The 2013 Import and Export Market for Portland Cement, Aluminous Cement, Slag Cement, Supersulfate Cement, and Similar Hydraulic Cements in the United Arab Emirates

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements in the United Arab Emirates face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements to the United Arab Emirates? How important is the United Arab Emirates compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements vary from one country of origin to another in the United Arab Emirates? On the supply side, the United Arab Emirates also exports portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements. Which countries receive the most exports from the United Arab Emirates? 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 portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements in the United Arab Emirates. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement, and similar hydraulic cements for those countries serving the United Arab Emirates via exports, or supplying from the United Arab Emirates via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what