Second, the United States is the world’s largest oil painting market
The United States is the world’s largest oil painting market, according to U.S. Customs data, imports of the United States in recent years, the increasing trend in oil painting.
2007 The United States imports oil painting for more than 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, the United States in 2007, compared with 3.2 billion U.S. dollars. An increase of 28%. As of this year (2008) in April, the United States oil painting imports reached 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Is expected to import oil painting in 2006 will reach four billion U.S. dollars, 25 percent growth over last year. 4 billion U.S. dollars are what the concept of Chinese energy than a large province of Shanxi Province in 2007 the total exports of the whole year even larger, equivalent to Chinese throughout the year in 2007 to Saudi Arabia or Iran’s exports.
The United States annual per capita income more than 30,000 U.S. dollars, strong ability to buy. American Family spacious living area, national culture is very preferred interior decoration, handmade oil paintings they enjoy a considerable comparative cultural connotation of such decorations, so on the decorative painting in great demand. Also the United States because of high labor costs, imports have become a major source of decorative painting. Since oil paintings are the traditional products of Western society, so the source of American oil painting imports mainly in Europe.
