The 2013 Import and Export Market for Parts of Primary Cells and Primary Batteries in Singapore

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on parts of primary cells and primary batteries in Singapore face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying parts of primary cells and primary batteries to Singapore? How important is Singapore compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of parts of primary cells and primary batteries vary from one country of origin to another in Singapore? On the supply side, Singapore also exports parts of primary cells and primary batteries. Which countries receive the most exports from Singapore? 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 parts of primary cells and primary batteries in Singapore. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 parts of primary cells and primary batteries for those countries serving Singapore via exports, or supplying from Singapore 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 Singapore fits into the world market for imported and exported parts of primary cells and primary batteries. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Singapore 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