The 2013 Import and Export Market for Aluminum Tanks, Casks, Drums, Cans, and Similar Containers with Capacity of Less Than 300 Liters in Brazil

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters in Brazil face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters to Brazil? How important is Brazil compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters vary from one country of origin to another in Brazil? On the supply side, Brazil also exports aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters. Which countries receive the most exports from Brazil? 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 aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters in Brazil. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity of less than 300 liters for those countries serving Brazil via exports, or supplying from Brazil 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 Brazil fits into the world market for imported and exported aluminum tanks, casks, drums, cans, and similar containers with capacity