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After an excellent start to the year, Swiss watch exports maintained their strong growth in April<\/strong>. “Watch exports continued to grow strongly in April”<\/em>, the watchmaking federation<\/strong> reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These exports thus recorded an increase of 6.8%<\/strong> compared with April 2022, once again surpassing the 2 billion Swiss francs mark<\/strong>, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) reported on Thursday. The cumulative total for the first four months shows an increase of 10.5%<\/strong>. In 2022, they had reached a record level of 24.8 billion Swiss francs.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Europe, exports rose by 6%<\/strong> in April, driven in particular by France (+18.9%)<\/strong> and the UK (+9.8%)<\/strong>. Swiss watchmakers are eagerly awaiting the return of Chinese tourists to the Old Continent, following a boom in sales to American and Middle Eastern tourists last year. In mid-May, the chairman of Swiss luxury group Richemont, which owns the Cartier, IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre brands<\/strong>, said he expected Chinese tourists to return gradually to Europe, not least because flight prices were expected to ease.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the watchmaking federation, exports of Swiss watches to the USA fell by 4.9%<\/strong> year-on-year in April, due to a very high basis of comparison after a long phase of growth. This confirms watchmakers’ concerns about a possible downturn in this market in recent months.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The USA was the first market to recover in 2021 after the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>, triggering a very strong expansion phase for the Swiss watchmaking sector over the last two years. However, this downturn across the Atlantic was offset by a spectacular increase in exports to China<\/a> in April<\/strong>. Swiss watchmakers are counting on this market to pick up the slack: exports to the Middle Kingdom more than doubled compared to April 2022, when exports were heavily impacted by the Shanghai confinement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Precious metal and bimetallic<\/strong> watches played a greater role in growth, while steel watches remained at the same level as in April 2022. The strong increase in volumes (+18.8%)<\/strong> was mainly attributable to the “Other materials” category (+89.9%)<\/strong>, with an increase of 185,000 units<\/strong> in one month. Watches selling for less than 200 Swiss francs<\/strong> (export price) recorded strong growth in April (+26.2% in value)<\/strong>. The segment of watches worth between 200 and 500 francs<\/strong> returned to a downward trend after the rise recorded in March. Watches worth more than 500 francs, on the other hand, recorded an average increase in value of 6.8%.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read also >Swiss watchmaking: growth strengthened in March 2023<\/a><\/p>\n Featured photo : \u00a9 Press [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row njt-role=”not-logged-in”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After an excellent start to the year, Swiss watch exports maintained their strong growth in April<\/strong>. “Watch exports continued to grow strongly in April”<\/em>, the watchmaking federation<\/strong> reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These exports thus recorded an increase of 6.8%<\/strong> compared with April 2022, once again surpassing the 2 billion Swiss francs mark<\/strong>, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) reported on Thursday. The cumulative total for the first four months shows an increase of 10.5%<\/strong>. In 2022, they had reached a record level of 24.8 billion Swiss francs.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Europe, exports rose by 6%<\/strong> in April, driven in particular by France (+18.9%)<\/strong> and the UK (+9.8%)<\/strong>. Swiss watchmakers are eagerly awaiting the return of Chinese tourists to the Old Continent, following a boom in sales to American and Middle Eastern tourists last year. In mid-May, the chairman of Swiss luxury group Richemont, which owns the Cartier, IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre brands<\/strong>, said he expected Chinese tourists to return gradually to Europe, not least because flight prices were expected to ease.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the watchmaking federation, exports of Swiss watches to the USA fell by 4.9%<\/strong> year-on-year in April, due to a very high basis of comparison after a long phase of growth. 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