The 2013 Import and Export Market for Semi-Manufactured or Powdered Silver Including Gold- or Platinum-Plated Silver in Australia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver in Australia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver to Australia? How important is Australia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver vary from one country of origin to another in Australia? On the supply side, Australia also exports semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver. Which countries receive the most exports from Australia? 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 semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver in Australia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver for those countries serving Australia via exports, or supplying from Australia 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 Australia fits into the world market for imported and exported semi-manufactured or powdered silver including gold- or platinum-plated silver. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those