The World Market for High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide: 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of high-speed steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide 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 high-speed steel flat-rolled products of less than 600 mm wide? 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: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Export Supplies in 2016 15 2.2 Imports 17 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide in 2016 17 3 EXPORTS 21 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 21 3.1.1 Executive Summary 21 3.1.2 Cote d'Ivoire 23 3.1.3 South Africa 24 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 24 3.2.1 Executive Summary 24 3.2.2 China 28 3.2.3 Hong Kong 28 3.2.4 India 29 3.2.5 Indonesia 29 3.2.6 Japan 29 3.2.7 Malaysia 30 3.2.8 Singapore 30 3.2.9 South Korea 30 3.2.10 Taiwan 31 3.2.11 Thailand 31 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 31 3.3.1 Executive Summary 31 3.3.2 Austria 36 3.3.3 Belgium 36 3.3.4 Denmark 37 3.3.5 France 37 3.3.6 Germany 38 3.3.7 Italy 38 3.3.8 Poland 39 3.3.9 Portugal 39 3.3.10 Romania 39 3.3.11 Russia 39 3.3.12 Slovenia 40 3.3.13 Spain 40 3.3.14 Sweden 41 3.3.15 the Netherlands 41 3.3.16 Ukraine 42 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 42 3.4.1 Executive Summary 42 3.4.2 Brazil 44 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 44 3.5.1 Executive Summary 44 3.5.2 the United States 47 3.6 the Middle East: Export Supplies of High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide 47 3.6.1 Executive Summary 47 3.6.2 Saudi Arabia 48 4 IMPORTS 49 4.1 Africa: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 49 4.1.1 Executive Summary 49 4.1.2 Cote d'Ivoire 51 4.1.3 Egypt 52 4.1.4 Namibia 52 4.1.5 South Africa 52 4.2 Asia: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 53 4.2.1 Executive Summary 53 4.2.2 Brunei 56 4.2.3 China 57 4.2.4 Hong Kong 57 4.2.5 India 58 4.2.6 Indonesia 58 4.2.7 Japan 59 4.2.8 Malaysia 59 4.2.9 Philippines 60 4.2.10 Singapore 60 4.2.11 South Korea 60 4.2.12 Taiwan 61 4.2.13 Thailand 61 4.2.14 Vietnam 62 4.3 Europe: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 62 4.3.1 Executive Summary 62 4.3.2 Austria 66 4.3.3 Belarus 67 4.3.4 Belgium 67 4.3.5 Bulgaria 67 4.3.6 Czech Republic 68 4.3.7 Finland 68 4.3.8 France 68 4.3.9 Germany 69 4.3.10 Hungary 69 4.3.11 Italy 70 4.3.12 Norway 70 4.3.13 Poland 71 4.3.14 Portugal 71 4.3.15 Romania 71 4.3.16 Russia 72 4.3.17 Spain 72 4.3.18 Sweden 72 4.3.19 the Netherlands 73 4.4 Latin America: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 73 4.4.1 Executive Summary 73 4.4.2 Argentina 76 4.4.3 Brazil 77 4.4.4 Colombia 77 4.4.5 Mexico 78 4.4.6 Paraguay 78 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 78 4.5.1 Executive Summary 78 4.5.2 Canada 82 4.5.3 the United States 82 4.6 the Middle East: High-Speed Steel Flat-Rolled Products of Less Than 600 mm Wide Imports in 2016 82 4.6.1 Executive Summary 82 4.6.2 Pakistan 83 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 84 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 84 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 85