The World Market for Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport: 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 worked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set, and ungraded cultured pearls temporarily strung for transport. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 worked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set, and ungraded cultured pearls temporarily strung for transport 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 worked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set, and ungraded cultured pearls temporarily strung for transport? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of worked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set, and ungraded cultured pearls temporarily strung for transport 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 worked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set, and ungraded cultured pearls temporarily strung for transport? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 8 1.1 Our Approach 8 2 THE WORLD MARKET 15 2.1 Exports 15 2.1.1 The World Market: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 18 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport in 2016 18 3 EXPORTS 22 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 22 3.1.1 Executive Summary 22 3.1.2 South Africa 22 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 23 3.2.1 Executive Summary 23 3.2.2 Burma 26 3.2.3 China 27 3.2.4 Hong Kong 28 3.2.5 India 29 3.2.6 Indonesia 29 3.2.7 Japan 30 3.2.8 Malaysia 31 3.2.9 Philippines 31 3.2.10 Singapore 32 3.2.11 Sri Lanka 32 3.2.12 Taiwan 32 3.2.13 Thailand 33 3.2.14 Vietnam 33 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 34 3.3.1 Executive Summary 34 3.3.2 Austria 37 3.3.3 Belarus 38 3.3.4 Belgium 38 3.3.5 France 39 3.3.6 Germany 40 3.3.7 Italy 40 3.3.8 Spain 41 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 41 3.4.1 Executive Summary 41 3.4.2 Belize 43 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 43 3.5.1 Executive Summary 43 3.5.2 Canada 46 3.5.3 the United States 47 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 47 3.6.1 Executive Summary 47 3.6.2 Australia 51 3.6.3 Fiji 51 3.6.4 New Zealand 52 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport 52 3.7.1 Executive Summary 52 3.7.2 Bahrain 54 3.7.3 Lebanon 55 3.7.4 Saudi Arabia 55 4 IMPORTS 56 4.1 Africa: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 56 4.1.1 Executive Summary 56 4.1.2 Mali 58 4.1.3 Mauritius 59 4.1.4 South Africa 59 4.2 Asia: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 59 4.2.1 Executive Summary 59 4.2.2 China 64 4.2.3 Hong Kong 65 4.2.4 India 66 4.2.5 Japan 66 4.2.6 Malaysia 67 4.2.7 Singapore 67 4.2.8 South Korea 68 4.2.9 Taiwan 68 4.2.10 Thailand 69 4.2.11 Vietnam 69 4.3 Europe: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 69 4.3.1 Executive Summary 70 4.3.2 Austria 74 4.3.3 Belgium 74 4.3.4 Cyprus 75 4.3.5 Czech Republic 75 4.3.6 Denmark 76 4.3.7 Finland 76 4.3.8 France 77 4.3.9 Germany 78 4.3.10 Greece 78 4.3.11 Ireland 79 4.3.12 Italy 79 4.3.13 Norway 80 4.3.14 Poland 80 4.3.15 Portugal 80 4.3.16 Russia 81 4.3.17 Slovenia 81 4.3.18 Spain 82 4.3.19 Sweden 82 4.3.20 the Netherlands 83 4.3.21 Ukraine 83 4.4 Latin America: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 83 4.4.1 Executive Summary 83 4.4.2 Brazil 86 4.4.3 Colombia 87 4.4.4 Costa Rica 87 4.4.5 Honduras 87 4.4.6 Mexico 88 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 88 4.5.1 Executive Summary 88 4.5.2 Canada 92 4.5.3 the United States 93 4.6 Oceana: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 93 4.6.1 Executive Summary 93 4.6.2 Australia 97 4.6.3 New Zealand 97 4.7 the Middle East: Worked Cultured Pearls, Not Strung, Mounted, or Set, and Ungraded Cultured Pearls Temporarily Strung for Transport Imports in 2016 98 4.7.1 Executive Summary 98 4.7.2 Israel 102 4.7.3 Lebanon 102 4.7.4 Turkey 103 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 104 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 104 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 105