The World Market for Unworked Cultured 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 unworked cultured 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 unworked cultured 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 unworked cultured pearls? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of unworked cultured 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 unworked cultured 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: Unworked Cultured Pearls Export Supplies in 2016 13 2.2 Imports 15 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Unworked Cultured Pearls in 2016 15 3 EXPORTS 19 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 19 3.1.1 Executive Summary 19 3.1.2 Mauritius 19 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 20 3.2.1 Executive Summary 20 3.2.2 Burma 23 3.2.3 China 24 3.2.4 Hong Kong 25 3.2.5 India 25 3.2.6 Indonesia 26 3.2.7 Japan 27 3.2.8 Philippines 27 3.2.9 Singapore 28 3.2.10 Taiwan 28 3.2.11 Thailand 28 3.2.12 Vietnam 29 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 29 3.3.1 Executive Summary 29 3.3.2 Belgium 32 3.3.3 France 33 3.3.4 Germany 33 3.3.5 Italy 33 3.3.6 Spain 34 3.4 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 34 3.4.1 Executive Summary 34 3.4.2 the United States 35 3.5 Oceana: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 36 3.5.1 Executive Summary 36 3.5.2 Australia 38 3.6 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Unworked Cultured Pearls 38 3.6.1 Executive Summary 38 3.6.2 Bahrain 40 3.6.3 Israel 40 4 IMPORTS 41 4.1 Africa: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 41 4.1.1 Executive Summary 41 4.1.2 South Africa 41 4.2 Asia: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 42 4.2.1 Executive Summary 42 4.2.2 China 45 4.2.3 Hong Kong 46 4.2.4 India 46 4.2.5 Japan 47 4.2.6 Malaysia 47 4.2.7 Philippines 48 4.2.8 Singapore 48 4.2.9 South Korea 48 4.2.10 Sri Lanka 49 4.2.11 Taiwan 49 4.2.12 Thailand 50 4.2.13 Vietnam 50 4.3 Europe: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 50 4.3.1 Executive Summary 50 4.3.2 Austria 54 4.3.3 Belgium 55 4.3.4 Denmark 55 4.3.5 Finland 55 4.3.6 France 56 4.3.7 Germany 56 4.3.8 Italy 57 4.3.9 Luxembourg 57 4.3.10 Poland 57 4.3.11 Portugal 58 4.3.12 Spain 58 4.3.13 Sweden 58 4.3.14 the Netherlands 59 4.4 North America & the Caribbean: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 59 4.4.1 Executive Summary 59 4.4.2 Canada 63 4.4.3 the United States 63 4.5 Oceana: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 64 4.5.1 Executive Summary 64 4.5.2 Australia 67 4.5.3 New Zealand 67 4.6 the Middle East: Unworked Cultured Pearls Imports in 2016 67 4.6.1 Executive Summary 67 4.6.2 Israel 69 4.6.3 Lebanon 69 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 70 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 70 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 71