The World Market for Pen Nibs and Nib Points: 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 pen nibs and nib points. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 pen nibs and nib points 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 pen nibs and nib points? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of pen nibs and nib points 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 pen nibs and nib points? 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 pen nibs and nib points. 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 pen nibs and nib points, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of pen nibs and nib points 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 pen nibs and nib points 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 pen nibs and nib points (i.e. their market shares are close or equal to zero percent). "Pen Nibs and Nib Points" 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 "pen nibs and nib points" is 89522 .

Important Caveat. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical records, as these are forecasted for the current year of trade. More importantly, in light of the fact that unforeseeable factors might interrupt markets in achieving their reported levels, the figures should be seen as estimates of potential. For example, "mad cow" disease, foot-and-mouth disease, trade embargoes, labor disputes, military conflicts, acts of terrorism and other events will certainly affect the actual trade flows recorded for a variety of industry or product categories. In such cases, the difference between the numbers given in this report and the numbers actually observed might be interpreted as the "net loss" or "net gain" due to these exogenous events affecting regular trade flows that would have occurred had these events not have taken place.

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1 METHODOLOGY 8
1.1 Our Approach 8
2 THE WORLD MARKET 15
2.1 Exports 15
2.1.1 The World Market: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Export Supplies in 2009 15
2.2 Imports 17
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Pen Nibs and Nib Points in 2009 17
3 EXPORTS 20
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 20
3.1.1 Executive Summary 20
3.1.2 South Africa 20
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 21
3.2.1 Executive Summary 21
3.2.2 China 23
3.2.3 Hong Kong 24
3.2.4 India 24
3.2.5 Japan 25
3.2.6 Malaysia 26
3.2.7 Singapore 26
3.2.8 South Korea 26
3.2.9 Taiwan 27
3.2.10 Thailand 27
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 27
3.3.1 Executive Summary 27
3.3.2 Belgium 30
3.3.3 Denmark 30
3.3.4 France 31
3.3.5 Germany 32
3.3.6 Ireland 33
3.3.7 Italy 33
3.3.8 Poland 33
3.3.9 Spain 34
3.3.10 Switzerland 34
3.3.11 the Netherlands 35
3.3.12 the United Kingdom 35
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 35
3.4.1 Executive Summary 35
3.4.2 Mexico 36
3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 37
3.5.1 Executive Summary 37
3.5.2 the United States 38
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Pen Nibs and Nib Points 39
3.6.1 Executive Summary 39
3.6.2 Australia 39
4 IMPORTS 40
4.1 Africa: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 40
4.1.1 Executive Summary 40
4.1.2 Botswana 41
4.1.3 Ghana 42
4.1.4 South Africa 42
4.1.5 Uganda 42
4.2 Asia: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 43
4.2.1 Executive Summary 43
4.2.2 China 45
4.2.3 Hong Kong 45
4.2.4 India 46
4.2.5 Indonesia 46
4.2.6 Japan 47
4.2.7 Malaysia 47
4.2.8 Philippines 48
4.2.9 Singapore 48
4.2.10 South Korea 49
4.2.11 Taiwan 49
4.2.12 Thailand 50
4.3 Europe: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 50
4.3.1 Executive Summary 50
4.3.2 Austria 53
4.3.3 Belgium 53
4.3.4 Bulgaria 53
4.3.5 Czech Republic 54
4.3.6 France 54
4.3.7 Germany 55
4.3.8 Greece 55
4.3.9 Hungary 55
4.3.10 Ireland 56
4.3.11 Italy 56
4.3.12 Portugal 57
4.3.13 Slovenia 57
4.3.14 Spain 57
4.3.15 Sweden 58
4.3.16 Switzerland 58
4.3.17 the Netherlands 59
4.3.18 the United Kingdom 59
4.4 Latin America: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 60
4.4.1 Executive Summary 60
4.4.2 Mexico 61
4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 61
4.5.1 Executive Summary 61
4.5.2 Canada 63
4.5.3 the United States 64
4.6 Oceana: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 64
4.6.1 Executive Summary 64
4.6.2 Australia 66
4.6.3 New Zealand 66
4.7 the Middle East: Pen Nibs and Nib Points Imports in 2009 66
4.7.1 Executive Summary 66
4.7.2 Iran 68
4.7.3 Pakistan 68
4.7.4 Saudi Arabia 69
4.7.5 Turkey 69
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 70
5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 70
5.2 ICON Group Ltd. User Agreement Provisions 71