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56<br />
notes to tHe Consolidated inCome statement<br />
(15)<br />
Revenue<br />
Revenue attributable to the individual business groups is as follows:<br />
in € million 2012 2011<br />
Precious metals 1,468.2 1,949.1<br />
Materials and technologies 1,541.1 1,645.3<br />
Sensors 417.5 408.0<br />
Dental products 307.0 306.1<br />
Biomaterials and medical products 80.8 74.7<br />
Quartz glass 315.9 348.2<br />
Specialty light sources 92.5 103.0<br />
Others 4.9 5.8<br />
Product revenue 4,227.9 4,840.2<br />
Precious metal trading revenue 15,989.0 21,342.6<br />
Revenue 20,216.9 26,182.8<br />
The revenue broken down by region totals:<br />
in € million 2012 2011<br />
Germany 606.4 750.5<br />
Europe excluding Germany 670.4 675.4<br />
The Americas 672.7 681.6<br />
Asia 2,176.6 2,642.5<br />
Others 101.8 90.2<br />
Product revenue 4,227.9 4,840.2<br />
Precious metal trading revenue 15,989.0 21,342.6<br />
Revenue 20,216.9 26,182.8<br />
Precious metal trading revenue is generated primarily with customers at key international<br />
precious metal trading centers. Because of these business processes, a breakdown of precious<br />
metals trading revenue by region is neither purposive nor indicative.