The 2013 Import and Export Market for Plates, Sheets, Film, Foil, and Strip Made from Polycarbonates, Alkyd Resins, or Other Polyesters in Argentina

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters in Argentina face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters to Argentina? How important is Argentina compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters vary from one country of origin to another in Argentina? On the supply side, Argentina also exports plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters. Which countries receive the most exports from Argentina? 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 plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters in Argentina. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip made from polycarbonates, alkyd resins, or other polyesters for those countries serving Argentina via exports, or supplying from Argentina 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 Argentina fits into the world market for imported and exported plates, sheets, film, foil, and strip