The World Market for High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products: 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of high-speed steel flat-rolled products 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products? 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: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 17 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products in 2016 17 3 EXPORTS 21 3.1 Asia: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 21 3.1.1 Executive Summary 21 3.1.2 China 25 3.1.3 Hong Kong 25 3.1.4 India 26 3.1.5 Indonesia 26 3.1.6 Japan 26 3.1.7 Malaysia 27 3.1.8 Papua New Guinea 27 3.1.9 Singapore 27 3.1.10 South Korea 28 3.1.11 Taiwan 28 3.1.12 Thailand 28 3.2 Europe: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 29 3.2.1 Executive Summary 29 3.2.2 Austria 33 3.2.3 Belgium 33 3.2.4 Czech Republic 34 3.2.5 Denmark 34 3.2.6 Finland 34 3.2.7 France 35 3.2.8 Germany 36 3.2.9 Italy 37 3.2.10 Poland 37 3.2.11 Russia 37 3.2.12 Slovenia 37 3.2.13 Spain 38 3.2.14 Sweden 38 3.2.15 Switzerland 39 3.2.16 the Netherlands 39 3.2.17 the United Kingdom 39 3.2.18 Ukraine 40 3.3 Latin America: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 40 3.3.1 Executive Summary 40 3.3.2 Brazil 42 3.3.3 Costa Rica 43 3.3.4 Mexico 43 3.4 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 43 3.4.1 Executive Summary 43 3.4.2 the United States 46 3.5 Oceana: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 46 3.5.1 Executive Summary 46 3.5.2 Australia 48 3.6 the Middle East: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products 48 3.6.1 Executive Summary 48 3.6.2 the United Arab Emirates 50 3.6.3 Turkey 51 4 IMPORTS 52 4.1 Africa: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 52 4.1.1 Executive Summary 52 4.1.2 Cote d'Ivoire 54 4.1.3 Ghana 55 4.1.4 Niger 55 4.1.5 South Africa 55 4.1.6 Zambia 56 4.2 Asia: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 56 4.2.1 Executive Summary 56 4.2.2 China 60 4.2.3 India 61 4.2.4 Indonesia 62 4.2.5 Japan 63 4.2.6 Malaysia 63 4.2.7 Singapore 63 4.2.8 South Korea 64 4.2.9 Taiwan 64 4.2.10 Thailand 65 4.3 Europe: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 65 4.3.1 Executive Summary 65 4.3.2 Austria 69 4.3.3 Belarus 70 4.3.4 Belgium 70 4.3.5 Bulgaria 70 4.3.6 Czech Republic 71 4.3.7 Finland 71 4.3.8 France 71 4.3.9 Germany 72 4.3.10 Hungary 72 4.3.11 Italy 72 4.3.12 Norway 73 4.3.13 Poland 73 4.3.14 Portugal 73 4.3.15 Russia 74 4.3.16 Slovenia 74 4.3.17 Spain 74 4.3.18 Sweden 75 4.3.19 Switzerland 75 4.3.20 the Netherlands 75 4.3.21 the United Kingdom 76 4.4 Latin America: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 76 4.4.1 Executive Summary 76 4.4.2 Argentina 79 4.4.3 Brazil 80 4.4.4 Chile 80 4.4.5 Colombia 81 4.4.6 Ecuador 81 4.4.7 Mexico 81 4.4.8 Panama 82 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 82 4.5.1 Executive Summary 82 4.5.2 Canada 86 4.5.3 the United States 86 4.6 the Middle East: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 86 4.6.1 Executive Summary 86 4.6.2 Oman 89 4.6.3 Pakistan 89 4.6.4 Qatar 89 4.6.5 Turkey 90 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 91 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 91 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 92