761 Television receivers
After a decline of 11.8 percent in 2009, the value (in current prices) of exports of television receivers (SITC group 761) bounced back in 2010 by
17.4 percent but dropped again in 2011 by 5.5 percent to 94.8 bln US$ (see tables 1 and 2). Imports showed a similar development, with a decrease
of 8.2 percent in 2011 to 92.5 bln US$ (see tables 1 and 3). Graph 1 shows the decrease of exports for 2011 in this product group as compared to
increases in world exports of machinery and transport equipment (SITC section 7) of 12.8 percent and in total world exports of 18.6 percent. Exports
of television receivers (SITC group 761) accounted for 1.6 percent of world exports of SITC section 7 and 0.5 percent of total world exports in 2011
(see table 1).
In 2011, China, Mexico and Slovakia were the top exporting countries (see table 2). They accounted respectively for 23.4, 19.5 and 7.9 percent of
world exports. The top importing destinations were USA, Germany and Japan (see table 3). By MDG regions (see graph 2), top trade surpluses
were recorded by Eastern Asia (+23.6 US$), Latin America and the Caribbean (+12.9 bln US$) and South-eastern Asia (+5.5 bln US$). Top deficits
were recorded by Developed North America (-25.5 bln US$), Developed Asia-Pacific (-7.4 bln US$) and Developed Europe (-2.7 bln US$) .
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1997-2011, in current prices
1997
1998
19.8
23.6
0.9
1.1
0.4
0.4
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
1999
22.2
24.0
1.0
1.1
0.4
0.4
2000
22.1
23.4
0.9
1.0
0.4
0.4
2001
25.9
29.1
1.0
1.1
0.4
0.5
2002
27.6
28.8
1.1
1.2
0.4
0.5
31.3
32.5
1.2
1.3
0.5
0.5
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1997−2011
2003
2004
35.8
37.6
1.2
1.3
0.5
0.5
48.6
48.9
1.4
1.4
0.5
0.5
2005
2006
59.0
57.6
1.5
1.5
0.6
0.6
SITC, Section 7
Country or area
Trade balance
Country or area
World....................................
USA.......................................
Germany................................
Japan....................................
France...................................
United Kingdom....................
Canada..................................
Netherlands..........................
Italy.......................................
Mexico..................................
Australia...............................
Spain.....................................
Sweden.................................
Slovakia................................
China, Hong Kong SAR.........
India......................................
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
40
30
20
10
0
Oceania
−1
0
2010
100.8
100.3
1.9
2.0
0.7
0.7
2011
92.5
94.8
1.6
1.6
0.5
0.5
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 07-11 10-11
Cum.
94 797.1
22 198.6
18 503.5
7 475.9
6 138.3
4 553.2
4 307.0
4 202.5
3 197.8
2 278.5
2 114.1
1 988.6
1 867.5
1 551.2
1 195.5
1 103.6
1.4
5.6
-2.3
6.6
9.1
35.2
13.4
8.4
2.5
-5.5
-18.6
1.5
-6.8
4.1
62.4
-15.1
-5.5 100.0
0.2 23.4
-8.8 19.5
-0.9
7.9
-15.8
6.5
-7.0
4.8
12.4
4.5
-28.3
4.4
3.2
3.4
3.8
2.4
-38.4
2.2
2.7
2.1
6.8
2.0
18.3
1.6
3.1
1.3
0.7
1.2
23.4
42.9
50.8
57.3
62.1
66.6
71.1
74.5
76.9
79.1
81.2
83.2
84.8
86.0
87.2
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 07-11 10-11
Cum.
Value
Developed Asia−Pacific
−2
0
88.8
85.4
2.1
2.0
0.7
0.7
11
10
(Bln US$)
−3
0
2009
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2011
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2011
−4
0
100.9
96.9
1.9
1.8
0.6
0.6
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
20
99
20
98
19
19
19
97
World....................................
China.....................................
Mexico..................................
Slovakia................................
Poland...................................
Malaysia...............................
USA.......................................
Hungary.................................
Czech Rep.............................
Germany................................
Netherlands..........................
Rep. of Korea........................
Turkey...................................
Thailand................................
Indonesia..............................
Japan....................................
Exports
2008
Value
Total
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
−5%
−10%
−15%
−20%
−25%
Imports
92.7
89.8
1.8
1.8
0.7
0.6
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2011
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 761
2007
77.9
78.2
1.8
1.8
0.6
0.7
Source: UN Comtrade
92 512.9
27 227.5
6 551.0
6 345.0
4 234.8
4 200.6
2 960.6
2 699.3
2 455.3
2 002.1
1 936.0
1 914.6
1 537.8
1 344.8
1 318.9
1 092.8
0.0
-4.3
1.1
54.6
-1.2
-10.1
2.0
-14.7
-1.9
31.4
2.0
-9.1
-3.7
24.6
2.5
12.7
-8.2 100.0
-11.7 29.4
-9.9
7.1
5.0
6.9
-12.7
4.6
-13.6
4.5
-0.9
3.2
-37.3
2.9
-28.5
2.7
19.0
2.2
-8.0
2.1
-38.6
2.1
-6.6
1.7
-9.0
1.5
9.5
1.4
39.0
1.2
29.4
36.5
43.4
47.9
52.5
55.7
58.6
61.3
63.4
65.5
67.6
69.2
70.7
72.1
73.3