The 2013 Import and Export Market for Motorcycles with Reciprocating Internal Combustion Piston Engines of Cylinder Capacity between 250 and 500 cc in Switzerland

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc in Switzerland face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc to Switzerland? How important is Switzerland compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc vary from one country of origin to another in Switzerland? On the supply side, Switzerland also exports motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc. Which countries receive the most exports from Switzerland? 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 motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc in Switzerland. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston engines of cylinder capacity between 250 and 500 cc for those countries serving Switzerland via exports, or supplying from Switzerland 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