The 2013 Import and Export Market for Fiberboard of Wood or Other Ligneous Materials in Jordan

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials in Jordan face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials to Jordan? How important is Jordan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials vary from one country of origin to another in Jordan? On the supply side, Jordan also exports fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials. Which countries receive the most exports from Jordan? 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 fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials in Jordan. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials for those countries serving Jordan via exports, or supplying from Jordan 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 Jordan fits into the world market for imported and exported fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Jordan in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of