The World Market for Silver-Clad Base Metals: 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 silver-clad base metals. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 silver-clad base metals 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 silver-clad base metals? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of silver-clad base metals 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 silver-clad base metals? 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 14 2.1 Exports 14 2.1.1 The World Market: Silver-Clad Base Metals Export Supplies in 2016 14 2.2 Imports 16 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Silver-Clad Base Metals in 2016 16 3 EXPORTS 20 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 20 3.1.1 Executive Summary 20 3.1.2 South Africa 20 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 21 3.2.1 Executive Summary 21 3.2.2 China 25 3.2.3 Hong Kong 25 3.2.4 India 25 3.2.5 Indonesia 26 3.2.6 Japan 26 3.2.7 Malaysia 26 3.2.8 Singapore 27 3.2.9 South Korea 27 3.2.10 Taiwan 27 3.2.11 Thailand 27 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 28 3.3.1 Executive Summary 28 3.3.2 Austria 31 3.3.3 Belgium 32 3.3.4 Czech Republic 32 3.3.5 Finland 32 3.3.6 France 32 3.3.7 Germany 33 3.3.8 Italy 34 3.3.9 Poland 34 3.3.10 Portugal 34 3.3.11 Romania 35 3.3.12 Spain 35 3.3.13 Sweden 35 3.3.14 the Netherlands 35 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 36 3.4.1 Executive Summary 36 3.4.2 Argentina 38 3.4.3 Mexico 39 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 39 3.5.1 Executive Summary 39 3.5.2 Canada 42 3.5.3 the United States 43 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 43 3.6.1 Executive Summary 43 3.6.2 Australia 44 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Silver-Clad Base Metals 44 3.7.1 Executive Summary 44 3.7.2 Israel 45 4 IMPORTS 46 4.1 Africa: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 46 4.1.1 Executive Summary 46 4.1.2 Namibia 48 4.1.3 South Africa 49 4.2 Asia: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 49 4.2.1 Executive Summary 49 4.2.2 China 53 4.2.3 Hong Kong 53 4.2.4 India 54 4.2.5 Indonesia 54 4.2.6 Japan 54 4.2.7 Malaysia 55 4.2.8 Singapore 55 4.2.9 South Korea 56 4.2.10 Sri Lanka 56 4.2.11 Taiwan 56 4.2.12 Thailand 57 4.3 Europe: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 57 4.3.1 Executive Summary 57 4.3.2 Austria 61 4.3.3 Belgium 62 4.3.4 Bulgaria 62 4.3.5 Croatia 62 4.3.6 Czech Republic 63 4.3.7 Finland 63 4.3.8 France 63 4.3.9 Germany 64 4.3.10 Greece 64 4.3.11 Hungary 64 4.3.12 Italy 65 4.3.13 Latvia 65 4.3.14 Luxembourg 65 4.3.15 Poland 66 4.3.16 Portugal 66 4.3.17 Russia 66 4.3.18 Slovakia 67 4.3.19 Slovenia 67 4.3.20 Spain 67 4.3.21 Sweden 68 4.3.22 the Netherlands 68 4.3.23 Ukraine 68 4.4 Latin America: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 69 4.4.1 Executive Summary 69 4.4.2 Brazil 71 4.4.3 Honduras 72 4.4.4 Mexico 72 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 72 4.5.1 Executive Summary 72 4.5.2 Canada 75 4.5.3 the United States 76 4.6 Oceana: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 76 4.6.1 Executive Summary 76 4.6.2 Australia 78 4.7 the Middle East: Silver-Clad Base Metals Imports in 2016 78 4.7.1 Executive Summary 78 4.7.2 Israel 80 4.7.3 Jordan 81 4.7.4 Turkey 81 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 82 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 82 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 83