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Germanium Raw Materials, Applications & Related Products

Dedalus Consulting, Inc.
March 1, 2011
190 Pages - SKU: DEBQ6235264

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This report analyzes the world market for Germanium by total consumption value, demand trends, end-user markets and applications. Each product section contains detailed breakdowns including supplier sales and market share, consumption value and volume by region/product type, demand by application. Market trends and forecasts are provided for the years 2010-2018.

Summary of Report Contents
: PRODUCTS COVERED
Introduction
: Germanium Compounds and Products; Germanium Tetrachloride(GeCl4); Germanium Dioxide (GeO2); Zone-Refined Germanium (ZRG); Single Crystal Germanium (SCG)
Sources of Germanium Materials and Products
: Obtaining Germanium Raw Material, Compound Materials and Products
World Market for Germanium Materials and Germanium-based Products
: Industry Overview; General Market Trends Affecting Supply and Demand; Supply/Value Chain Generally; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts Generally; Global Production of Germanium Materials; Value; Volume; Pricing; Global Demand for Ge Materials; Value/Volume; Pricing
Substitutes for Germanium and Competitive Elements

Market for GeCl4
: Market Overview; Supply/Value Chain; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts/Pricing; Global Production of GeCl4; Value; Volume; Pricing; Global Demand for GeCL4; Value; Volume; Pricing
Market for Ge02
: Market Overview; Supply/Value Chain; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts/Pricing; Regulatory Environment; Global Production of Ge02; Value; Volume; Global Demand for GeCL4; Value; Volume; Pricing
Market for Zone-Refined Germanium (ZRG)
: Market Overview; Supply/Value Chain; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts/Pricing; Global Production of Zone-Refined Germanium (ZRG); Value; Volume; Global Demand for GeCL4; Value; Volume; Pricing
Market for Single Crystal Germanium (SCG)
: Market Overview; Supply/Value Chain; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts/Pricing; Global Production of GeCl4; Value; Volume; Pricing; Global Demand for GeCL4; Value; Volume; Pricing
Competitive Environment
: Competitive Factors in the Raw Materials Sector
Challenges Facing the Ge Industry
: Trends/Analysis in Production and Consumption; Breakdown by Country ($, Kg, ASP); Breakdown by End-User ($, Kg, ASP); Breakdown by Supplier ($, Kg, ASP); Competitive Substitutes; Silicon Solar Cell Wafers; II-VI Optical Materials; Other Challenges; Supply/International Trade Barriers; Regulatory Environment
Section Tables
: Table 1.1: World Ge Production by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.2: World Ge Production by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.3: World Ge Production Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.4: World Ge Production by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.5: World Ge Production by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.6: World Ge Production Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.7: World Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.8: World Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.9: World Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.10: World Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.11: World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.12: World Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.13: World Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.14: World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.15: World Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.16: World Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.17: World Ge Production by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.18: World Ge Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.19: World Ge Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.20: World Ge Production by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.21: World Ge Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.22: World Ge Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.23: World Ge Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.24: World Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.25: World Ge Demand by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.26: World Ge Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.27: World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.28: World Ge Demand by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.29: World Ge Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.30: World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.31: World Ge Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.32: World Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.33: World GeCl4 Production by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.34: World GeCl4 Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.35: World GeCl4 Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.36: World GeCl4 Production by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.37: World GeCl4 Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.38: World GeCl4 Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.39: World GeCl4 Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.40: World GeCl4 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.41: World GeCl4 Demand by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.42: World GeCl4 Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.43: World GeCl4 Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.44: World GeCl4 Demand by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.45: World GeCl4 Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.46: World GeCl4 Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.47: World GeCl4 Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.48: World GeCl4 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.49: World GeO2 Production by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.50: World GeO2 Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.51: World GeO2 Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.52: World GeO2 Production by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.53: World GeO2 Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.54: World GeO2 Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.55: World GeO2 Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.56: World GeO2 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.57: World GeO2 Demand by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.58: World GeO2 Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.59: World GeO2 Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.60: World GeO2 Demand by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.61: World GeO2 Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.62: World GeO2 Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.63: World GeO2 Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.64: World GeO2 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.65: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.66: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.67: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.68: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.69: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.70: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.71: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.72: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.73: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.74: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.75: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.76: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.77: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.78: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.79: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.80: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.81: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.82: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.83: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.84: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.85: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.86: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Production Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.87: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.88: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.89: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by Region ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 1.90: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.91: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.92: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by Region (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.93: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.94: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018; Table 1.95: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing by Region ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 1.96: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Region (%): 2000-2018
Section Two: Major end-use markets

