This report looks at two sectors of the large kitchen appliances market in Spain -large cooking appliances and microwaves. The market is measured in terms of retail sales, including both replacement sales and new sales (ie repurchases of the same product and first-time buyer sales). Retail sales also include sales of fitted appliances through fitted-kitchen sales and sales to the building industry for installation in new housing units. Sales to industrial and foodservice users are excluded, in addition to second-hand sales. Large cooking appliances The large cooking appliances sector includes gas or electric, freestanding or built-in cookers, ovens, hobs and cooker hoods. The subsector breakdown is as follows: 1. Cookers: western-style cookers are normally floor-standing appliances with oven, grill and hot plate facilities. 2. Ovens: usually double ovens with two cavities, some circulate heat with a fan, ie a fan oven. 3. Hobs: a hotplate with four areas for heating saucepans and other vessels, sold as a separate item not attached to a cooker. 4. Cooker hoods: includes canopy, standard, integrated, telescopic and chimney hoods; includes vents. Breakdowns are given for built-in and freestanding appliances by subsector. Additional product sub-subsectorisation is provided for: 1. Cookers by gas/electric split. 2. Ovens by standard/multifunction split. 3. Hobs by gas/standard electric/mixed/vitroceramic/induction split. Microwaves The microwaves sector encompasses standard microwaves, combination microwaves (combines full microwave and conventional oven facilities) and microwave grills (with radiant grill function). A further subsector breakdown is provided for microwaves by with grill/without grill split.
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