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- Instrument sector growth holds steady in the first half of 2016
Exports of gas or smoke analysers
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$446,351
$434,561
3%↑
European Union
$681,593
$668,181
2%↑
Japan
$52,543
$65,134
19%↓
Total
$1,180,487
$1,167,876
1%↑
Exports of chromatography and electrophoresis equipment
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$233,255
$249,077
6%↓
European Union
$212,623
$197,472
8%↑
Japan
$69,618
$66,648
4%↑
Total
$515,496
$513,197
0%
Exports of spectrometers/spectrographs
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$420,346
$385,925
9%↑
European Union
$579,149
$571,268
1%↑
Japan
$62,863
$58,628
7%↑
Total
$1,062,357
$1,015,820
5%↑
Exports of chemical/physical analysers using optical radiations (NESOI)
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$931,782
$1,011,440
8%↓
European Union
$908,696
$792,668
15%↑
Japan
$204,984
$205,680
0%
Total
$2,045,461
$2,009,787
2%↑
Exports of other instruments & apparatus (NESOI)
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$1,075,859
$1,076,061
0%
European Union
$1,174,527
$1,108,167
6%↑
Japan
$762,700
$718,738
6%↑
Total
$3,013,085
$2,902,965
4%↑
Exports of microtomes, & instrumentation parts & accessories
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$848,249
$835,563
2%↑
European Union
$1,198,132
$1,176,548
2%↑
Japan
$999,084
$962,464
4%↑
Total
$3,045,465
$2,974,576
2%↑
Total exports of all analytical instruments
Country
H1 2016
H1 2015
change
United States
$3,955,842
$3,992,626
1%↓
European Union
$4,754,719
$4,514,303
5%↑
Japan
$2,151,790
$2,077,292
4%↑
Total
$10,862,351
$10,584,221
3%↑
(Figures in $000s / currencies [...] - Japanese instrument exports worsen in H1
The first half of calendar 2016 showed a continued decline in the value of shipments of analytical instrumentation to customers outside Japan, as well as a commensurate decline in imports, as the sector struggled against a significant increase in the value of the yen against many international currencies. The Japanese economy has been weakening after the 2% growth of the first quarter of the year, with economic growth grinding almost [...] - More from FEATURES
