The 2009 Import and Export Market for Plates, Sheets, Film, Foil, and Strip Made from Propylene Polymers in Italy

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers in Italy face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers to Italy? How important is Italy compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers vary from one country of origin to another in Italy? On the supply side, Italy also exports plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers. Which countries receive the most exports from Italy? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers in Italy. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers for those countries serving Italy via exports, or supplying from Italy via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Italy fits into the world market for imported and exported plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Italy in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Italy is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Italy compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.

After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports of plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers, Chapter 3 goes into detail on imports, but for each major country of origin serving Italy. A “major” market is defined as a country where Italy represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. For each major country exporting to Italy, one can thus observe how important Italy is to that exporting country compared to other countries of the world. Chapter 4 does the same, but for exports of plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers originating from Italy, for each major country of destination. In doing so, one can discover the share that Italy has in each major market; this share value is often used as a measure of competitiveness for Italy. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present a the total picture for imports and exports of plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers to and from Italy to and from all other major countries in the world. "Plates, Sheets, Film, Foil, and Strip Made from Propylene Polymers" as a category is defined in this report following the definition given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined "plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from propylene polymers" is 58222 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
2 ITALY AND THE WORLD MARKET
2.1 Imports in Italy in 2009
2.2 Exports from Italy in 2009
3 IMPORTS IN ITALY
3.1 Asia
3.1.1 China
3.1.2 India
3.1.3 Indonesia
3.1.4 Japan
3.1.5 South Korea
3.2 Europe
3.2.1 Austria
3.2.2 Belgium
3.2.3 Bulgaria
3.2.4 Croatia
3.2.5 Czech Republic
3.2.6 Denmark
3.2.7 Finland
3.2.8 France
3.2.9 Germany
3.2.10 Greece
3.2.11 Hungary
3.2.12 Lithuania
3.2.13 Luxembourg
3.2.14 Poland
3.2.15 Portugal
3.2.16 Romania
3.2.17 Slovakia
3.2.18 Slovenia
3.2.19 Spain
3.2.20 Sweden
3.2.21 Switzerland
3.2.22 the Netherlands
3.2.23 the United Kingdom
3.3 Latin America
3.3.1 Argentina
3.3.2 Brazil
3.3.3 Chile
3.3.4 Colombia
3.3.5 Mexico
3.4 North America & the Caribbean
3.4.1 Canada
3.5 Oceana
3.5.1 Australia
3.6 the Middle East
3.6.1 Israel
3.6.2 Oman
3.6.3 the United Arab Emirates
3.6.4 Turkey
4 EXPORTS FROM ITALY
4.1 Africa
4.1.1 Algeria
4.1.2 Cameroon
4.1.3 Egypt
4.1.4 Kenya
4.1.5 Madagascar
4.1.6 Malawi
4.1.7 Mauritius
4.1.8 Morocco
4.1.9 Senegal
4.1.10 South Africa
4.1.11 Sudan
4.1.12 Tunisia
4.2 Asia
4.2.1 Cambodia
4.2.2 China
4.2.3 Hong Kong
4.2.4 India
4.2.5 Japan
4.2.6 Malaysia
4.2.7 Philippines
4.2.8 Singapore
4.2.9 South Korea
4.2.10 Sri Lanka
4.2.11 Taiwan
4.2.12 Thailand
4.3 Europe
4.3.1 Albania
4.3.2 Austria
4.3.3 Belarus
4.3.4 Belgium
4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.3.6 Bulgaria
4.3.7 Croatia
4.3.8 Cyprus
4.3.9 Czech Republic
4.3.10 Denmark
4.3.11 Estonia
4.3.12 Finland
4.3.13 France
4.3.14 Germany
4.3.15 Greece
4.3.16 Hungary
4.3.17 Iceland
4.3.18 Ireland
4.3.19 Latvia
4.3.20 Lithuania
4.3.21 Luxembourg
4.3.22 Macedonia
4.3.23 Malta
4.3.24 Norway
4.3.25 Poland
4.3.26 Portugal
4.3.27 Romania
4.3.28 Russia
4.3.29 Serbia and Montenegro
4.3.30 Slovakia
4.3.31 Slovenia
4.3.32 Spain
4.3.33 Sweden
4.3.34 Switzerland
4.3.35 the Netherlands
4.3.36 the United Kingdom
4.3.37 Ukraine
4.4 Latin America
4.4.1 Argentina
4.4.2 Brazil
4.4.3 Chile
4.4.4 Colombia
4.4.5 Costa Rica
4.4.6 Ecuador
4.4.7 El Salvador
4.4.8 Guatemala
4.4.9 Guyana
4.4.10 Mexico
4.4.11 Peru
4.4.12 Uruguay
4.4.13 Venezuela
4.5 North America & the Caribbean
4.5.1 Canada
4.5.2 the United States
4.5.3 Trinidad and Tobago
4.6 Oceana
4.6.1 Australia
4.6.2 New Caledonia
4.6.3 New Zealand
4.7 the Middle East
4.7.1 Armenia
4.7.2 Bahrain
4.7.3 Iran
4.7.4 Israel
4.7.5 Jordan
4.7.6 Lebanon
4.7.7 Oman
4.7.8 Pakistan
4.7.9 Saudi Arabia
4.7.10 Syrian Arab Republic
4.7.11 Turkey
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