Figures: European Commission

The European Commission recently published data on fluorinated gases (F-gases) obtained from the reports submitted by EU producers, importers and exporters, pursuant to "F-gas" Regulation commitments. EU production of F-gases was 41 647 tonnes in 2008 (vs 58 037 tonnes in 2007). EU sales - i.e. the amounts of F-gases placed on the EU market for the first time - were 94 043 tonnes in 2008 (250.41 MtCO2-eq) vs 93 126 tonnes in 2007. EU sales in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector were 64 176 tonnes (144.57 MtCO2-eq) in 2008 vs 64 600 tonnes in 2007. More: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/fluor/pdf/statistics.pdf