92 / 404
2 0 1 6 /
Y e a r b o o k /
T a i w a n S p o r t i n g G o o d s M a n u f a c t u r e r s A s s o c i a t i o n
92
By filter’s end application, it ranges from transportation, manufacturing, civil enterprises, daily use, and other purposes.
Currently, transportation filter is the main end application; the ratio is around 44-45%; the next is manufacturing filter with
a proportion of 18-19%. As to civil enterprises filter, its proportion is 14-15% and daily-use filter, 12%.
As predicted, in the period of 2015 to 2020, among all kinds of filter end application market growth, manufacturing filter
would have a highest growth rate of 40%; the next, transportation and civil enterprises filter with a 38% growth rate; the
daily-use filter would grow 36%.
Table 9: Global filter market scale by end application
Unit: Million US dollars
End application
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Transportation
12,981
16,630
20,390
29,200
40,370
Manufacturing
4,961
6,671
8,365
12,525
17,525
Civil enterprises
4,040
5,285
6,713
9,680
13,390
Daily use
3,351
4,555
5,806
8,245
11,185
Others
2,742
3,639
4,356
6,250
8,430
Total
28,075
36,780
45,630
65,900
90,900
Source: The Freedonia Group, Inc. (2012), World Filters
As to the filter market of mainland China, according to the survey of The Freedonia Group, Inc., it indicates that in the long
terms, China’s filter end application focuses
As predicted, in the period of 2015 to 2020, all sorts of filter end application in the mainland China will grow at a high level.
Among, the market growth rate of civil enterprises would be 74%; next is transportation filter market with a 67% growth
rate. And manufacturing market is predicted to reach a 66% growth rate. So is the daily-use filter market with a high level
of growth rate, 62%. (See Table 10).
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