The World Market for Unwrought Magnesium: 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 unwrought magnesium. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 unwrought magnesium 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 unwrought magnesium? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of unwrought magnesium 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 unwrought magnesium? 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: Unwrought Magnesium Export Supplies in 2016 14 2.2 Imports 16 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Unwrought Magnesium in 2016 16 3 EXPORTS 20 3.1 Asia: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 20 3.1.1 Executive Summary 20 3.1.2 China 24 3.1.3 Hong Kong 25 3.1.4 India 25 3.1.5 Japan 25 3.1.6 Malaysia 26 3.1.7 Singapore 26 3.1.8 South Korea 26 3.1.9 Taiwan 27 3.1.10 Thailand 27 3.1.11 Vietnam 27 3.2 Europe: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 28 3.2.1 Executive Summary 28 3.2.2 Austria 32 3.2.3 Belgium 32 3.2.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 32 3.2.5 Cyprus 33 3.2.6 Czech Republic 33 3.2.7 Denmark 33 3.2.8 France 34 3.2.9 Germany 35 3.2.10 Hungary 36 3.2.11 Italy 36 3.2.12 Kazakhstan 36 3.2.13 Latvia 37 3.2.14 Luxembourg 37 3.2.15 Norway 37 3.2.16 Poland 37 3.2.17 Romania 38 3.2.18 Russia 38 3.2.19 Slovenia 38 3.2.20 Spain 39 3.2.21 Sweden 39 3.2.22 the Netherlands 39 3.3 Latin America: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 40 3.3.1 Executive Summary 40 3.3.2 Brazil 42 3.3.3 Mexico 43 3.4 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 43 3.4.1 Executive Summary 43 3.4.2 Canada 46 3.4.3 the United States 47 3.5 Oceana: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 47 3.5.1 Executive Summary 47 3.5.2 Australia 49 3.5.3 New Zealand 50 3.6 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Unwrought Magnesium 50 3.6.1 Executive Summary 50 3.6.2 Israel 54 3.6.3 Oman 54 3.6.4 Turkey 54 4 IMPORTS 55 4.1 Africa: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 55 4.1.1 Executive Summary 55 4.1.2 Cameroon 57 4.1.3 Egypt 58 4.1.4 Morocco 58 4.1.5 South Africa 58 4.2 Asia: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 58 4.2.1 Executive Summary 58 4.2.2 China 63 4.2.3 Hong Kong 63 4.2.4 India 64 4.2.5 Indonesia 64 4.2.6 Japan 65 4.2.7 Malaysia 65 4.2.8 Singapore 66 4.2.9 South Korea 66 4.2.10 Taiwan 66 4.2.11 Thailand 67 4.2.12 Vietnam 67 4.3 Europe: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 67 4.3.1 Executive Summary 67 4.3.2 Belarus 71 4.3.3 Belgium 72 4.3.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 4.3.5 Bulgaria 73 4.3.6 Croatia 73 4.3.7 Czech Republic 74 4.3.8 Denmark 74 4.3.9 Finland 74 4.3.10 France 75 4.3.11 Germany 75 4.3.12 Greece 76 4.3.13 Hungary 76 4.3.14 Iceland 77 4.3.15 Italy 77 4.3.16 Kazakhstan 78 4.3.17 Latvia 78 4.3.18 Luxembourg 78 4.3.19 Norway 79 4.3.20 Poland 79 4.3.21 Portugal 80 4.3.22 Romania 80 4.3.23 Russia 80 4.3.24 Slovakia 81 4.3.25 Slovenia 81 4.3.26 Spain 82 4.3.27 Sweden 82 4.3.28 the Netherlands 83 4.3.29 Ukraine 83 4.4 Latin America: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 83 4.4.1 Executive Summary 83 4.4.2 Argentina 86 4.4.3 Brazil 87 4.4.4 Chile 87 4.4.5 Colombia 87 4.4.6 Ecuador 88 4.4.7 Mexico 88 4.4.8 Peru 88 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 89 4.5.1 Executive Summary 89 4.5.2 Canada 93 4.5.3 the United States 94 4.6 Oceana: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 94 4.6.1 Executive Summary 94 4.6.2 Australia 98 4.6.3 New Zealand 98 4.7 the Middle East: Unwrought Magnesium Imports in 2016 98 4.7.1 Executive Summary 98 4.7.2 Israel 101 4.7.3 Oman 101 4.7.4 Pakistan 101 4.7.5 Qatar 102 4.7.6 Turkey 102 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 103 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 103 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 104