The 2013 Import and Export Market for Worked Mica and Articles of Mica Including Agglomerated or Reconstituted Mica in Brazil

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica in Brazil face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica to Brazil? How important is Brazil compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica vary from one country of origin to another in Brazil? On the supply side, Brazil also exports worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica. 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 worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica 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 worked mica and articles of mica including agglomerated or reconstituted mica. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Brazil in particular, is