The 2013 Import and Export Market for Public Transport-Type Passenger Motor Vehicles with Diesel or Semi-Diesel Compression-Ignition Internal Combustion Engines in Greece

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines in Greece face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines to Greece? How important is Greece compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines vary from one country of origin to another in Greece? On the supply side, Greece also exports public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines. Which countries receive the most exports from Greece? 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 public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines in Greece. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 public transport-type passenger motor vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel compression-ignition internal combustion engines for those countries serving Greece via exports, or supplying from Greece 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