The World Market for Tableware Plated with Precious Metal: 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 tableware plated with precious metal. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 tableware plated with precious metal 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 tableware plated with precious metal? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of tableware plated with precious metal 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 tableware plated with precious metal? 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 tableware plated with precious metal. 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 tableware plated with precious metal, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of tableware plated with precious metal 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 tableware plated with precious metal 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 tableware plated with precious metal (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Tableware Plated with Precious Metal" 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 "tableware plated with precious metal" is 69663. SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 METHODOLOGY 8
1.1 Our Approach 8
2 THE WORLD MARKET 13
2.1 Exports 13
2.1.1 The World Market: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Export Supplies in 2009 13
2.2 Imports 15
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Tableware Plated with Precious Metal in 2009 15
3 EXPORTS 19
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 19
3.1.1 Executive Summary 19
3.1.2 South Africa 20
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 20
3.2.1 Executive Summary 20
3.2.2 China 23
3.2.3 Hong Kong 24
3.2.4 India 24
3.2.5 Indonesia 24
3.2.6 Japan 25
3.2.7 South Korea 25
3.2.8 Taiwan 25
3.2.9 Thailand 26
3.2.10 Vietnam 26
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 26
3.3.1 Executive Summary 26
3.3.2 Belgium 29
3.3.3 France 30
3.3.4 Germany 31
3.3.5 Italy 32
3.3.6 Lithuania 32
3.3.7 Norway 32
3.3.8 Portugal 33
3.3.9 Russia 33
3.3.10 Spain 33
3.3.11 Sweden 33
3.3.12 the Netherlands 34
3.3.13 the United Kingdom 34
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 34
3.4.1 Executive Summary 34
3.4.2 Brazil 36
3.4.3 Chile 36
3.4.4 Mexico 37
3.4.5 Panama 37
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 37
3.5.1 Executive Summary 37
3.5.2 the United States 38
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 39
3.6.1 Executive Summary 39
3.6.2 New Zealand 40
3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Tableware Plated with Precious Metal 40
3.7.1 Executive Summary 40
3.7.2 Lebanon 41
4 IMPORTS 42
4.1 Africa: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 42
4.1.1 Executive Summary 42
4.1.2 Botswana 43
4.1.3 Egypt 44
4.1.4 Gabon 44
4.1.5 Morocco 44
4.1.6 Namibia 45
4.1.7 South Africa 45
4.2 Asia: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 45
4.2.1 Executive Summary 45
4.2.2 China 47
4.2.3 Hong Kong 48
4.2.4 India 48
4.2.5 Japan 48
4.2.6 Macau 49
4.2.7 Malaysia 49
4.2.8 Philippines 49
4.2.9 Singapore 50
4.2.10 South Korea 50
4.2.11 Taiwan 50
4.2.12 Thailand 51
4.3 Europe: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 51
4.3.1 Executive Summary 51
4.3.2 Austria 54
4.3.3 Belarus 54
4.3.4 Belgium 55
4.3.5 Cyprus 55
4.3.6 Czech Republic 55
4.3.7 Denmark 56
4.3.8 Estonia 56
4.3.9 France 56
4.3.10 Germany 57
4.3.11 Greece 57
4.3.12 Ireland 57
4.3.13 Italy 58
4.3.14 Luxembourg 58
4.3.15 Norway 58
4.3.16 Poland 59
4.3.17 Portugal 59
4.3.18 Russia 59
4.3.19 Slovakia 60
4.3.20 Spain 60
4.3.21 Sweden 60
4.3.22 Switzerland 61
4.3.23 the Netherlands 61
4.3.24 the United Kingdom 62
4.3.25 Ukraine 62
4.4 Latin America: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 62
4.4.1 Executive Summary 62
4.4.2 Argentina 65
4.4.3 Brazil 65
4.4.4 Chile 65
4.4.5 Colombia 66
4.4.6 Costa Rica 66
4.4.7 Guatemala 66
4.4.8 Mexico 67
4.4.9 Venezuela 67
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 68
4.5.1 Executive Summary 68
4.5.2 Canada 70
4.5.3 the United States 71
4.6 Oceana: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 71
4.6.1 Executive Summary 71
4.6.2 Australia 72
4.7 the Middle East: Tableware Plated with Precious Metal Imports in 2009 72
4.7.1 Executive Summary 72
4.7.2 Bahrain 74
4.7.3 Israel 74
4.7.4 Qatar 75
4.7.5 Saudi Arabia 75
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 76
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 76
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 77