The World Market for Whole Cloves Including Stems: A 2009 Global Trade Perspective

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for whole cloves including stems. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for whole cloves including stems for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying whole cloves including stems? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of whole cloves including stems vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of whole cloves including stems? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing the regional markets for imported and exported whole cloves including stems. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for each region, is based on 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 shares that countries are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes.

After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports, Chapter 3 details the exports of whole cloves including stems, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of whole cloves including stems for all countries in the world. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present the complete picture for imports and exports of whole cloves including stems to and from all major countries in the world. Of the 150 countries considered, if a country is not reported here it is therefore estimated to have only a negligible level of trade in whole cloves including stems (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Whole Cloves Including Stems" 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 "whole cloves including stems" is 07524 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 METHODOLOGY 8
1.1 Our Approach 8
2 THE WORLD MARKET 11
2.1 Exports 11
2.1.1 The World Market: Whole Cloves Including Stems Export Supplies in 2009 11
2.2 Imports 13
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Whole Cloves Including Stems in 2009 13
3 EXPORTS 17
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 17
3.1.1 Executive Summary 17
3.1.2 Comoros 19
3.1.3 Kenya 20
3.1.4 Madagascar 21
3.1.5 Mauritius 22
3.1.6 Morocco 22
3.1.7 Nigeria 22
3.1.8 South Africa 22
3.1.9 Tanzania 23
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 23
3.2.1 Executive Summary 23
3.2.2 Bangladesh 25
3.2.3 China 25
3.2.4 India 26
3.2.5 Indonesia 27
3.2.6 Malaysia 28
3.2.7 Singapore 28
3.2.8 Sri Lanka 29
3.2.9 Vietnam 29
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 29
3.3.1 Executive Summary 29
3.3.2 Austria 32
3.3.3 Belgium 32
3.3.4 Estonia 32
3.3.5 France 33
3.3.6 Germany 33
3.3.7 Italy 33
3.3.8 Poland 34
3.3.9 Russia 34
3.3.10 Spain 34
3.3.11 Sweden 34
3.3.12 the Netherlands 35
3.3.13 the United Kingdom 35
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 35
3.4.1 Executive Summary 35
3.4.2 Brazil 37
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 38
3.5.1 Executive Summary 38
3.5.2 the United States 39
3.6 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Whole Cloves Including Stems 39
3.6.1 Executive Summary 39
3.6.2 Saudi Arabia 41
3.6.3 the United Arab Emirates 41
4 IMPORTS 42
4.1 Africa: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 42
4.1.1 Executive Summary 42
4.1.2 Cote dIvoire 43
4.1.3 Egypt 44
4.1.4 Ethiopia 44
4.1.5 Mauritius 44
4.1.6 Morocco 45
4.1.7 South Africa 45
4.1.8 Sudan 45
4.2 Asia: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 46
4.2.1 Executive Summary 46
4.2.2 China 48
4.2.3 Hong Kong 48
4.2.4 India 49
4.2.5 Japan 49
4.2.6 Malaysia 50
4.2.7 Maldives 50
4.2.8 Singapore 51
4.2.9 South Korea 51
4.2.10 Taiwan 52
4.2.11 Thailand 52
4.3 Europe: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 52
4.3.1 Executive Summary 52
4.3.2 Austria 55
4.3.3 Belarus 55
4.3.4 Belgium 55
4.3.5 Czech Republic 56
4.3.6 Denmark 56
4.3.7 Estonia 56
4.3.8 Finland 57
4.3.9 France 57
4.3.10 Germany 58
4.3.11 Greece 58
4.3.12 Hungary 59
4.3.13 Ireland 59
4.3.14 Italy 59
4.3.15 Norway 60
4.3.16 Poland 60
4.3.17 Portugal 60
4.3.18 Russia 61
4.3.19 Slovakia 61
4.3.20 Spain 61
4.3.21 Sweden 62
4.3.22 Switzerland 62
4.3.23 the Netherlands 63
4.3.24 the United Kingdom 63
4.3.25 Ukraine 64
4.4 Latin America: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 64
4.4.1 Executive Summary 64
4.4.2 Argentina 66
4.4.3 Brazil 66
4.4.4 Chile 66
4.4.5 Colombia 67
4.4.6 Ecuador 67
4.4.7 Mexico 67
4.4.8 Panama 68
4.4.9 Peru 68
4.4.10 Venezuela 68
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 69
4.5.1 Executive Summary 69
4.5.2 Canada 71
4.5.3 the United States 71
4.6 Oceana: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 72
4.6.1 Executive Summary 72
4.6.2 Australia 73
4.7 the Middle East: Whole Cloves Including Stems Imports in 2009 73
4.7.1 Executive Summary 73
4.7.2 Israel 75
4.7.3 Jordan 75
4.7.4 Oman 76
4.7.5 Pakistan 76
4.7.6 Saudi Arabia 77
4.7.7 Syrian Arab Republic 77
4.7.8 Yemen 77
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 78
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 78
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