The World Market for Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products: 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 iron or non-alloy steel flat-rolled products. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 iron or non-alloy steel flat-rolled products 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 iron or non-alloy steel flat-rolled products? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of hot-rolled iron or non-alloy steel flat-rolled products 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 iron or non-alloy steel flat-rolled products? 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 15 2.1 Exports 15 2.1.1 The World Market: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 17 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products in 2016 17 3 EXPORTS 21 3.1 Asia: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products 21 3.1.1 Executive Summary 21 3.1.2 China 25 3.1.3 India 25 3.1.4 Japan 25 3.1.5 Malaysia 26 3.1.6 Singapore 26 3.1.7 South Korea 26 3.1.8 Taiwan 26 3.1.9 Vietnam 27 3.2 Europe: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products 27 3.2.1 Executive Summary 27 3.2.2 Austria 32 3.2.3 Belgium 32 3.2.4 Czech Republic 33 3.2.5 Denmark 34 3.2.6 Finland 34 3.2.7 France 35 3.2.8 Germany 36 3.2.9 Hungary 36 3.2.10 Italy 37 3.2.11 Lithuania 38 3.2.12 Luxembourg 38 3.2.13 Norway 38 3.2.14 Poland 39 3.2.15 Portugal 39 3.2.16 Russia 39 3.2.17 Slovakia 39 3.2.18 Slovenia 40 3.2.19 Spain 40 3.2.20 Sweden 41 3.2.21 Switzerland 41 3.2.22 the Netherlands 42 3.2.23 the United Kingdom 42 3.3 Latin America: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products 42 3.3.1 Executive Summary 42 3.3.2 Chile 43 3.4 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products 43 3.4.1 Executive Summary 43 3.4.2 the United States 46 3.5 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products 46 3.5.1 Executive Summary 46 3.5.2 the United Arab Emirates 48 3.5.3 Turkey 49 4 IMPORTS 50 4.1 Africa: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 50 4.1.1 Executive Summary 50 4.1.2 Algeria 52 4.1.3 Egypt 53 4.1.4 Zambia 53 4.2 Asia: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 53 4.2.1 Executive Summary 53 4.2.2 Cambodia 56 4.2.3 China 57 4.2.4 Japan 57 4.2.5 Malaysia 57 4.2.6 Singapore 58 4.2.7 Thailand 58 4.3 Europe: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 58 4.3.1 Executive Summary 58 4.3.2 Austria 63 4.3.3 Belarus 63 4.3.4 Belgium 64 4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 4.3.6 Bulgaria 65 4.3.7 Croatia 65 4.3.8 Cyprus 65 4.3.9 Czech Republic 66 4.3.10 Denmark 66 4.3.11 Estonia 67 4.3.12 Finland 67 4.3.13 France 68 4.3.14 Germany 69 4.3.15 Greece 69 4.3.16 Hungary 70 4.3.17 Ireland 70 4.3.18 Italy 70 4.3.19 Latvia 71 4.3.20 Lithuania 71 4.3.21 Luxembourg 71 4.3.22 Norway 72 4.3.23 Poland 72 4.3.24 Portugal 73 4.3.25 Romania 73 4.3.26 Russia 73 4.3.27 Slovakia 74 4.3.28 Slovenia 74 4.3.29 Spain 74 4.3.30 Sweden 75 4.3.31 Switzerland 75 4.3.32 the Netherlands 76 4.3.33 the United Kingdom 76 4.4 Latin America: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 77 4.4.1 Executive Summary 77 4.4.2 Costa Rica 79 4.4.3 Guyana 80 4.4.4 Mexico 80 4.4.5 Suriname 80 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 81 4.5.1 Executive Summary 81 4.5.2 Canada 83 4.5.3 Dominican Republic 84 4.5.4 the United States 84 4.6 Oceana: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 84 4.6.1 Executive Summary 84 4.6.2 New Caledonia 85 4.7 the Middle East: Hot-Rolled Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Imports in 2016 85 4.7.1 Executive Summary 85 4.7.2 Azerbaijan 89 4.7.3 Bahrain 90 4.7.4 Lebanon 90 4.7.5 Oman 90 4.7.6 Pakistan 91 4.7.7 Turkey 91 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 92 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 92 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 93