Monofilament of any cross-sectional dimension exceed 1 mm, of plastics 583
After a drop of 18.3 percent in 2009, the value (in current prices) of exports of plastic monofilament of any cross-sectional dimension exceed 1 mm
(SITC group 583) increased in 2010 by 10.1 percent to amount to 4.7 bln US$ (see table 2). Imports showed a similar development with an increase
of 9.3 percent to 4.2 bln US$ in 2010 (see table 3). Graph 1 shows that the increase in exports for 2010 in this product group was exceeded by both
the increase in world exports of chemicals and related products, nes (SITC section 5) of 17.1 percent and the increase in total world exports of 21.2
percent. Exports of plastic monofilament of any cross-sectional dimension exceed 1 mm (SITC group 583) accounted for 0.3 percent of world exports
of SITC section 5 and less than 0.1 percent of total world exports in 2010 (see table 1).
Germany, the top exporting country in 2010, accounted for more than a third (38.9 percent) of world exports (see table 2). Other major exporting
countries were Belgium and Turkey, respectively with 7.2 and 5.2 percent of world exports. Top destinations were France, Germany and USA (see
table 3). By MDG regions (see graph 2), a majority of trade in plastic monofilament (SITC group 583) took place in Developed Europe. In 2010, its
exports were valued at 3.5 bln US$ while imports reached 2.4 bln US$ resulting in a trade surplus of 1.1 bln US$. Significant deficits were recorded
by Commonwealth of Independent States (-0.4 bln US$) and South-eastern Europe (-0.2 bln US$).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1996-2010, in current prices
1996
1997
1.6
1.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
1998
1.7
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
1999
1.8
1.8
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
2000
1.8
1.8
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2001
1.9
1.9
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2.0
1.9
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1996−2010
2002
2003
2.2
2.2
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2004
2.7
2.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2005
3.2
3.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
SITC, Section 5
Country or area
20%
World....................................
Germany................................
Belgium.................................
Turkey...................................
Poland...................................
USA.......................................
China.....................................
Canada..................................
Austria..................................
Italy.......................................
United Kingdom....................
France...................................
Netherlands..........................
Denmark................................
Bulgaria.................................
Malaysia...............................
15%
10%
5%
0%
−5%
−10%
−15%
−20%
Country or area
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
−0
.5
Oceania
−1
2009
3.9
4.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
2010
4.2
4.7
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 06-10 09-10
Cum.
4 744.5
1 845.5
339.5
244.7
242.9
233.3
207.7
170.2
157.7
154.2
151.2
122.6
81.0
59.5
55.6
54.7
2.7
3.0
-2.0
4.4
-1.0
-2.9
22.0
-11.4
-2.3
3.2
5.2
2.3
1.2
10.4
27.6
29.4
10.1 100.0
3.3 38.9
9.2
7.2
12.6
5.2
6.0
5.1
30.6
4.9
39.9
4.4
13.4
3.6
4.1
3.3
6.1
3.2
18.9
3.2
8.9
2.6
12.7
1.7
16.2
1.3
26.3
1.2
10.0
1.2
38.9
46.1
51.2
56.3
61.2
65.6
69.2
72.5
75.8
79.0
81.6
83.3
84.5
85.7
86.8
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 06-10 09-10
Cum.
Value
World....................................
France...................................
Germany................................
USA.......................................
Poland...................................
Czech Rep.............................
Italy.......................................
Belgium.................................
Russian Federation...............
Ukraine..................................
United Kingdom....................
Romania................................
Austria..................................
Canada..................................
Switzerland...........................
Spain.....................................
Developed Europe
−2
−1
.5
5.3
5.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
10
09
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−2
.5
2008
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2010
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2010
Exports
4.8
4.8
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
20
99
20
98
19
97
19
19
19
96
−25%
Imports
2007
Value
Total
25%
(Bln US$)
4.2
4.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2010
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 583
2006
3.5
3.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
Source: UN Comtrade
4 212.1
347.2
317.4
251.6
211.1
204.7
157.1
156.0
149.8
148.0
143.0
138.9
131.9
114.5
112.7
91.5
0.3
4.8
7.1
-8.8
-3.4
-5.1
9.5
5.4
-15.1
9.6
-7.3
-2.4
6.2
7.3
5.9
-10.6
9.3 100.0
1.5
8.2
21.9
7.5
17.1
6.0
5.7
5.0
-8.3
4.9
29.5
3.7
-0.1
3.7
13.9
3.6
6.1
3.5
0.7
3.4
-5.6
3.3
-0.8
3.1
19.9
2.7
5.9
2.7
0.2
2.2
8.2
15.8
21.8
26.8
31.6
35.4
39.1
42.6
46.1
49.5
52.8
55.9
58.7
61.3
63.5