The world’s biggest watch fair will open in Switzerland this week
The world’s biggest watch fair will open in Switzerland this week, even as slumping exports of luxury Swiss timepieces appear to dash hopes of a market rebound.Global exports of Swiss watches slid 10% in February to 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.5 billion, 1.4 billion euros), the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FHS) said Tuesday.
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HINTS
S (The world’s biggest watch) fair 世界最大時計フェア
V [will open]
補 in Switzerland (this week),
補even [as] にもかかわらず
S slumping exports 落ちている 輸出
どんな→[of] luxury Swiss timepieces 贅沢スイス時計
V [appear] 見える
O to dash
V [to dash] 砕く
O hopes どんな→[of] a market rebound. マーケット 回復
S Global exports 世界輸出
どんな→[of] Swiss watches スイス時計
V [slid] 滑り落ちた
10%
[in] February 2月
[to] 1.5 billion Swiss francs 15億スイスフラン
($1.5 billion, 1.4 billion euros), 15億ドル、14億ユーロ
S the Federation 連合
どんな→[of] the Swiss Watch Industry (FHS) スイス時計業界
V [said] Tuesday.言った