Introduction

Applications
: Current and New Uses of Ge; Detailed Application Chart of All Uses of Ge: 2009, 2018
Brief Overview of Each End-User Industry
: IR Optics; Solar Cells; Fiber Optics; Catalysts; Polymers; Phosphors; Electronics; Communications; Other
Production Analysis by Ge Product Type
: Supply Chain Analysis by End-User
Demand of Ge Materials
: Value Chain Analysis by End-User; End-User Criteria for Product Selection
Competitive Advantages of Ge Products as Compared with Existing Analogs by Ge Type and End-User Industry

Historic, Current and Projected Industry Size and Growth Rates

Drivers for Industry Growth
: Government, Military and Commercial Programs; e.g., ICAR and ICU programs in Automotive
Supply Chain for Ge in IR Optics
: Major Trends and Analysis by Country
Market Dynamics
: System of Contracts: Spot versus Long-Term Supply Agreements; Pricing Mechanisms
Value Chain Analysis
: Sources of Raw Materials; Shipping and Logistics; Distribution Model; Margins at Each Stage
End-User Analysis
: Key End-Users; Percent of Demand; Other Major Customers
Competitive Environment
: General Competitive Trends; Competitive Factors in Materials Production; Key Suppliers of Ge; General Competitive Trends; Competitive Factors in Materials Production; Other Major Suppliers
Competitive Analysis

Section Tables
: Table 2.1: Germanium Materials End-Use Market (Kg): 2008; Table 2.2: Germanium Products by End-Use Market ($MM): 2008; Table 2.3: World Germanium Materials Demand by End-User ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 2.4: World Germanium Materials Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 2.5: World Germanium Materials Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 2.6: World Germanium Materials Demand by End-User (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 2.7: World Germanium Materials Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 2.8: World Germanium Materials Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 2.9: World Germanium Materials Pricing by End-User ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 2.10: World Germanium Materials Pricing Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018
Section Three: Gecl4

World GeCl4 Demand by End-User
: Value; End-User Trends; Volume; Pricing
Section Tables
: Table 3.1: World GeCl4 Demand by End-User ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 3.2: World GeCl4 Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 3.3: World GeCl4 Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 3.4: World GeCl4 Demand by End-User (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 3.5: World GeCl4 Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 3.6: World GeCl4 Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 3.7: World GeCl4 Pricing by End-User ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 3.8: World GeCl4 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018
Section Four: GeO2

World Ge02 Demand by End-User
: Ge02 Applications; Value; Volume; Pricing
Section Tables
: Table 4.1: World GeO2 Demand by End-User ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 4.2: World GeO2 Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 4.3: World GeO2 Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 4.4: World GeO2 Demand by End-User (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 4.5: World GeO2 Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 4.6: World GeO2 Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 4.7: World GeO2 Pricing by End-User ($Kg): 2000-2018; Table 4.8: World GeO2 Pricing Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018
Section Five: ZRG

World ZRG Demand by End-User
: Value; Volume; Pricing
Section Tables
: Table 5.1: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by End-User ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 5.2: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 5.3: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 5.4: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by End-User (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 5.5: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 5.6: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 5.7: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing by End-User ($/Units): 2000-2018; Table 5.8: World Zone Refined Germanium (ZRG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018
Section Six: SCG

World SCG Demand by End-User
: Value; End-User Trends; Volume; Pricing
Section Tables
: Table 6.1: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by End-User ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 6.2: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 6.3: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 6.4: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by End-User (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 6.5: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 6.6: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Demand Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018; Table 6.7: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing by End-User ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 6.8: World Single Crystal Germanium (SCG) Pricing Year-over-Year Change by End-User (%): 2000-2018
Section Seven: Porter’s Five Force’s Analysis

