WACKER posted 2009 sales of €3.72 billion (2008: €4.30 billion), with 79.2% of this amount being generated abroad and 20.8% in Germany. Asia accounted for 33.7% of Group sales, once more making it WACKER’s principal market. Asian sales amounted to €1.25 billion – a decline of 8.1% (2008: €1.36 billion). They rose, however, in the Greater China region (China including Taiwan), up 4.0% to €732.9 million (2008: €704.7 million).
Sales in China Continue to Rise
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Germany |
774.6 |
948.6 |
723.5 |
657.6 |
572.3 | |||||
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Other European countries |
944.1 |
1,008.2 |
1,034.7 |
960.8 |
840.0 | |||||
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Americas |
636.3 |
852.9 |
642.6 |
659.2 |
615.3 | |||||
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Asia |
1,252.9 |
1,362.8 |
1,267.1 |
961.4 |
639.3 | |||||
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Other regions |
111.4 |
125.6 |
113.4 |
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88.8 | |||||
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Group |
3,719.3 |
4,298.1 |
3,781.3 |
3,336.9 |
2,755.7 |
Europe remained WACKER’s second-largest sales region in 2009. In European countries excluding Germany, we generated sales of €944.1 million – a decline of 6.4% (2008: €1.01 billion). In Germany, sales amounted to €774.6 million, down 18.3% (2008: €948.6 million). As for the Americas, sales fell even further, decreasing 25.4% to €636.3 million (2008: €852.9 million). This drop was mainly due to a fall-off in orders from the semiconductor and construction industries.
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Germany |
3,272.0 |
3,746.8 |
3,341.0 |
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Other European countries |
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29.4 |
26.6 |
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Americas |
599.2 |
736.4 |
659.1 |
700.8 |
647.5 | |||||
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Asia |
491.4 |
546.3 |
480.2 |
418.9 |
305.3 | |||||
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Other regions |
3.5 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
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Consolidation |
-670.3 |
-763.0 |
-727.4 |
-693.9 |
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Group |
3,719.3 |
4,298.1 |
3,781.3 |
3,336.9 |
2,755.7 |