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Oct 20, 2009 (newstodate): The Finnish air cargo market is certainly going through a very tough year, says a leading Finnish cargo GSA.
-The crisis has hit all over Europe, but maybe slightly less in Finland than many other markets, though, says Petri Pikkarainen, Nordic GSA Finland manager.
-Nordic GSA has done comparatively well, but the situation is unstable. The Finnish exporting industries certainly do not look anything like the situation in 2007 or 2008, and unemployment is increasing.
-The situation in Sweden and Finland is comparable as the air cargo markets of both countries have traditionally been driven by few, large locomotives. And they have now lost steam, like Finland's Nokia that has outsources most of its production to third countries closer to its markets.
-There are, however, other successful exporting companies in the electronics and telecom sectors, like Vaisala. What may rise hope for the future are perhaps emerging industries in sustainable energy, like wind turbines, and surprisingly enough: the automotive industry.
-Finland has a number of sub-suppliers to the international automotive industry, like Porsche, and while most of these companies are down in production, some of our sub-suppliers are developing new, interesting concepts of electric cars that may drive new success stories in the years to come.
-So far Finland's export air cargo volumes are certainly down by 25-30 percent in 2009. September and October have been relatively good, so depending on November and December we may however still see some signs of recovery.
-But anyhow, 2009-volumes will be down by two-digit figures, says Mr Pikkarainen.
-The crisis has hit all over Europe, but maybe slightly less in Finland than many other markets, though, says Petri Pikkarainen, Nordic GSA Finland manager.
-Nordic GSA has done comparatively well, but the situation is unstable. The Finnish exporting industries certainly do not look anything like the situation in 2007 or 2008, and unemployment is increasing.
-The situation in Sweden and Finland is comparable as the air cargo markets of both countries have traditionally been driven by few, large locomotives. And they have now lost steam, like Finland's Nokia that has outsources most of its production to third countries closer to its markets.
-There are, however, other successful exporting companies in the electronics and telecom sectors, like Vaisala. What may rise hope for the future are perhaps emerging industries in sustainable energy, like wind turbines, and surprisingly enough: the automotive industry.
-Finland has a number of sub-suppliers to the international automotive industry, like Porsche, and while most of these companies are down in production, some of our sub-suppliers are developing new, interesting concepts of electric cars that may drive new success stories in the years to come.
-So far Finland's export air cargo volumes are certainly down by 25-30 percent in 2009. September and October have been relatively good, so depending on November and December we may however still see some signs of recovery.
-But anyhow, 2009-volumes will be down by two-digit figures, says Mr Pikkarainen.