The World Market for Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding Wristwatches: 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches? 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches. 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches 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 pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding Wristwatches" 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 "pocket watches and other watches with cases made of neither precious metal nor clad with precious metal excluding wristwatches" is 88549 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1 METHODOLOGY 10
1.1 Our Approach 10
2 THE WORLD MARKET 15
2.1 Exports 15
2.1.1 The World Market: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding Wristwatches Export Supplies in 2009 15
2.2 Imports 18
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding Wristwatches in 2009 18
3 EXPORTS 22
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal 22
3.1.1 Executive Summary 22
3.1.2 Liberia 23
3.1.3 South Africa 24
3.1.4 Swaziland 24
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal 24
3.2.1 Executive Summary 24
3.2.2 China 28
3.2.3 Hong Kong 29
3.2.4 India 30
3.2.5 Indonesia 30
3.2.6 Japan 31
3.2.7 Malaysia 32
3.2.8 Philippines 32
3.2.9 Singapore 33
3.2.10 South Korea 33
3.2.11 Taiwan 34
3.2.12 Thailand 34
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal 35
3.3.1 Executive Summary 35
3.3.2 Austria 39
3.3.3 Belgium 40
3.3.4 Croatia 40
3.3.5 Czech Republic 40
3.3.6 Denmark 41
3.3.7 Estonia 41
3.3.8 Finland 41
3.3.9 France 42
3.3.10 Germany 43
3.3.11 Greece 44
3.3.12 Italy 44
3.3.13 Latvia 45
3.3.14 Luxembourg 45
3.3.15 Norway 45
3.3.16 Portugal 46
3.3.17 Russia 46
3.3.18 Slovakia 46
3.3.19 Spain 47
3.3.20 Sweden 47
3.3.21 Switzerland 48
3.3.22 the Netherlands 49
3.3.23 the United Kingdom 50
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with 50
3.4.1 Executive Summary 50
3.4.2 Colombia 52
3.4.3 Guatemala 53
3.4.4 Mexico 53
3.4.5 Panama 53
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor 53
3.5.1 Executive Summary 54
3.5.2 Canada 56
3.5.3 the United States 57
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal 58
3.6.1 Executive Summary 58
3.6.2 Australia 59
3.6.3 New Zealand 60
3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with 60
3.7.1 Executive Summary 60
3.7.2 Bahrain 62
3.7.3 Israel 62
3.7.4 the United Arab Emirates 63
4 IMPORTS 64
4.1 Africa: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding 64
4.1.1 Executive Summary 64
4.1.2 Algeria 66
4.1.3 Botswana 66
4.1.4 Egypt 67
4.1.5 Ethiopia 67
4.1.6 Mauritius 68
4.1.7 Morocco 68
4.1.8 Namibia 68
4.1.9 South Africa 69
4.1.10 Sudan 69
4.1.11 Tanzania 70
4.2 Asia: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding 70
4.2.1 Executive Summary 70
4.2.2 Brunei 73
4.2.3 China 73
4.2.4 Hong Kong 74
4.2.5 India 74
4.2.6 Indonesia 75
4.2.7 Japan 75
4.2.8 Macau 76
4.2.9 Malaysia 76
4.2.10 Maldives 77
4.2.11 Philippines 77
4.2.12 Singapore 78
4.2.13 South Korea 79
4.2.14 Taiwan 79
4.2.15 Thailand 80
4.3 Europe: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding 80
4.3.1 Executive Summary 80
4.3.2 Austria 84
4.3.3 Belarus 85
4.3.4 Belgium 85
4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86
4.3.6 Bulgaria 86
4.3.7 Croatia 87
4.3.8 Cyprus 87
4.3.9 Czech Republic 88
4.3.10 Denmark 88
4.3.11 Estonia 89
4.3.12 Finland 89
4.3.13 France 90
4.3.14 Georgia 90
4.3.15 Germany 91
4.3.16 Greece 91
4.3.17 Hungary 92
4.3.18 Iceland 92
4.3.19 Ireland 93
4.3.20 Italy 93
4.3.21 Kazakhstan 94
4.3.22 Latvia 94
4.3.23 Lithuania 95
4.3.24 Luxembourg 95
4.3.25 Malta 96
4.3.26 Norway 96
4.3.27 Poland 97
4.3.28 Portugal 97
4.3.29 Romania 98
4.3.30 Russia 98
4.3.31 Slovakia 99
4.3.32 Slovenia 99
4.3.33 Spain 100
4.3.34 Sweden 101
4.3.35 Switzerland 102
4.3.36 the Netherlands 103
4.3.37 the United Kingdom 104
4.3.38 Ukraine 105
4.4 Latin America: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding 105
4.4.1 Executive Summary 105
4.4.2 Argentina 108
4.4.3 Bolivia 108
4.4.4 Brazil 108
4.4.5 Chile 109
4.4.6 Colombia 109
4.4.7 Costa Rica 110
4.4.8 Ecuador 110
4.4.9 El Salvador 111
4.4.10 Guatemala 111
4.4.11 Honduras 112
4.4.12 Mexico 112
4.4.13 Nicaragua 113
4.4.14 Panama 113
4.4.15 Paraguay 113
4.4.16 Peru 114
4.4.17 Uruguay 114
4.4.18 Venezuela 115
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious 115
4.5.1 Executive Summary 115
4.5.2 Barbados 118
4.5.3 Canada 118
4.5.4 Jamaica 119
4.5.5 the United States 119
4.5.6 Trinidad and Tobago 120
4.6 Oceana: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal Excluding 120
4.6.1 Executive Summary 120
4.6.2 Australia 122
4.6.3 Fiji 123
4.6.4 New Caledonia 123
4.6.5 New Zealand 124
4.7 the Middle East: Pocket Watches and Other Watches with Cases Made of Neither Precious Metal Nor Clad with Precious Metal 124
4.7.1 Executive Summary 124
4.7.2 Armenia 127
4.7.3 Bahrain 127
4.7.4 Iran 127
4.7.5 Israel 128
4.7.6 Oman 128
4.7.7 Pakistan 129
4.7.8 Qatar 129
4.7.9 Saudi Arabia 130
4.7.10 Syrian Arab Republic 130
4.7.11 Turkey 131
4.7.12 Yemen 131
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 132
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 132
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 133