The World Market for Playing Cards: 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 playing cards. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 playing cards 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 playing cards? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of playing cards 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 playing cards? 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 17 2.1 Exports 17 2.1.1 The World Market: Playing Cards Export Supplies in 2016 17 2.2 Imports 19 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Playing Cards in 2016 19 3 EXPORTS 23 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 23 3.1.1 Executive Summary 23 3.1.2 Cote d'Ivoire 25 3.1.3 South Africa 26 3.1.4 Tunisia 26 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 26 3.2.1 Executive Summary 26 3.2.2 China 30 3.2.3 Hong Kong 31 3.2.4 India 31 3.2.5 Indonesia 32 3.2.6 Japan 32 3.2.7 Malaysia 33 3.2.8 Singapore 33 3.2.9 South Korea 34 3.2.10 Taiwan 35 3.2.11 Thailand 36 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 36 3.3.1 Executive Summary 36 3.3.2 Austria 41 3.3.3 Belgium 42 3.3.4 Croatia 43 3.3.5 Czech Republic 43 3.3.6 Denmark 43 3.3.7 Estonia 44 3.3.8 Finland 44 3.3.9 France 45 3.3.10 Germany 46 3.3.11 Greece 47 3.3.12 Hungary 47 3.3.13 Ireland 47 3.3.14 Italy 48 3.3.15 Latvia 49 3.3.16 Luxembourg 49 3.3.17 Norway 49 3.3.18 Poland 50 3.3.19 Russia 50 3.3.20 Slovakia 50 3.3.21 Slovenia 51 3.3.22 Spain 52 3.3.23 Sweden 53 3.3.24 the Netherlands 53 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 54 3.4.1 Executive Summary 54 3.4.2 Argentina 57 3.4.3 Brazil 58 3.4.4 Chile 58 3.4.5 Mexico 58 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 59 3.5.1 Executive Summary 59 3.5.2 Canada 62 3.5.3 the United States 63 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 64 3.6.1 Executive Summary 64 3.6.2 Australia 65 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Playing Cards 66 3.7.1 Executive Summary 66 3.7.2 Israel 66 4 IMPORTS 67 4.1 Africa: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 67 4.1.1 Executive Summary 67 4.1.2 Algeria 70 4.1.3 Botswana 71 4.1.4 Burundi 71 4.1.5 Cameroon 71 4.1.6 Cote d'Ivoire 72 4.1.7 Egypt 72 4.1.8 Ethiopia 72 4.1.9 Ghana 73 4.1.10 Madagascar 73 4.1.11 Mali 73 4.1.12 Mauritius 74 4.1.13 Morocco 74 4.1.14 Namibia 74 4.1.15 Nigeria 75 4.1.16 South Africa 75 4.1.17 Uganda 75 4.2 Asia: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 76 4.2.1 Executive Summary 76 4.2.2 Brunei 79 4.2.3 Cambodia 80 4.2.4 China 80 4.2.5 Hong Kong 81 4.2.6 India 81 4.2.7 Indonesia 82 4.2.8 Japan 82 4.2.9 Malaysia 83 4.2.10 Papua New Guinea 83 4.2.11 Philippines 83 4.2.12 Singapore 84 4.2.13 South Korea 84 4.2.14 Sri Lanka 85 4.2.15 Taiwan 85 4.2.16 Thailand 86 4.2.17 Vietnam 86 4.3 Europe: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 86 4.3.1 Executive Summary 86 4.3.2 Albania 90 4.3.3 Austria 91 4.3.4 Belarus 91 4.3.5 Belgium 92 4.3.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 92 4.3.7 Bulgaria 93 4.3.8 Croatia 93 4.3.9 Cyprus 93 4.3.10 Czech Republic 94 4.3.11 Denmark 94 4.3.12 Estonia 95 4.3.13 Finland 95 4.3.14 France 96 4.3.15 Georgia 96 4.3.16 Germany 97 4.3.17 Greece 97 4.3.18 Hungary 98 4.3.19 Iceland 98 4.3.20 Ireland 99 4.3.21 Italy 99 4.3.22 Kazakhstan 100 4.3.23 Latvia 100 4.3.24 Lithuania 100 4.3.25 Luxembourg 101 4.3.26 Macedonia 101 4.3.27 Malta 101 4.3.28 Norway 102 4.3.29 Poland 102 4.3.30 Portugal 103 4.3.31 Romania 103 4.3.32 Russia 104 4.3.33 Slovakia 104 4.3.34 Slovenia 105 4.3.35 Spain 105 4.3.36 Sweden 106 4.3.37 the Netherlands 106 4.3.38 Ukraine 107 4.4 Latin America: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 107 4.4.1 Executive Summary 107 4.4.2 Argentina 110 4.4.3 Bolivia 111 4.4.4 Brazil 111 4.4.5 Chile 112 4.4.6 Colombia 112 4.4.7 Costa Rica 113 4.4.8 Ecuador 113 4.4.9 El Salvador 113 4.4.10 Guatemala 114 4.4.11 Honduras 114 4.4.12 Mexico 114 4.4.13 Nicaragua 115 4.4.14 Paraguay 115 4.4.15 Peru 115 4.4.16 Uruguay 116 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 116 4.5.1 Executive Summary 116 4.5.2 Aruba 119 4.5.3 Canada 120 4.5.4 Dominican Republic 120 4.5.5 Jamaica 121 4.5.6 the Bahamas 121 4.5.7 the United States 122 4.6 Oceana: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 122 4.6.1 Executive Summary 122 4.6.2 Australia 126 4.6.3 Fiji 126 4.6.4 New Caledonia 126 4.6.5 New Zealand 127 4.7 the Middle East: Playing Cards Imports in 2016 127 4.7.1 Executive Summary 127 4.7.2 Armenia 130 4.7.3 Israel 131 4.7.4 Jordan 131 4.7.5 Kyrgyzstan 132 4.7.6 Lebanon 132 4.7.7 Pakistan 132 4.7.8 Turkey 133 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 134 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 134 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 135