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Prepress equipment (plates and cylinders): top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in prepress equipment (plates and cylinders) totaled $1.3 billion (74 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were Germany (21%), China (19%) and the United States (6%); the top importers were the United States (8%), Germany (7%) and India (5%). Compared with 2019, the value fell 16%.

Summary

World trade
$1.3billion
Tonnes
74thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$16,715
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Germany$270 million · 21%
  2. China$244 million · 19%
  3. United States$74 million · 5.8%
  4. Switzerland$71 million · 5.6%
  5. Italy$67 million · 5.2%
  6. Japan$60 million · 4.6%
  7. Poland$48 million · 3.8%
  8. Belgium$37 million · 2.9%
    re-exports
  9. Netherlands$36 million · 2.8%
    re-exports
  10. United Kingdom$36 million · 2.8%
  11. France$31 million · 2.5%
  12. Czechia$24 million · 1.9%
  13. Spain$23 million · 1.8%
  14. Malaysia$23 million · 1.8%
  15. South Korea$22 million · 1.7%
  16. Turkey$20 million · 1.6%
  17. Canada$18 million · 1.4%
  18. Austria$17 million · 1.3%
  19. India$17 million · 1.3%
  20. Slovakia$16 million · 1.3%

Top importers

  1. United States$102 million · 7.9%
  2. Germany$91 million · 7.1%
  3. India$68 million · 5.3%
  4. France$63 million · 4.9%
  5. Romania$53 million · 4.2%
  6. Netherlands$51 million · 4%
    re-exports
  7. China$50 million · 3.9%
  8. Italy$38 million · 2.9%
  9. United Kingdom$33 million · 2.5%
  10. Poland$32 million · 2.5%
  11. Mexico$31 million · 2.4%
  12. Turkey$30 million · 2.4%
  13. Vietnam$30 million · 2.4%
  14. Russia$27 million · 2.1%
  15. Japan$25 million · 2%
  16. Canada$25 million · 2%
  17. Indonesia$25 million · 1.9%
  18. Spain$25 million · 1.9%
  19. Malaysia$24 million · 1.9%
  20. Austria$23 million · 1.8%

Trend

Who sells it

Germany has been the top exporter since 1998

Value in USD millions. The five largest exporters in 2024.

  • Germany 270
  • China 244
  • United States 74.4
  • Switzerland 71.5
  • Italy 66.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Germany372270
China3.1244
United States38074.4
Switzerland69.671.5
Italy77.966.8

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne fell 39% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $16,715

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$27,551
1996$24,611
1997$19,306
1998$22,229
1999$8,364
2000$20,905
2001$18,591
2002$18,873
2003$19,548
2004$16,565
2005$16,024
2006$17,948
2007$18,345
2008$17,066
2009$14,957
2010$13,954
2011$13,102
2012$12,965
2013$13,787
2014$12,997
2015$11,573
2016$11,825
2017$11,530
2018$14,563
2019$15,213
2020$14,667
2021$18,815
2022$18,039
2023$18,041
2024$16,715

What it includes

  • 8442 · Prepress equipment (plates and cylinders)

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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