The World Market for Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets: 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 unmounted tool plates, sticks, and tips of sintered metal carbides or cermets. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 unmounted tool plates, sticks, and tips of sintered metal carbides or cermets 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 unmounted tool plates, sticks, and tips of sintered metal carbides or cermets? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of unmounted tool plates, sticks, and tips of sintered metal carbides or cermets 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 unmounted tool plates, sticks, and tips of sintered metal carbides or cermets? 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 15 2.1 Exports 15 2.1.1 The World Market: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 17 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets in 2016 17 3 EXPORTS 21 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 21 3.1.1 Executive Summary 21 3.1.2 South Africa 25 3.1.3 Swaziland 25 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 26 3.2.1 Executive Summary 26 3.2.2 Bangladesh 29 3.2.3 China 30 3.2.4 Hong Kong 31 3.2.5 India 32 3.2.6 Indonesia 33 3.2.7 Japan 34 3.2.8 Malaysia 35 3.2.9 Philippines 35 3.2.10 Singapore 36 3.2.11 South Korea 37 3.2.12 Sri Lanka 38 3.2.13 Taiwan 39 3.2.14 Thailand 40 3.2.15 Vietnam 40 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 41 3.3.1 Executive Summary 41 3.3.2 Austria 45 3.3.3 Belarus 46 3.3.4 Belgium 47 3.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48 3.3.6 Bulgaria 48 3.3.7 Croatia 48 3.3.8 Czech Republic 49 3.3.9 Denmark 50 3.3.10 Estonia 50 3.3.11 Finland 51 3.3.12 France 52 3.3.13 Georgia 53 3.3.14 Germany 54 3.3.15 Hungary 55 3.3.16 Ireland 55 3.3.17 Italy 56 3.3.18 Latvia 57 3.3.19 Lithuania 57 3.3.20 Luxembourg 58 3.3.21 Norway 59 3.3.22 Poland 60 3.3.23 Portugal 61 3.3.24 Romania 61 3.3.25 Russia 62 3.3.26 Slovakia 63 3.3.27 Slovenia 63 3.3.28 Spain 64 3.3.29 Sweden 65 3.3.30 the Netherlands 66 3.3.31 Ukraine 67 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 67 3.4.1 Executive Summary 67 3.4.2 Argentina 71 3.4.3 Brazil 72 3.4.4 Mexico 73 3.4.5 Panama 73 3.4.6 Paraguay 74 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 74 3.5.1 Executive Summary 74 3.5.2 Canada 78 3.5.3 the United States 79 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 80 3.6.1 Executive Summary 80 3.6.2 Australia 84 3.6.3 New Zealand 84 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets 84 3.7.1 Executive Summary 84 3.7.2 Israel 88 3.7.3 Turkey 89 4 IMPORTS 90 4.1 Africa: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 90 4.1.1 Executive Summary 90 4.1.2 Algeria 94 4.1.3 Botswana 94 4.1.4 Cameroon 95 4.1.5 Cote d'Ivoire 95 4.1.6 Egypt 96 4.1.7 Ethiopia 96 4.1.8 Mauritania 97 4.1.9 Morocco 97 4.1.10 Namibia 97 4.1.11 Nigeria 98 4.1.12 South Africa 99 4.1.13 Zimbabwe 100 4.2 Asia: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 100 4.2.1 Executive Summary 100 4.2.2 China 105 4.2.3 Hong Kong 106 4.2.4 India 107 4.2.5 Indonesia 108 4.2.6 Japan 109 4.2.7 Malaysia 110 4.2.8 Papua New Guinea 110 4.2.9 Philippines 111 4.2.10 Singapore 112 4.2.11 South Korea 113 4.2.12 Sri Lanka 114 4.2.13 Taiwan 115 4.2.14 Thailand 116 4.2.15 Vietnam 117 4.3 Europe: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 117 4.3.1 Executive Summary 117 4.3.2 Albania 121 4.3.3 Austria 122 4.3.4 Belarus 123 4.3.5 Belgium 124 4.3.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 4.3.7 Bulgaria 126 4.3.8 Croatia 127 4.3.9 Czech Republic 128 4.3.10 Denmark 129 4.3.11 Estonia 130 4.3.12 Finland 131 4.3.13 France 132 4.3.14 Georgia 133 4.3.15 Germany 134 4.3.16 Greece 135 4.3.17 Hungary 136 4.3.18 Iceland 136 4.3.19 Ireland 137 4.3.20 Italy 138 4.3.21 Kazakhstan 139 4.3.22 Latvia 139 4.3.23 Lithuania 140 4.3.24 Luxembourg 140 4.3.25 Macedonia 141 4.3.26 Malta 141 4.3.27 Moldova 141 4.3.28 Norway 142 4.3.29 Poland 143 4.3.30 Portugal 144 4.3.31 Romania 145 4.3.32 Russia 146 4.3.33 Slovakia 147 4.3.34 Slovenia 148 4.3.35 Spain 149 4.3.36 Sweden 150 4.3.37 the Netherlands 151 4.3.38 Ukraine 152 4.4 Latin America: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 152 4.4.1 Executive Summary 152 4.4.2 Argentina 157 4.4.3 Bolivia 158 4.4.4 Brazil 159 4.4.5 Chile 160 4.4.6 Colombia 161 4.4.7 Costa Rica 161 4.4.8 Ecuador 162 4.4.9 Guatemala 162 4.4.10 Guyana 162 4.4.11 Mexico 163 4.4.12 Paraguay 164 4.4.13 Peru 164 4.4.14 Uruguay 165 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 165 4.5.1 Executive Summary 165 4.5.2 Canada 169 4.5.3 the United States 170 4.6 Oceana: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 171 4.6.1 Executive Summary 171 4.6.2 Australia 175 4.6.3 New Caledonia 175 4.6.4 New Zealand 176 4.6.5 Solomon Islands 176 4.7 the Middle East: Unmounted Tool Plates, Sticks, and Tips of Sintered Metal Carbides or Cermets Imports in 2016 177 4.7.1 Executive Summary 177 4.7.2 Armenia 180 4.7.3 Azerbaijan 181 4.7.4 Israel 181 4.7.5 Jordan 182 4.7.6 Kyrgyzstan 182 4.7.7 Oman 182 4.7.8 Pakistan 183 4.7.9 Turkey 184 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 185 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 185 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. 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