The World Market for Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum: 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 unwrought or powdered platinum group metals and alloys excluding platinum. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact.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 unwrought or powdered platinum group metals and alloys excluding platinum 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 unwrought or powdered platinum group metals and alloys excluding platinum? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of unwrought or powdered platinum group metals and alloys excluding platinum 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 unwrought or powdered platinum group metals and alloys excluding platinum? 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 14 2.1 Exports 14 2.1.1 The World Market: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Export Supplies in 2016 14 2.2 Imports 16 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum in 2016 16 3 EXPORTS 20 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 20 3.1.1 Executive Summary 20 3.1.2 South Africa 22 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 22 3.2.1 Executive Summary 22 3.2.2 Bangladesh 26 3.2.3 China 27 3.2.4 Hong Kong 27 3.2.5 Japan 28 3.2.6 Malaysia 28 3.2.7 Philippines 29 3.2.8 Singapore 29 3.2.9 South Korea 29 3.2.10 Sri Lanka 30 3.2.11 Taiwan 30 3.2.12 Thailand 30 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 31 3.3.1 Executive Summary 31 3.3.2 Austria 34 3.3.3 Belarus 35 3.3.4 Belgium 35 3.3.5 Bulgaria 35 3.3.6 Croatia 36 3.3.7 Cyprus 36 3.3.8 Czech Republic 36 3.3.9 Denmark 36 3.3.10 Estonia 37 3.3.11 France 37 3.3.12 Germany 38 3.3.13 Hungary 39 3.3.14 Ireland 39 3.3.15 Italy 40 3.3.16 Lithuania 40 3.3.17 Luxembourg 41 3.3.18 Norway 41 3.3.19 Poland 41 3.3.20 Portugal 42 3.3.21 Russia 42 3.3.22 Slovakia 43 3.3.23 Spain 43 3.3.24 Sweden 43 3.3.25 the Netherlands 44 3.3.26 Ukraine 44 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 44 3.4.1 Executive Summary 44 3.4.2 Brazil 46 3.4.3 Colombia 47 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 47 3.5.1 Executive Summary 47 3.5.2 Canada 50 3.5.3 the United States 51 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum 52 3.6.1 Executive Summary 52 3.6.2 Australia 54 3.6.3 New Zealand 55 4 IMPORTS 56 4.1 Africa: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 56 4.1.1 Executive Summary 56 4.1.2 South Africa 57 4.2 Asia: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 58 4.2.1 Executive Summary 58 4.2.2 China 62 4.2.3 Hong Kong 62 4.2.4 India 63 4.2.5 Indonesia 63 4.2.6 Japan 64 4.2.7 Malaysia 64 4.2.8 Philippines 65 4.2.9 Singapore 65 4.2.10 South Korea 66 4.2.11 Taiwan 66 4.2.12 Thailand 67 4.2.13 Vietnam 67 4.3 Europe: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 67 4.3.1 Executive Summary 67 4.3.2 Austria 71 4.3.3 Belgium 72 4.3.4 Croatia 72 4.3.5 Czech Republic 73 4.3.6 Denmark 73 4.3.7 Finland 73 4.3.8 France 74 4.3.9 Germany 75 4.3.10 Hungary 76 4.3.11 Iceland 76 4.3.12 Ireland 76 4.3.13 Italy 77 4.3.14 Lithuania 77 4.3.15 Luxembourg 78 4.3.16 Norway 78 4.3.17 Poland 78 4.3.18 Portugal 79 4.3.19 Russia 79 4.3.20 Slovenia 79 4.3.21 Spain 80 4.3.22 Sweden 80 4.3.23 the Netherlands 80 4.3.24 Ukraine 81 4.4 Latin America: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 81 4.4.1 Executive Summary 81 4.4.2 Argentina 85 4.4.3 Brazil 85 4.4.4 Guatemala 86 4.4.5 Mexico 86 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 86 4.5.1 Executive Summary 86 4.5.2 Canada 90 4.5.3 Dominican Republic 90 4.5.4 the United States 91 4.6 Oceana: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 91 4.6.1 Executive Summary 91 4.6.2 Australia 94 4.6.3 New Zealand 94 4.7 the Middle East: Unwrought or Powdered Platinum Group Metals and Alloys Excluding Platinum Imports in 2016 94 4.7.1 Executive Summary 94 4.7.2 Israel 97 4.7.3 Turkey 97 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 98 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 98 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 99