The World Market for Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties: 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties? 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties. 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties 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 unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties" 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 "unimpregnated wood railway and tramway sleepers and cross-ties" is 24811 . 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: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Export Supplies in 2009 11
2.2 Imports 13
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties in 2009 13
3 EXPORTS 17
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 17
3.1.1 Executive Summary 17
3.1.2 Cameroon 18
3.1.3 Cote dIvoire 19
3.1.4 Gabon 19
3.1.5 Ghana 19
3.1.6 Mozambique 20
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 20
3.2.1 Executive Summary 20
3.2.2 China 22
3.2.3 Indonesia 22
3.2.4 Malaysia 22
3.2.5 North Korea 22
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 23
3.3.1 Executive Summary 23
3.3.2 Austria 26
3.3.3 Belgium 26
3.3.4 Croatia 27
3.3.5 Czech Republic 27
3.3.6 Finland 27
3.3.7 France 28
3.3.8 Germany 28
3.3.9 Hungary 29
3.3.10 Ireland 29
3.3.11 Italy 29
3.3.12 Latvia 29
3.3.13 Luxembourg 30
3.3.14 Poland 30
3.3.15 Romania 30
3.3.16 Russia 31
3.3.17 Slovakia 31
3.3.18 Slovenia 31
3.3.19 Spain 32
3.3.20 Sweden 32
3.3.21 Switzerland 32
3.3.22 the Netherlands 32
3.3.23 the United Kingdom 33
3.3.24 Ukraine 33
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 33
3.4.1 Executive Summary 33
3.4.2 Argentina 35
3.4.3 Brazil 36
3.4.4 Chile 36
3.4.5 Guyana 36
3.4.6 Paraguay 37
3.4.7 Peru 37
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 37
3.5.1 Executive Summary 37
3.5.2 Canada 39
3.5.3 the United States 39
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties 40
3.6.1 Executive Summary 40
3.6.2 Australia 41
4 IMPORTS 42
4.1 Africa: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 42
4.1.1 Executive Summary 42
4.1.2 Algeria 43
4.1.3 Egypt 44
4.1.4 Gabon 44
4.1.5 Mauritania 44
4.1.6 Morocco 45
4.1.7 South Africa 45
4.2 Asia: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 45
4.2.1 Executive Summary 45
4.2.2 China 47
4.2.3 Japan 47
4.2.4 Malaysia 48
4.3 Europe: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 48
4.3.1 Executive Summary 48
4.3.2 Albania 51
4.3.3 Austria 51
4.3.4 Belarus 52
4.3.5 Belgium 52
4.3.6 Czech Republic 52
4.3.7 Denmark 53
4.3.8 Finland 53
4.3.9 France 53
4.3.10 Germany 54
4.3.11 Iceland 54
4.3.12 Ireland 54
4.3.13 Italy 55
4.3.14 Kazakhstan 55
4.3.15 Latvia 55
4.3.16 Lithuania 56
4.3.17 Slovenia 56
4.3.18 Spain 56
4.3.19 Sweden 57
4.3.20 Switzerland 57
4.3.21 the Netherlands 57
4.3.22 the United Kingdom 58
4.3.23 Ukraine 58
4.4 Latin America: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 58
4.4.1 Executive Summary 58
4.4.2 Argentina 60
4.4.3 Brazil 60
4.4.4 Chile 61
4.4.5 Colombia 61
4.4.6 Mexico 61
4.4.7 Uruguay 62
4.4.8 Venezuela 62
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 62
4.5.1 Executive Summary 62
4.5.2 Canada 64
4.5.3 Jamaica 64
4.5.4 the United States 65
4.6 Oceana: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 65
4.6.1 Executive Summary 65
4.6.2 New Zealand 66
4.7 the Middle East: Unimpregnated Wood Railway and Tramway Sleepers and Cross-Ties Imports in 2009 66
4.7.1 Executive Summary 66
4.7.2 Israel 68
4.7.3 Saudi Arabia 68
4.7.4 Syrian Arab Republic 69
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 70
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 70
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 71