Board Converting News® is published weekly by NV Business Publications, PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802. Sub- scription Rates in U.S. and Canada: $275 per year or $395 for two years. Overseas rate USD $395 per year. No part of this pub- lication may be reproduced without written permission. Len Prazych - President/Publisher: lprazych@nvpublications.com Robyn Smith - Vice President Sales: rsmith@nvpublications.com Susan Riley - Associate Editor: sriley@nvpublications.com Greg Kishbaugh - FMN Editor/Sales: flexo@nvpublications.com Import Prices By Country In 2024, the average flexographic printing machinery import price amounted to $126 thousand per unit, drop- ping by -16% against the previous year. In general, the im- port price recorded a slight descent. The pace of growth was the most pronounced in 2019 when the average im- port price increased by 53 percent. Over the period under review, average import prices attained the peak figure at $215 thousand per unit in 2020; however, from 2021 to 2024, import prices remained at a lower figure. There were significant differences in the average pric- es amongst the major supplying countries. In 2024, amid the top importers, the country with the highest price was France ($261 thousand per unit), while the price for Japan CONTINUED ON PAGE 46 with a 42 percent share of total imports. Moreover, flexog- raphic printing machinery imports from Germany exceeded the figures recorded by the second-largest supplier, the UK (156 units), fourfold. The third position in this ranking was held by Canada (118 units), with a 9 percent share. From 2013 to 2024, the average annual growth rate of volume from Germany amounted to +6.8 percent. The re- maining supplying countries recorded the following aver- age annual rates of imports growth: the UK (+2.8 percent per year) and Canada (+4.2 percent per year). In value terms, Germany ($93M) constituted the largest supplier of flexographic printing machinery to the United States, comprising 57% of total imports. The second po- sition in the ranking was held by Italy ($22M), with a 13 percent share of total imports. It was followed by France, with a 12 percent share. From 2013 to 2024, the average annual growth rate of value from Germany amounted to +2.5 percent. The re- maining supplying countries recorded the following aver- age annual rates of imports growth: Italy (-2.1 percent per year) and France (+2.6 percent per year).
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