The 2013 Import and Export Market for Ships' Derricks, Cranes, Mobile Lifting Frames, Straddle Carriers, and Works Trucks Fitted with Cranes in Algeria

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes in Algeria face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes to Algeria? How important is Algeria compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes vary from one country of origin to another in Algeria? On the supply side, Algeria also exports ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes. Which countries receive the most exports from Algeria? 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 ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes in Algeria. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 ships' derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, and works trucks fitted with cranes for those countries serving Algeria via exports, or supplying from Algeria 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 Algeria fits into the world market for imported and