KBA on Target With Nine-Month Figures

Export level approaches 90%
A slide in domestic sales compared to 2011 raised the export level to 89.5%. In the first nine months sales to the rest of Europe contributed to only 29.7% of the group total (2011: 36.1%) dampened by the weak economy in the South and other parts of Europe. The volume of group sales attributable to the growth regions Asia and the Pacific was 24.4%, with China playing a major role. The figure for the emerging markets Latin America and Africa soared to an above-average 25.3% (2011: 11.4%). In contrast, sales in North America contributed 10.1% to the total, remaining below the long-term average.