The World Market for Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 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 less than 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 less than 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 less than 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 less than 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 less than 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 Less Than 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 Less Than 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 Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 23 3.1.1 Executive Summary 23 3.1.2 South Africa 24 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 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 Japan 31 3.2.6 Malaysia 32 3.2.7 Philippines 32 3.2.8 Singapore 33 3.2.9 South Korea 33 3.2.10 Taiwan 34 3.2.11 Thailand 35 3.2.12 Vietnam 35 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 35 3.3.1 Executive Summary 35 3.3.2 Austria 40 3.3.3 Belgium 40 3.3.4 Czech Republic 41 3.3.5 Denmark 41 3.3.6 Finland 42 3.3.7 France 43 3.3.8 Germany 44 3.3.9 Hungary 45 3.3.10 Ireland 45 3.3.11 Italy 46 3.3.12 Lithuania 47 3.3.13 Luxembourg 47 3.3.14 Poland 47 3.3.15 Portugal 48 3.3.16 Romania 48 3.3.17 Russia 48 3.3.18 Slovakia 48 3.3.19 Slovenia 49 3.3.20 Spain 49 3.3.21 Sweden 50 3.3.22 the Netherlands 51 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 51 3.4.1 Executive Summary 51 3.4.2 Brazil 53 3.4.3 Mexico 54 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 54 3.5.1 Executive Summary 54 3.5.2 Canada 57 3.5.3 the United States 58 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 58 3.6.1 Executive Summary 59 3.6.2 Australia 60 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick 61 3.7.1 Executive Summary 61 3.7.2 Kuwait 63 3.7.3 Turkey 64 4 IMPORTS 65 4.1 Africa: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 65 4.1.1 Executive Summary 65 4.1.2 Algeria 69 4.1.3 Egypt 69 4.1.4 Morocco 69 4.1.5 Mozambique 70 4.1.6 Nigeria 70 4.1.7 South Africa 71 4.2 Asia: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 71 4.2.1 Executive Summary 71 4.2.2 Cambodia 75 4.2.3 China 76 4.2.4 Hong Kong 76 4.2.5 India 77 4.2.6 Indonesia 78 4.2.7 Japan 78 4.2.8 Malaysia 79 4.2.9 Philippines 79 4.2.10 Singapore 80 4.2.11 South Korea 80 4.2.12 Sri Lanka 81 4.2.13 Taiwan 81 4.2.14 Thailand 82 4.2.15 Vietnam 82 4.3 Europe: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 83 4.3.1 Executive Summary 83 4.3.2 Austria 87 4.3.3 Belarus 87 4.3.4 Belgium 88 4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88 4.3.6 Croatia 89 4.3.7 Czech Republic 89 4.3.8 Denmark 90 4.3.9 Finland 90 4.3.10 France 91 4.3.11 Germany 92 4.3.12 Hungary 93 4.3.13 Ireland 93 4.3.14 Italy 94 4.3.15 Kazakhstan 94 4.3.16 Latvia 94 4.3.17 Luxembourg 95 4.3.18 Malta 95 4.3.19 Moldova 95 4.3.20 Norway 96 4.3.21 Poland 96 4.3.22 Portugal 97 4.3.23 Romania 97 4.3.24 Russia 98 4.3.25 Slovakia 98 4.3.26 Slovenia 99 4.3.27 Spain 99 4.3.28 Sweden 100 4.3.29 the Netherlands 100 4.4 Latin America: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 101 4.4.1 Executive Summary 101 4.4.2 Argentina 104 4.4.3 Brazil 105 4.4.4 Chile 105 4.4.5 Colombia 106 4.4.6 Costa Rica 106 4.4.7 Ecuador 106 4.4.8 El Salvador 107 4.4.9 Honduras 107 4.4.10 Mexico 108 4.4.11 Peru 108 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 108 4.5.1 Executive Summary 109 4.5.2 Canada 113 4.5.3 Dominican Republic 113 4.5.4 the United States 114 4.6 Oceana: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 114 4.6.1 Executive Summary 114 4.6.2 Australia 118 4.6.3 New Zealand 118 4.7 the Middle East: Hot-Rolled Stainless Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide and Less Than 4.75 mm Thick Imports in 2016 118 4.7.1 Executive Summary 118 4.7.2 Azerbaijan 122 4.7.3 Israel 123 4.7.4 Jordan 123 4.7.5 Lebanon 123 4.7.6 Pakistan 124 4.7.7 Turkey 124 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 125 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 125 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 126