The 2009 Import and Export Market for Special Transactions and Commodities Not Classified by Kind in Macedonia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on special transactions and commodities not classified by kind in Macedonia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying special transactions and commodities not classified by kind to Macedonia? How important is Macedonia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of special transactions and commodities not classified by kind vary from one country of origin to another in Macedonia? On the supply side, Macedonia also exports special transactions and commodities not classified by kind. Which countries receive the most exports from Macedonia? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for special transactions and commodities not classified by kind in Macedonia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for special transactions and commodities not classified by kind for those countries serving Macedonia via exports, or supplying from Macedonia via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Macedonia fits into the world market for imported and exported special transactions and commodities not classified by kind. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Macedonia in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to