The World Market for Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 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 cold-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of at least 600 mm wide and 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 cold-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of at least 600 mm wide and 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 cold-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of at least 600 mm wide and 4.75 mm thick? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of cold-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of at least 600 mm wide and 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 cold-rolled stainless steel flat-rolled products of at least 600 mm wide and 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: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Export Supplies in 2016 16 2.2 Imports 18 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick in 2016 18 3 EXPORTS 22 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 22 3.1.1 Executive Summary 22 3.1.2 Egypt 25 3.1.3 South Africa 26 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 27 3.2.1 Executive Summary 27 3.2.2 China 31 3.2.3 India 32 3.2.4 Indonesia 32 3.2.5 Japan 33 3.2.6 Malaysia 33 3.2.7 Singapore 34 3.2.8 South Korea 34 3.2.9 Taiwan 35 3.2.10 Thailand 36 3.2.11 Vietnam 36 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 36 3.3.1 Executive Summary 36 3.3.2 Austria 41 3.3.3 Belgium 42 3.3.4 Bulgaria 43 3.3.5 Czech Republic 43 3.3.6 Denmark 43 3.3.7 Estonia 44 3.3.8 Finland 45 3.3.9 France 46 3.3.10 Germany 47 3.3.11 Greece 48 3.3.12 Hungary 48 3.3.13 Italy 49 3.3.14 Luxembourg 50 3.3.15 Norway 50 3.3.16 Poland 51 3.3.17 Romania 51 3.3.18 Russia 51 3.3.19 Slovakia 52 3.3.20 Slovenia 52 3.3.21 Spain 53 3.3.22 Sweden 54 3.3.23 the Netherlands 55 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 55 3.4.1 Executive Summary 55 3.4.2 Brazil 58 3.4.3 Mexico 58 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 58 3.5.1 Executive Summary 58 3.5.2 Canada 61 3.5.3 the United States 62 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 62 3.6.1 Executive Summary 62 3.6.2 Australia 65 3.6.3 New Zealand 65 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick 65 3.7.1 Executive Summary 65 3.7.2 Saudi Arabia 67 3.7.3 Turkey 68 4 IMPORTS 69 4.1 Africa: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 69 4.1.1 Executive Summary 69 4.1.2 Algeria 72 4.1.3 Cameroon 73 4.1.4 Egypt 73 4.1.5 Madagascar 73 4.1.6 Morocco 74 4.1.7 Namibia 74 4.1.8 Nigeria 74 4.1.9 South Africa 75 4.2 Asia: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 75 4.2.1 Executive Summary 75 4.2.2 China 80 4.2.3 Hong Kong 80 4.2.4 India 81 4.2.5 Indonesia 82 4.2.6 Japan 82 4.2.7 Malaysia 83 4.2.8 Philippines 83 4.2.9 Singapore 84 4.2.10 South Korea 85 4.2.11 Sri Lanka 85 4.2.12 Taiwan 86 4.2.13 Thailand 86 4.2.14 Vietnam 87 4.3 Europe: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 87 4.3.1 Executive Summary 87 4.3.2 Austria 92 4.3.3 Belarus 92 4.3.4 Belgium 93 4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93 4.3.6 Bulgaria 94 4.3.7 Croatia 94 4.3.8 Czech Republic 95 4.3.9 Denmark 95 4.3.10 Estonia 96 4.3.11 Finland 96 4.3.12 France 97 4.3.13 Germany 98 4.3.14 Greece 98 4.3.15 Hungary 99 4.3.16 Iceland 99 4.3.17 Ireland 100 4.3.18 Italy 100 4.3.19 Kazakhstan 101 4.3.20 Latvia 101 4.3.21 Lithuania 102 4.3.22 Luxembourg 102 4.3.23 Macedonia 103 4.3.24 Norway 103 4.3.25 Poland 104 4.3.26 Portugal 104 4.3.27 Romania 105 4.3.28 Russia 105 4.3.29 Slovakia 106 4.3.30 Slovenia 106 4.3.31 Spain 107 4.3.32 Sweden 107 4.3.33 the Netherlands 108 4.3.34 Ukraine 108 4.4 Latin America: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 109 4.4.1 Executive Summary 109 4.4.2 Argentina 113 4.4.3 Bolivia 113 4.4.4 Brazil 114 4.4.5 Chile 114 4.4.6 Colombia 115 4.4.7 Costa Rica 115 4.4.8 Ecuador 115 4.4.9 El Salvador 116 4.4.10 Guatemala 116 4.4.11 Mexico 117 4.4.12 Peru 117 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 118 4.5.1 Executive Summary 118 4.5.2 Canada 122 4.5.3 the United States 123 4.6 Oceana: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 123 4.6.1 Executive Summary 123 4.6.2 Australia 127 4.6.3 New Zealand 127 4.7 the Middle East: Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of At Least 600 mm Wide and 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 128 4.7.1 Executive Summary 128 4.7.2 Israel 132 4.7.3 Lebanon 132 4.7.4 Pakistan 133 4.7.5 Turkey 133 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 134 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 134 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 135