The World Market for Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats: 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats? 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats. 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats 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 machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats" 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 "machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or non-wovens including felt hats and blocks for making hats" is 72455 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 METHODOLOGY 10
1.1 Our Approach 10
2 THE WORLD MARKET 14
2.1 Exports 14
2.1.1 The World Market: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats Export Supplies in 2009 14
2.2 Imports 17
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats in 2009 17
3 EXPORTS 21
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making 21
3.1.1 Executive Summary 21
3.1.2 Morocco 21
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making 22
3.2.1 Executive Summary 22
3.2.2 China 24
3.2.3 Hong Kong 25
3.2.4 India 25
3.2.5 Japan 26
3.2.6 Malaysia 26
3.2.7 Singapore 27
3.2.8 South Korea 27
3.2.9 Taiwan 28
3.2.10 Vietnam 28
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making 28
3.3.1 Executive Summary 29
3.3.2 Austria 33
3.3.3 Belgium 34
3.3.4 Czech Republic 34
3.3.5 Denmark 35
3.3.6 Finland 35
3.3.7 France 36
3.3.8 Georgia 37
3.3.9 Germany 38
3.3.10 Hungary 39
3.3.11 Ireland 39
3.3.12 Italy 40
3.3.13 Kazakhstan 41
3.3.14 Lithuania 41
3.3.15 Norway 41
3.3.16 Poland 42
3.3.17 Portugal 42
3.3.18 Romania 43
3.3.19 Russia 43
3.3.20 Slovakia 43
3.3.21 Spain 44
3.3.22 Sweden 44
3.3.23 Switzerland 45
3.3.24 the Netherlands 45
3.3.25 the United Kingdom 46
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for 46
3.4.1 Executive Summary 46
3.4.2 Brazil 48
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt 48
3.5.1 Executive Summary 48
3.5.2 Canada 51
3.5.3 the United States 52
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making 53
3.6.1 Executive Summary 53
3.6.2 Australia 53
3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks 54
3.7.1 Executive Summary 54
3.7.2 Israel 55
3.7.3 Saudi Arabia 56
3.7.4 the United Arab Emirates 56
3.7.5 Turkey 56
4 IMPORTS 57
4.1 Africa: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats Imports in 2009 57
4.1.1 Executive Summary 57
4.1.2 Algeria 59
4.1.3 Egypt 59
4.1.4 Morocco 59
4.1.5 South Africa 60
4.1.6 Sudan 60
4.2 Asia: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats Imports in 2009 60
4.2.1 Executive Summary 60
4.2.2 Brunei 63
4.2.3 China 64
4.2.4 Hong Kong 64
4.2.5 India 65
4.2.6 Indonesia 65
4.2.7 Japan 66
4.2.8 Malaysia 66
4.2.9 Philippines 67
4.2.10 Singapore 67
4.2.11 South Korea 68
4.2.12 Taiwan 68
4.2.13 Thailand 69
4.3 Europe: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats Imports in 69
4.3.1 Executive Summary 69
4.3.2 Albania 73
4.3.3 Austria 73
4.3.4 Belarus 74
4.3.5 Belgium 74
4.3.6 Czech Republic 75
4.3.7 Denmark 75
4.3.8 Estonia 76
4.3.9 Finland 76
4.3.10 France 77
4.3.11 Germany 78
4.3.12 Greece 79
4.3.13 Hungary 79
4.3.14 Ireland 79
4.3.15 Italy 80
4.3.16 Latvia 80
4.3.17 Lithuania 81
4.3.18 Norway 81
4.3.19 Poland 82
4.3.20 Portugal 82
4.3.21 Romania 83
4.3.22 Russia 83
4.3.23 Slovakia 83
4.3.24 Slovenia 84
4.3.25 Spain 84
4.3.26 Sweden 85
4.3.27 Switzerland 85
4.3.28 the Netherlands 85
4.3.29 the United Kingdom 86
4.3.30 Ukraine 86
4.4 Latin America: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats 86
4.4.1 Executive Summary 87
4.4.2 Argentina 89
4.4.3 Brazil 89
4.4.4 Chile 90
4.4.5 Colombia 90
4.4.6 Ecuador 90
4.4.7 Mexico 91
4.4.8 Peru 91
4.4.9 Venezuela 92
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for 92
4.5.1 Executive Summary 92
4.5.2 Canada 95
4.5.3 the United States 96
4.6 Oceana: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats Imports in 96
4.6.1 Executive Summary 96
4.6.2 Australia 98
4.6.3 New Zealand 99
4.7 the Middle East: Machinery for the Manufacture or Finishing of Felt or Non-Wovens Including Felt Hats and Blocks for Making Hats 99
4.7.1 Executive Summary 99
4.7.2 Iran 102
4.7.3 Israel 102
4.7.4 Jordan 102
4.7.5 Kyrgyzstan 103
4.7.6 Pakistan 103
4.7.7 Qatar 103
4.7.8 Saudi Arabia 104
4.7.9 Turkey 104
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 105
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 105
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 106