The World Market for Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods: 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 cold-formed and cold-finished free-cutting iron and steel bars and rods. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 cold-formed and cold-finished free-cutting iron and steel bars and rods 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 cold-formed and cold-finished free-cutting iron and steel bars and rods? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of cold-formed and cold-finished free-cutting iron and steel bars and rods 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 cold-formed and cold-finished free-cutting iron and steel bars and rods? 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 16 2.1 Exports 16 2.1.1 The World Market: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Export Supplies in 2016 16 2.2 Imports 18 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods in 2016 18 3 EXPORTS 22 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 22 3.1.1 Executive Summary 22 3.1.2 South Africa 23 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 24 3.2.1 Executive Summary 24 3.2.2 China 28 3.2.3 Hong Kong 29 3.2.4 India 29 3.2.5 Japan 30 3.2.6 Malaysia 30 3.2.7 Singapore 31 3.2.8 South Korea 31 3.2.9 Taiwan 32 3.2.10 Thailand 32 3.2.11 Vietnam 33 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 33 3.3.1 Executive Summary 33 3.3.2 Austria 38 3.3.3 Belarus 38 3.3.4 Belgium 39 3.3.5 Bulgaria 39 3.3.6 Croatia 40 3.3.7 Czech Republic 40 3.3.8 Denmark 41 3.3.9 France 42 3.3.10 Germany 43 3.3.11 Greece 44 3.3.12 Hungary 44 3.3.13 Italy 45 3.3.14 Luxembourg 46 3.3.15 Poland 46 3.3.16 Portugal 47 3.3.17 Romania 47 3.3.18 Russia 47 3.3.19 Slovakia 48 3.3.20 Slovenia 48 3.3.21 Spain 49 3.3.22 Sweden 50 3.3.23 the Netherlands 50 3.3.24 Ukraine 51 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 51 3.4.1 Executive Summary 51 3.4.2 Argentina 54 3.4.3 El Salvador 55 3.4.4 Mexico 55 3.4.5 Peru 55 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 56 3.5.1 Executive Summary 56 3.5.2 Barbados 59 3.5.3 Canada 60 3.5.4 the United States 60 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 61 3.6.1 Executive Summary 61 3.6.2 Australia 63 3.6.3 New Zealand 64 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods 64 3.7.1 Executive Summary 64 3.7.2 Turkey 67 4 IMPORTS 68 4.1 Africa: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 68 4.1.1 Executive Summary 68 4.1.2 Algeria 72 4.1.3 Egypt 72 4.1.4 Ethiopia 73 4.1.5 Mauritius 73 4.1.6 Namibia 73 4.1.7 Senegal 74 4.1.8 South Africa 74 4.1.9 Sudan 74 4.2 Asia: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 75 4.2.1 Executive Summary 75 4.2.2 China 79 4.2.3 Hong Kong 79 4.2.4 India 80 4.2.5 Indonesia 80 4.2.6 Japan 81 4.2.7 Malaysia 81 4.2.8 Papua New Guinea 82 4.2.9 Singapore 82 4.2.10 South Korea 83 4.2.11 Sri Lanka 83 4.2.12 Thailand 84 4.2.13 Vietnam 84 4.3 Europe: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 85 4.3.1 Executive Summary 85 4.3.2 Austria 89 4.3.3 Belarus 89 4.3.4 Belgium 90 4.3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 4.3.6 Bulgaria 91 4.3.7 Croatia 91 4.3.8 Cyprus 92 4.3.9 Czech Republic 92 4.3.10 Denmark 93 4.3.11 Estonia 93 4.3.12 Finland 94 4.3.13 France 94 4.3.14 Germany 95 4.3.15 Greece 96 4.3.16 Hungary 96 4.3.17 Iceland 97 4.3.18 Ireland 97 4.3.19 Italy 98 4.3.20 Kazakhstan 98 4.3.21 Latvia 98 4.3.22 Lithuania 99 4.3.23 Luxembourg 99 4.3.24 Macedonia 99 4.3.25 Malta 100 4.3.26 Norway 100 4.3.27 Poland 101 4.3.28 Portugal 101 4.3.29 Romania 102 4.3.30 Russia 102 4.3.31 Slovakia 103 4.3.32 Slovenia 103 4.3.33 Spain 104 4.3.34 Sweden 104 4.3.35 the Netherlands 105 4.3.36 Ukraine 105 4.4 Latin America: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 105 4.4.1 Executive Summary 105 4.4.2 Argentina 109 4.4.3 Bolivia 110 4.4.4 Brazil 110 4.4.5 Chile 111 4.4.6 Colombia 111 4.4.7 Costa Rica 112 4.4.8 El Salvador 112 4.4.9 Guatemala 112 4.4.10 Honduras 113 4.4.11 Mexico 113 4.4.12 Nicaragua 114 4.4.13 Peru 114 4.4.14 Uruguay 114 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 115 4.5.1 Executive Summary 115 4.5.2 Aruba 118 4.5.3 Canada 119 4.5.4 Dominica 119 4.5.5 Greenland 120 4.5.6 the Bahamas 120 4.5.7 the United States 121 4.6 Oceana: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 121 4.6.1 Executive Summary 121 4.6.2 Australia 125 4.6.3 Fiji 125 4.6.4 New Zealand 126 4.7 the Middle East: Cold-Formed and Cold-Finished Free-Cutting Iron and Steel Bars and Rods Imports in 2016 126 4.7.1 Executive Summary 126 4.7.2 Israel 130 4.7.3 Lebanon 130 4.7.4 Pakistan 131 4.7.5 Turkey 131 4.7.6 Yemen 132 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 133 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 133 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 134