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The sector of the lighting increased his exports 6,7% in 2011

14/05/2012

14 May 2012

The National Association of Manufacturers of Lighting (Anfalum) has enciphered in 1.354 million euros the turnover of the sector of the lighting in 2011, in front of the 1.405 million euros of the previous year, what supposed “so only a slight fall of 3,6%, thank you especially to the good data from the export and of the new technologies, like the LED”, ensures the president of Anfalum, Rafael Baron.

The sector of the lighting has experienced “a normal behaviour if we take into account the current economic context, since the national demand fell 6,9%, a similar figure to the one of other industrial states and even inferior in some cases”, explains.

To exception of the LED (that almost it has duplicated his rise), all the typologies of lighting have presented a light retraimiento, from the external lighting to the inner, sources of lighting, components for luminarias, decorative inner lighting and design and báculos and columns of lighted up.

The descent of the national demand during 2011 saw compensated thanks to the increase of the exports in 6,7%, “what tests that the lighting is a sector very internacionalizado and have very good projection”, stands out.

Regarding the exports, 56% corresponded to the EU and 44% remaining to countries no European, of which specifically 15% were to Sudamérica and 10% to the Arab countries.

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