The 2013 Import and Export Market for Iron and Steel Seamless Line Pipe Used for Oil and Gas Pipelines Excluding Those Made of Cast Iron in Brazil

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron in Brazil face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron to Brazil? How important is Brazil compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron vary from one country of origin to another in Brazil? On the supply side, Brazil also exports iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron. 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 iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines excluding those made of cast iron 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 iron and steel seamless line pipe used for oil and gas