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If You Are Worried About Swiss Watch Industry . . .

If You Are Worried About Swiss Watch Industry, then have a look at this data, on Swiss exports for the first nine months of 2012 -- http://www.fhs.ch/script/getstat.php?file=mt3_120109_a.pdf

Here are the percentage increases in sales, comparing first nine months of 2012 with the first nine months of 2011.

  1. Hong Kong +14.0%
  2. USA +13.4%
  3. China +5.9%
  4. France +4.4%
  5. Germany +36.0%
  6. Italy +12.8%
  7. Singapore +0.9%
  8. Japan +26.6%
  9. United Arab Emirates +20.7%
  10. United Kingdom +16.9%
Recession? Not happening in the world of luxury goods.

Jeff

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