The World Market for Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide: 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 painted, varnished, or plastic-coated iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 painted, varnished, or plastic-coated iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide 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 painted, varnished, or plastic-coated iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of painted, varnished, or plastic-coated iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide 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 painted, varnished, or plastic-coated iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 9 1.1 Our Approach 9 2 THE WORLD MARKET 16 2.1 Exports 16 2.1.1 The World Market: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Export Supplies in 2016 16 2.2 Imports 19 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide in 2016 19 3 EXPORTS 23 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 23 3.1.1 Executive Summary 23 3.1.2 South Africa 25 3.1.3 Tunisia 26 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 26 3.2.1 Executive Summary 26 3.2.2 China 30 3.2.3 Hong Kong 31 3.2.4 India 31 3.2.5 Japan 32 3.2.6 Malaysia 32 3.2.7 Singapore 33 3.2.8 South Korea 34 3.2.9 Sri Lanka 35 3.2.10 Taiwan 35 3.2.11 Thailand 36 3.2.12 Vietnam 36 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 37 3.3.1 Executive Summary 37 3.3.2 Austria 41 3.3.3 Belarus 41 3.3.4 Belgium 42 3.3.5 Bulgaria 43 3.3.6 Czech Republic 43 3.3.7 Denmark 43 3.3.8 Estonia 44 3.3.9 Finland 44 3.3.10 France 45 3.3.11 Germany 46 3.3.12 Greece 47 3.3.13 Hungary 47 3.3.14 Italy 48 3.3.15 Latvia 49 3.3.16 Lithuania 49 3.3.17 Luxembourg 49 3.3.18 Norway 50 3.3.19 Poland 50 3.3.20 Portugal 50 3.3.21 Romania 51 3.3.22 Russia 51 3.3.23 Slovakia 52 3.3.24 Slovenia 52 3.3.25 Spain 53 3.3.26 Sweden 54 3.3.27 the Netherlands 55 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 55 3.4.1 Executive Summary 55 3.4.2 Argentina 59 3.4.3 Brazil 60 3.4.4 Chile 60 3.4.5 Colombia 61 3.4.6 Costa Rica 61 3.4.7 Ecuador 61 3.4.8 El Salvador 62 3.4.9 Mexico 62 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 62 3.5.1 Executive Summary 62 3.5.2 Canada 67 3.5.3 the United States 68 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 69 3.6.1 Executive Summary 69 3.6.2 Australia 73 3.6.3 New Zealand 73 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 73 3.7.1 Executive Summary 73 3.7.2 Saudi Arabia 76 3.7.3 Turkey 77 4 IMPORTS 78 4.1 Africa: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 78 4.1.1 Executive Summary 78 4.1.2 Algeria 82 4.1.3 Cameroon 82 4.1.4 Cape Verde 83 4.1.5 Cote d'Ivoire 83 4.1.6 Egypt 83 4.1.7 Ethiopia 84 4.1.8 Ghana 84 4.1.9 Madagascar 84 4.1.10 Mauritius 85 4.1.11 Morocco 85 4.1.12 Mozambique 85 4.1.13 Nigeria 86 4.1.14 Rwanda 86 4.1.15 South Africa 87 4.1.16 Uganda 87 4.1.17 Zimbabwe 88 4.2 Asia: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 88 4.2.1 Executive Summary 88 4.2.2 China 93 4.2.3 Hong Kong 93 4.2.4 India 94 4.2.5 Indonesia 94 4.2.6 Japan 95 4.2.7 Malaysia 95 4.2.8 Philippines 96 4.2.9 Singapore 96 4.2.10 South Korea 97 4.2.11 Sri Lanka 97 4.2.12 Taiwan 98 4.2.13 Thailand 98 4.2.14 Vietnam 99 4.3 Europe: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 99 4.3.1 Executive Summary 99 4.3.2 Albania 103 4.3.3 Austria 104 4.3.4 Belarus 104 4.3.5 Belgium 105 4.3.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 105 4.3.7 Bulgaria 106 4.3.8 Croatia 106 4.3.9 Czech Republic 107 4.3.10 Denmark 107 4.3.11 Estonia 108 4.3.12 Finland 108 4.3.13 France 109 4.3.14 Georgia 109 4.3.15 Germany 110 4.3.16 Greece 111 4.3.17 Hungary 111 4.3.18 Iceland 112 4.3.19 Ireland 112 4.3.20 Italy 113 4.3.21 Kazakhstan 113 4.3.22 Latvia 114 4.3.23 Lithuania 114 4.3.24 Luxembourg 115 4.3.25 Macedonia 115 4.3.26 Moldova 115 4.3.27 Norway 116 4.3.28 Poland 117 4.3.29 Portugal 118 4.3.30 Romania 119 4.3.31 Russia 120 4.3.32 Slovakia 121 4.3.33 Slovenia 121 4.3.34 Spain 122 4.3.35 Sweden 123 4.3.36 the Netherlands 124 4.3.37 Ukraine 125 4.4 Latin America: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 125 4.4.1 Executive Summary 125 4.4.2 Argentina 130 4.4.3 Bolivia 130 4.4.4 Brazil 131 4.4.5 Chile 131 4.4.6 Colombia 132 4.4.7 Costa Rica 132 4.4.8 Ecuador 133 4.4.9 El Salvador 133 4.4.10 Guatemala 134 4.4.11 Guyana 134 4.4.12 Honduras 134 4.4.13 Mexico 135 4.4.14 Nicaragua 135 4.4.15 Peru 136 4.4.16 Uruguay 136 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 137 4.5.1 Executive Summary 137 4.5.2 Canada 141 4.5.3 Dominican Republic 141 4.5.4 the United States 142 4.6 Oceana: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 142 4.6.1 Executive Summary 142 4.6.2 Australia 146 4.6.3 New Caledonia 146 4.6.4 New Zealand 147 4.7 the Middle East: Painted, Varnished, or Plastic-Coated Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 147 4.7.1 Executive Summary 147 4.7.2 Armenia 151 4.7.3 Azerbaijan 152 4.7.4 Israel 152 4.7.5 Jordan 153 4.7.6 Lebanon 153 4.7.7 Oman 154 4.7.8 Pakistan 154 4.7.9 Turkey 155 4.7.10 Yemen 155 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 156 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 156 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. 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