The 2011 Import and Export Market for Parts for Fixed Line Telephone or Telegraph Equipment in Malaysia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment in Malaysia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment to Malaysia? How important is Malaysia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment vary from one country of origin to another in Malaysia? On the supply side, Malaysia also exports parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment. Which countries receive the most exports from Malaysia? 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 parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment in Malaysia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment for those countries serving Malaysia via exports, or supplying from Malaysia 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 Malaysia fits into the world market for imported and exported parts for fixed line telephone or telegraph equipment. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Malaysia in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a