transportation increased by 6.5% y/y to 1.9bn tonnes in 2011,...
View ArticleUnofficial data from central bank paints tumbling picture of Romanian banks
Romanian banks incurred aggregated losses of RON 325mn (EUR 73mn at eop XR) in Q2, 2012, according to our calculations based on central bank data. Out of 41 banks, 23 reported profits and 18 losses,...
View ArticlePharma market in Romania will be impacted by controversial claw-back tax
Romania's pharmaceutical sales in the 12 months ending June 2012 increased by 13.6% y/y (16.9% y/y in local currency) to EUR 2.6bn (RON 11.5bn), backed by the good performance in the period Jul 2011 -...
View ArticleTelecommunications growth inevitable despite Indian regulatory issues
The number of wireless subscribers grew by 13.3% y/y to 919 million in FY12 strengthening India's position as the second largest telecom market in the world. The mobile cellular penetration rate of...
View ArticleIndian textile and garment industry draped in flying colours
India's textile sector is broadly categorized into five segments: jute, sericulture, wool & woolen, man-made fiber and filament yarn industry. The textile industry contributes substantially to the...
View ArticleIndonesian banking industry projects steady growth
onsistent with Indonesia's robust economic growth, the domestic banking industry continued to post significant gains in 2011. Total assets of banks in Indonesia stood at IDR 3,653tn as of December...
View ArticlePoland’s steel industry growth dented
Poland's metallurgical sector is dominated by the steel industry which accounts for more than 90% of the country's total metallurgical output, while copper production contributes about 7%. Poland is...
View ArticleIndia’s appetite for energy is outstripping supply
The country's appetite for energy is growing extremely fast, with demand outstripping supply, resulting in power shortages. India consumes roughly 3% of the world's total energy. Despite increases in...
View ArticleChinese Tourism Industry flying high
Rising Tourism Revenue Revenue generated from the tourism industry topped RMB2.24 trillion in 2011, an increase of 42.68% from 2010 (RMB1.57 trillion) due to rising visitor expenditure. The industry...
View ArticleGlobal steel predicament casts shadow over Romania’s iron and steel industry
The outlook for Romania's steel industry is mixed: while some companies invest in new production facilities, or in upgrading existing ones, one large global steel group [Mechel] mulls over pulling out...
View ArticleChina auto parts sales on the rise
CN Auto Parts provides the current events in the life and development of major auto parts companies in the Chinese auto parts industry. The first part of the report covers the market size and value as...
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