The World Market for Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick: 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 hot-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide and at least 4.75 mm thick. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 hot-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide and at least 4.75 mm thick 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 hot-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide and at least 4.75 mm thick? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of hot-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide and at least 4.75 mm thick 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 hot-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide and at least 4.75 mm thick? 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: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Export Supplies in 2016 16 2.2 Imports 19 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick in 2016 19 3 EXPORTS 23 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 23 3.1.1 Executive Summary 23 3.1.2 South Africa 25 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 25 3.2.1 Executive Summary 25 3.2.2 China 29 3.2.3 Hong Kong 30 3.2.4 India 30 3.2.5 Indonesia 31 3.2.6 Japan 31 3.2.7 Malaysia 32 3.2.8 Singapore 32 3.2.9 South Korea 33 3.2.10 Taiwan 34 3.2.11 Thailand 34 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 35 3.3.1 Executive Summary 35 3.3.2 Austria 39 3.3.3 Belgium 40 3.3.4 Bulgaria 40 3.3.5 Czech Republic 41 3.3.6 Denmark 41 3.3.7 Finland 42 3.3.8 France 43 3.3.9 Germany 44 3.3.10 Hungary 45 3.3.11 Italy 46 3.3.12 Lithuania 47 3.3.13 Luxembourg 47 3.3.14 Norway 47 3.3.15 Poland 48 3.3.16 Portugal 48 3.3.17 Russia 48 3.3.18 Slovakia 49 3.3.19 Slovenia 49 3.3.20 Spain 50 3.3.21 Sweden 51 3.3.22 the Netherlands 52 3.3.23 Ukraine 52 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 52 3.4.1 Executive Summary 52 3.4.2 Brazil 55 3.4.3 Mexico 55 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 55 3.5.1 Executive Summary 55 3.5.2 Canada 58 3.5.3 the United States 59 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 59 3.6.1 Executive Summary 60 3.6.2 Australia 61 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick 62 3.7.1 Executive Summary 62 3.7.2 Turkey 63 4 IMPORTS 64 4.1 Africa: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 64 4.1.1 Executive Summary 64 4.1.2 Algeria 67 4.1.3 Egypt 68 4.1.4 Morocco 68 4.1.5 Namibia 68 4.1.6 Nigeria 69 4.1.7 South Africa 69 4.1.8 Zimbabwe 69 4.2 Asia: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 70 4.2.1 Executive Summary 70 4.2.2 China 74 4.2.3 Hong Kong 74 4.2.4 India 75 4.2.5 Indonesia 76 4.2.6 Japan 76 4.2.7 Malaysia 77 4.2.8 Philippines 77 4.2.9 Singapore 78 4.2.10 South Korea 78 4.2.11 Sri Lanka 79 4.2.12 Taiwan 79 4.2.13 Thailand 80 4.2.14 Vietnam 80 4.3 Europe: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 81 4.3.1 Executive Summary 81 4.3.2 Austria 85 4.3.3 Belarus 85 4.3.4 Belgium 86 4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86 4.3.6 Bulgaria 87 4.3.7 Croatia 87 4.3.8 Czech Republic 88 4.3.9 Denmark 88 4.3.10 Estonia 89 4.3.11 Finland 89 4.3.12 France 90 4.3.13 Georgia 90 4.3.14 Germany 91 4.3.15 Greece 91 4.3.16 Hungary 92 4.3.17 Iceland 92 4.3.18 Ireland 92 4.3.19 Italy 93 4.3.20 Kazakhstan 93 4.3.21 Latvia 94 4.3.22 Lithuania 94 4.3.23 Luxembourg 94 4.3.24 Norway 95 4.3.25 Poland 95 4.3.26 Portugal 96 4.3.27 Romania 96 4.3.28 Russia 97 4.3.29 Slovakia 97 4.3.30 Slovenia 98 4.3.31 Spain 98 4.3.32 Sweden 99 4.3.33 the Netherlands 99 4.3.34 Ukraine 100 4.4 Latin America: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 100 4.4.1 Executive Summary 100 4.4.2 Brazil 104 4.4.3 Chile 104 4.4.4 Colombia 105 4.4.5 El Salvador 105 4.4.6 Guatemala 105 4.4.7 Honduras 106 4.4.8 Mexico 106 4.4.9 Peru 107 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 107 4.5.1 Executive Summary 107 4.5.2 Canada 111 4.5.3 the Bahamas 111 4.5.4 the United States 112 4.6 Oceana: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 112 4.6.1 Executive Summary 112 4.6.2 Australia 116 4.6.3 New Zealand 116 4.7 the Middle East: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and At Least 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 117 4.7.1 Executive Summary 117 4.7.2 Israel 121 4.7.3 Jordan 121 4.7.4 Pakistan 121 4.7.5 Turkey 122 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 123 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 123 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 124