Water and Wastewater Technology from Germany still in Demand
According to the German VDMA Process Engineering Machinery and Equipment Association, the international markets were successfully developed in 2023 and the level of exports from the previous year was once again exceeded.
Compared to 2022, exports increased by 5.5 percent to almost 1.3 billion Euro. With regard to the development of individual sales regions, there is no uniform picture. As reported, 47 percent of all exports of water and wastewater technology from Germany went to other EU countries; the export volume rose slightly below average by 2.6 percent to 611 million Euro. The equally important customer regions of Other Europe (up 6.5 percent) and North America (up 7.9 percent) also recorded a positive rate of change. The most significant positive changes were recorded in the comparatively smaller sales regions of North Africa (up 55.2 percent), South East Asia (up 54.7 percent) and Central and South Asia (up 50.1 percent). East Asia saw a negative development of 4.7 percent. The sharpest decline was recorded in the Middle East (down 5.5 percent).
(Published in GLOBAL RECYCLING Magazine 3/2024, Page 19)
