ISTMA Statistical Year Book - edition 2010

The purpose of the work is to collect, treat, compute and release data concerning production, exports, imports and value unit indices (value / quantity) for the most important classes of products in the industry under analysis, namely:

·         dies for pressing, stamping, punching and forming;

·         moulds for plastic and rubber;

·         moulds for metal, injection and compression;

·         mould for metal, excluding injection and compression;

The present statistical work displays not only new indicators, like the market volumes for each country, but also a preliminary comparative study of trade flows inside, to and from major macro regions – NAFTA, Asia and EU25.

The indicators are mostly based on international and national statistical data provided by independent sources and the countries covered in this edition are: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and USA.

Data in the “ISTMA Statistical Year Book – edition 2010” were collected and treated in three levels of currencies: National (whenever different from the following), USD and EUR and figures were organized in two levels:

1. Product level - Summaries

                   Part 1 – Comparison between the positions of different countries and regions according to indicators applied:

·         Production: quantity, value and unit prices;

·         Exports: quantity, value and unit prices;

·         Imports: quantity, value and unit prices.

In the case of values and unit prices, these elements are presented in EUR and USD;

                   Part 2 – Comparison of aggregated values among products categories:

·         Dies;

·         Moulds for plastic and rubber;

·         Moulds for metal, injection and compression;

·         Moulds for metal, excluding injection and compression.

2. Country level – Detailed Data

Presentation of national indicators for each country in the sample and for each product category:

·         Production: quantity, value and unit prices;

·         Exports: quantity, value and unit prices;

·         Imports: quantity, value and unit prices.

In the case of values and unit prices, these elements are presented in EUR, in USD and in national currency terms.

This “ISTMA Statistical Year Book – edition 2010” aims to provide useful information for a more comprehensive understanding of the global and present framework picture, delivering an additional tool not only to understand the consequences of the present crises but also recognise the dynamics of the structural changes.

To obtain the book or additional information please contact ISTMA Secretariat: secretariat@istma.org

Older Statistical information available: 

Executive summaries of previous ISTMA Annual Statistics Reports:
          2006/05
          2004     
          2004/03
          2003/02
          2002/01
          2001/00
          2000/99

All the full reports are available free for all the members of ISTMA national associations. ISTMA statistics are only released for public use two years after their publication date. 

ISTMA business figures and ratios for the (previous) year, including at the country level (ISTMA definitions for the business figures and ratios: )

• Turnover and value added:
• Productivity
• Manufacturing and outsourcing
• Human resources
• Profits
• Capex
• Liquidity
• ISTMA wage and salaries, includes the maximum, minimum and average wages per hour, in value, at the country level, as of May the previous year, for the following categories:
• skilled mouldmaker
• skilled tool and die maker
• skilled designer
• machine operator / programmer
• machine loader / unloader
• foreman

2002/03	2001/02	2000/01
1999/00	1998/99	1997/98
1996/97	1995/96	1994/95
1993/94	1992/93	1991/92
1990/91	1989/90	1988/89