The World Market for Natural Pearls: A 2016 Global Trade Perspective

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for natural pearls. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 natural pearls 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 natural pearls? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of natural pearls 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 natural pearls? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 7 1.1 Our Approach 7 2 THE WORLD MARKET 13 2.1 Exports 13 2.1.1 The World Market: Natural Pearls Export Supplies in 2016 13 2.2 Imports 15 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Natural Pearls in 2016 15 3 EXPORTS 19 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 19 3.1.1 Executive Summary 19 3.1.2 Senegal 21 3.1.3 South Africa 22 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 22 3.2.1 Executive Summary 22 3.2.2 China 26 3.2.3 Hong Kong 27 3.2.4 India 27 3.2.5 Indonesia 28 3.2.6 Japan 28 3.2.7 Malaysia 28 3.2.8 Papua New Guinea 29 3.2.9 Philippines 29 3.2.10 Singapore 29 3.2.11 Thailand 29 3.2.12 Vietnam 30 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 30 3.3.1 Executive Summary 30 3.3.2 Czech Republic 32 3.3.3 France 33 3.3.4 Germany 33 3.3.5 Italy 33 3.3.6 Spain 34 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 34 3.4.1 Executive Summary 34 3.4.2 Belize 36 3.4.3 Colombia 37 3.4.4 Mexico 37 3.4.5 Panama 37 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 37 3.5.1 Executive Summary 37 3.5.2 the Bahamas 40 3.5.3 the United States 40 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 40 3.6.1 Executive Summary 40 3.6.2 Australia 43 3.6.3 New Zealand 43 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Natural Pearls 43 3.7.1 Executive Summary 43 3.7.2 Bahrain 45 3.7.3 Saudi Arabia 45 4 IMPORTS 46 4.1 Africa: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 46 4.1.1 Executive Summary 46 4.1.2 Mali 48 4.1.3 Namibia 49 4.1.4 South Africa 49 4.2 Asia: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 49 4.2.1 Executive Summary 49 4.2.2 Hong Kong 53 4.2.3 India 54 4.2.4 Indonesia 54 4.2.5 Japan 55 4.2.6 Malaysia 55 4.2.7 Philippines 56 4.2.8 Singapore 56 4.2.9 Taiwan 56 4.2.10 Thailand 57 4.3 Europe: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 57 4.3.1 Executive Summary 57 4.3.2 Austria 60 4.3.3 Belgium 61 4.3.4 Czech Republic 61 4.3.5 Denmark 61 4.3.6 Finland 62 4.3.7 France 62 4.3.8 Germany 62 4.3.9 Greece 63 4.3.10 Ireland 63 4.3.11 Italy 63 4.3.12 Malta 64 4.3.13 Spain 64 4.4 Latin America: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 64 4.4.1 Executive Summary 64 4.4.2 Mexico 65 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 65 4.5.1 Executive Summary 65 4.5.2 Canada 68 4.5.3 the United States 69 4.6 Oceana: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 69 4.6.1 Executive Summary 69 4.6.2 Australia 71 4.7 the Middle East: Natural Pearls Imports in 2016 71 4.7.1 Executive Summary 71 4.7.2 Israel 73 4.7.3 Lebanon 74 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 75 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 75 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 76