The World Market for Ferronickel: 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 ferronickel. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 ferronickel 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 ferronickel? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of ferronickel 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 ferronickel? 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: Ferronickel Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 17 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Ferronickel in 2016 17 3 EXPORTS 21 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 21 3.1.1 Executive Summary 21 3.1.2 Angola 23 3.1.3 South Africa 24 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 24 3.2.1 Executive Summary 24 3.2.2 India 27 3.2.3 Indonesia 28 3.2.4 Japan 28 3.2.5 Philippines 28 3.2.6 South Korea 29 3.2.7 Taiwan 29 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 29 3.3.1 Executive Summary 29 3.3.2 Albania 33 3.3.3 Austria 34 3.3.4 Belgium 34 3.3.5 Czech Republic 34 3.3.6 Finland 34 3.3.7 France 35 3.3.8 Germany 35 3.3.9 Greece 36 3.3.10 Italy 36 3.3.11 Macedonia 36 3.3.12 Norway 37 3.3.13 Poland 37 3.3.14 Russia 37 3.3.15 Sweden 38 3.3.16 the Netherlands 38 3.3.17 Ukraine 38 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 39 3.4.1 Executive Summary 39 3.4.2 Bolivia 42 3.4.3 Brazil 43 3.4.4 Chile 43 3.4.5 Colombia 44 3.4.6 Costa Rica 44 3.4.7 Venezuela 44 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 45 3.5.1 Executive Summary 45 3.5.2 Canada 48 3.5.3 Dominican Republic 49 3.5.4 the United States 49 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Ferronickel 49 3.6.1 Executive Summary 49 3.6.2 Australia 52 3.6.3 New Caledonia 53 4 IMPORTS 54 4.1 Africa: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 54 4.1.1 Executive Summary 54 4.1.2 Nigeria 56 4.1.3 South Africa 57 4.2 Asia: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 57 4.2.1 Executive Summary 57 4.2.2 China 61 4.2.3 India 62 4.2.4 Indonesia 62 4.2.5 Japan 63 4.2.6 Malaysia 63 4.2.7 South Korea 64 4.2.8 Taiwan 64 4.2.9 Thailand 65 4.2.10 Vietnam 65 4.3 Europe: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 65 4.3.1 Executive Summary 65 4.3.2 Austria 69 4.3.3 Belgium 70 4.3.4 Czech Republic 70 4.3.5 France 71 4.3.6 Germany 71 4.3.7 Italy 72 4.3.8 Lithuania 72 4.3.9 Poland 73 4.3.10 Romania 73 4.3.11 Spain 74 4.3.12 Sweden 74 4.3.13 the Netherlands 75 4.3.14 Ukraine 75 4.4 Latin America: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 75 4.4.1 Executive Summary 75 4.4.2 Brazil 77 4.4.3 Chile 77 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 77 4.5.1 Executive Summary 77 4.5.2 Canada 80 4.5.3 Dominican Republic 81 4.5.4 the United States 81 4.6 Oceana: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 81 4.6.1 Executive Summary 81 4.6.2 New Caledonia 83 4.7 the Middle East: Ferronickel Imports in 2016 84 4.7.1 Executive Summary 84 4.7.2 Israel 84 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 85 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 85 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 86