The World Market for Platinum-Clad Base Metal: 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 platinum-clad base metal. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 platinum-clad base metal 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 platinum-clad base metal? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of platinum-clad base metal 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 platinum-clad base metal? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 7 1.1 Our Approach 7 2 THE WORLD MARKET 13 2.1 Exports 13 2.1.1 The World Market: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Export Supplies in 2016 13 2.2 Imports 15 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Platinum-Clad Base Metal in 2016 15 3 EXPORTS 19 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 19 3.1.1 Executive Summary 19 3.1.2 South Africa 19 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 20 3.2.1 Executive Summary 20 3.2.2 China 23 3.2.3 Hong Kong 24 3.2.4 Japan 24 3.2.5 Malaysia 24 3.2.6 Singapore 25 3.2.7 South Korea 25 3.2.8 Taiwan 25 3.2.9 Thailand 25 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 26 3.3.1 Executive Summary 26 3.3.2 Belgium 29 3.3.3 Bulgaria 30 3.3.4 Cyprus 30 3.3.5 France 30 3.3.6 Germany 31 3.3.7 Hungary 31 3.3.8 Italy 31 3.3.9 Romania 32 3.3.10 the Netherlands 32 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 32 3.4.1 Executive Summary 32 3.4.2 Costa Rica 34 3.4.3 Mexico 34 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 34 3.5.1 Executive Summary 34 3.5.2 the United States 37 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Platinum-Clad Base Metal 37 3.6.1 Executive Summary 37 3.6.2 Australia 38 4 IMPORTS 39 4.1 Africa: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 39 4.1.1 Executive Summary 39 4.1.2 Botswana 39 4.2 Asia: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 40 4.2.1 Executive Summary 40 4.2.2 China 43 4.2.3 Hong Kong 44 4.2.4 Japan 44 4.2.5 Malaysia 44 4.2.6 Philippines 45 4.2.7 Singapore 45 4.2.8 South Korea 45 4.2.9 Taiwan 46 4.2.10 Vietnam 46 4.3 Europe: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 46 4.3.1 Executive Summary 46 4.3.2 Austria 50 4.3.3 Belgium 51 4.3.4 Czech Republic 51 4.3.5 France 51 4.3.6 Germany 52 4.3.7 Greece 52 4.3.8 Italy 52 4.3.9 Spain 53 4.3.10 the Netherlands 53 4.4 North America & the Caribbean: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 53 4.4.1 Executive Summary 53 4.4.2 Canada 56 4.4.3 the United States 57 4.5 Oceana: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 57 4.5.1 Executive Summary 57 4.5.2 Australia 58 4.6 the Middle East: Platinum-Clad Base Metal Imports in 2016 58 4.6.1 Executive Summary 58 4.6.2 Israel 59 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 60 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 60 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 61