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r  Cumulaive orders for  Electronic  components via distribuion  by country for current year to date compared with 
same period prior year 
%  QTR. 2014 TOTAL COMPONENTS Booking, Billing  & Book : Billio 
INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS lead times, and whilst this is not by Gary Kibblewhite              1ST QTR. 2014 TOTAL COMPONENTS Booking,7 6 8% 1ST 
SUPPLIERS SUPPLIERS such a strong indicator of future www.ideaelectronics.com  
growth as it was in the past, it is 7% Total distribuion electronic components booking, billing and Book:bill raio for Germany, France, 
Italy, UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark & Finland 
still a positive sign. .2% %6% 
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Eurozone continues to rise with %8Billing 
Feb 14 up 1.7% in the Euro area  2 .0  .7% 2% 1 0  0 2 0 3 1 0 6 0 3 1.00 € 
1  9 5 449 5 9 5 11 0 9 9 1 1000 
over Feb last year. Germany rose 1% 0 8 8 9  0 9  0 0 0.80 Booking 
4%, uK rose 2.8%, Italy rose 0 
0.4% and France dropped 1%. Assciaone0% 500 B2B 
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product sector compared with a downturn. GraphicT6
1ST QTR. 2014 TOTAL COMPONENTS Booking trend  Graphic 1ST QTR. 2014 TOTAL COMPONENTS TENDENTIAL INDEX BY COUNTRY(Q.QY-1)   
the prior quarter and overall 
up 4% on the same period last The Euro area unemployment Trend showing  growth/decline % in quarterly sales of all components through distribution split by country compared1ST QTR. 2014 TOTAL COMPONENTS Booking Trend 
rate also continues to drop and INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS  
year. oK, we know that Q1 Distribution  
Consorzio Consorzio is historically a good quarter was 11.8% in March 14 and 30% (Q/Q1)and same quarter prior year (Q/QY-4) 
di attività e servizi di attività e servizi compared with Q4 in most down from 12% in March 13. 
20% %
per Associazioni per Associazioni years but for both bookings FORTRONIC.0  12% 
e gruppi d’imprese e gruppi d’imprese and billings to be strong is an However, the picture is different electronics forum  10% France 1 1 
for each major country with 4 % 10% 
excellent indicator for the rest enjoy theelectroniccommunity 0% UK %.1% 9 
of 2014. Germany down from 5.4% in 8 .3  8  % 
march 13 to 5.1% in March  -10% Italy 7 6 8% 
Consorzio -20% Nordic ge-
14, uK down from 7.9%  to di attività e servizi %an Q/QY-1 “ European bokings 
6.8%, France unchanged at per Associazioni e gruppi d’imprese -30% Germany .2 %6%  ch  
Assciaone%5  4 .8  ent  ogrowth is strong in 
10.4% and Italy up from 12% to ooFornitori Elettronica -40% 4 .1  %4% erc  all regions 
12.7%. This disparity really does .6% 3 .3  P  ”
indicate the uneven economic -50% 2  .0% % 
www.ideaelectronics.com Internatial Ditribution Q2-11 2  .72% 
If you also consider the onsof Electronics Association 1  
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economic indicators below this INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION     Graphic0% 
strengthens the positive outlook.  Avg i component booking 
INTRNATIONAL 
EELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS level in Q1 was 
Billing performance was led by the highest since 
semiconductor growth but the 
the second quarter 
total billings of all components of 2011 
was still up 11.8 % compared to ”

the prior quarter and 4% up on 
the same quarter last year. 
Just to remind readers. If you would like 
to have the original graphics used in this 
Graphic T1 shows the actual article just email to the IDEA secretary at Consorzio 
sales and orders across Europe segreteria@ideaelectronics.com di attività e servizi per Associazioni 
e gruppi d’imprese 
together with the book: bill ratio. The IDEA statistics are taken from actual 
bookings and billings returns made by a Source: eurostat 
Secondly clearly substantial percentage of the electronic 
 Graphic T6component distributors in Europe, 
shows the extent of the including all the major distribution 
recovery. Even though the trend groups. Their sales represent Circa 
70% of the total European distribution 
has faltered a little there has still market so the trends shown are truly 
been a positive growth for the representtive. 

last three quarters.  In addition aThese graphics include the revision to 
there are reports of extending the quarterly stats made 24.2.1 


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