Introduction

Factors Affecting Competition
: Industry Concentration; Competitive Model Formulation; Intensity of Competition
Threat of Substitutes

Buyer Power

Supplier Power

Barriers to Entry/Threat of Entry

Section Eight: Producer Profiles

Each Company Profile includes information on their Background and Products, Technologies, Business Model, Volume of Sales, Production Capacity, Employees, Manufacturing, and Marketing Strategy and Plans)
: Applied Materials, Inc. (USA); Asturiana De Zinc SA (Spain); Chemical and Technical Developments Ltd. (UK); Gelest, Inc. (USA); Ge Corporation of America (USA); GFI Advanced Technologies, Inc. (USA); Lattice Materials Corporation (USA); Metaleurop SA (France); N.V. Umicore SA (Belgium); Novotech, Inc. (USA); Russia FSUE ‘Ge’ (Russia); Teck Cominco Limited (Canada); Yunnan Chihong Zinc-Ge Co., Ltd. (China); AXT (USA); Jenoptik (Photonic Sense) (Germany); Nanjing Ge Co. (China); Ophir Optronics Solutions (Israel, USA); Xilinguol Tongli Ge Refine Co. (China)
Section Nine: Local Market Perspective

Countries: USA, Germany, China, France, France, Russia, Canada, Belgium, Rest of World

Key questions:
: Raw Materials Base; Trends in Production and Consumption by Type; Factors Affecting Demand By Country; Past, Current & Future Analysis of Ge Prices by Type; Past, Current & Future Analysis of Ge Volume of Sales by Type; Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis of Ge by End-Use Markets
Section Tables
: Table 9.1: World Germanium Materials End-User Markets by Country (Kg): 2008; Table 9.2: US Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.3: US Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.4: US Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.5: US Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.6: US Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.7: US Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.8: US Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.9: US Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.10: Germany Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.11: Germany Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.12: Germany Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.13: Germany Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.14: Germany Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.15: Germany Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.16: Germany Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.17: Germany Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.18: China Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.19: China Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.20: China Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.21: China Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.22: China Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.23: China Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.24: China Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.25: China Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.27: France Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.28: France Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.29: France Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.30: France Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.31: France Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.32: France Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.33: France Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.34: Russia Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.35: Russia Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.36: Russia Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.37: Russia Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.38: Russia Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.39: Russia Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.40: Russia Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.41: Russia Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.42: Canada Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.43: Canada Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.44: Canada Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.45: Canada Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.46: Canada Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.47: Canada Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.48: Canada Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.49: Canada Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.50: Belgium Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.51: Belgium Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.52: Belgium Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.53: Belgium Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.54: Belgium Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.55: Belgium Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.56: Belgium Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.57: Belgium Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.58: Rest of World Ge Demand by Type ($MM): 2000-2018; Table 9.59: Rest of World Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.60: Rest of World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.61: Rest of World Ge Demand by Type (Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.62: Rest of World Ge Demand by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.63: Rest of World Ge Demand Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018; Table 9.64: Rest of World Ge Pricing by Type ($/Kg): 2000-2018; Table 9.65: Rest of World Ge Pricing Year-over-Year Change by Type (%): 2000-2018
Section Ten: Infrared Optics

Market Overview

Competitive Advantages of Germanium Over Existing Analogs

World Market by Country

Value Chain Description
: Structure of the Industry; Distribution Channels; System of Contracts
Pricing

Future Outlook

Section Eleven: Fiber Optic Systems

Market Overview

Competitive Environment
: United States; France; Germany; China
Future Outlook

Section Twelve: Electronics

Market Overview

Competitive Advantages of Germanium over Existing Analogs
: Leds; Si-Ge Substrates; Communications Systems; Competitive Environment; Germanium Lasers
General End-User Market Trends
: Wireless Industry
Section Thirteen: Solar Cells

Market Overview

Future Outlook

Advances in Technology
: Researchers Use Wire EDM for Slicing Wafers
Section Fourteen: Catalysts

Market Overview

Section Fifteen: Polymerization

Market Overview

Section Sixteen: phosphors

Market Overview

Section Seventeen: Global Market for Germanium-based Products

General

Market by End-User

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