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The first half of the U.S. economy into recession since 2001 has been up to buck the trend of real estate industry, residential housing starts, completed, existing home sales have continued to Zouwang, as the U.S. economy, one of the few bright spots.
, According to figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, completed in 2002, the number of U.S. new home at 170 million units, including single-family housing, 136 million, multi-family housing, 34.5 million, are the highest in 16 years. Main reasons for the rise of the real estate market are the following: 1. The U.S. government to stimulate the economy, on several occasions the federal benchmark interest rate reduction, mortgage rates also decrease, thus greatly stimulate consumer purchase desire. In April 2003 announced a 30-year mortgage lending rate is 5.26%, the lowest point over the past 40 years. 2. Housing market prices continue to maintain a high level, stimulating consumers to buy. 3. Consumer investment concepts shifted from keen to invest in physical assets, virtual assets, shift investment, from stocks to invest in real estate investment in tangible assets. 4. The last century, the fifties and sixties generation born in the high growth period is basically now a successful businessman who, family burden declining, many people will be huge savings invested in real estate. In addition, increased immigration nineties and affected by the economic downturn, the United States to speed up factors such as population movements, are all to some extent the real estate market. Some U.S. building materials market profile to benefit from the real estate market, building materials industry can be said to proximity. In 2001 some U.S. building materials (iron and steel products which can not distinguish between the number of building materials industry, the steel products are not included) manufacturer of the amount of 253.08 billion U.S. dollars shipped, compared with 260.14 billion U.S. dollars in 2000, down 2.7%; but the amount shipped in 1999 were slightly higher than 0.9%. Such as wood, metal quality doors, windows, ceramic wall and floor tiles, and cement, concrete and other building materials than the amount shipped in 2000 and 1999 increased.
U.S. imports of building materials profiles according to the U.S. International Trade Commission statistics on imports, the United States the main building materials in 2002 amounted to 41.236 billion U.S. dollars of imports, 37.849 billion U.S. dollars over the previous year rose 8.9%, including a large increase in imports of products for the stone, Stone by 32.8%, 13.7% increase wood veneer, wood doors, windows and wood timber by 10.6% in the early processing of the stone by stone by 10.3%, brick tile, ceramic wall and floor tiles by 12.6%, metal doors and windows, scaffolding materials by 7.5% 9.1% increase hand tools, locks and hardware by 8.6%, 22.8% increase ceramic sanitary ware, lighting fixtures and accessories by 12.8%, plastic sanitary ware and floor coverings such as increased 15.8%. I am the main building material exports to the United States under the U.S. import statistics overview, in 2002 the main building material on the United States exports amounted to 9.089 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.9% over the previous year, accounting for similar products in the United States imports 22%. Among them, the plastic pipe and fittings by 102.2%, wood doors, windows and wood materials used by 46.7%, bedding textiles by 17.%, After initial processing of slate, stone by 31.6%, brick tile, ceramic wall and floor tiles by 62.4% , metal doors and windows, scaffolding materials by 27.0%, metal nails, screws, nuts, washers and other growth; 36.3%, hand tools, drill bits and other increased 26.4%, locks and hardware increased 27.6%, 82.8% increase electrical insulation equipment, prefabricated buildings by 102.3 percent, 122.9 percent increase ceramic sanitary ware, lighting fixtures and accessories by 23.1%, plastic sanitary ware and floor coverings such as increased 27.2%. Cement down; 33.3%, down 7.1% in safety glass. I export the same amount of total U.S. imports more than 10% the amount of products include: grinding stones, grinding, gypsum-based products, cement, precast concrete products (47.2%), safety glass (11.5%), ceramic products, health cabinet (54% ), and other ceramic products, nes (28.9%), metal screws, bolts nuts washers (11.7%), hand tools, drill bits etc. (19.1%), metal ware (by 27.8%;), locks and hardware (18.5 %), ceramic sanitary ware (13.4%), lighting fixtures and accessories (63.5%), plastic wares, floor coverings and meal kitchenware
