The 2013 Import and Export Market for Men's and Boys' Overcoats, Raincoats, Carcoats, Capes, and Similar Articles of Woven Wool or Fine Animal Hair in Ireland

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair in Ireland face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair to Ireland? How important is Ireland compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair vary from one country of origin to another in Ireland? On the supply side, Ireland also exports men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair. Which countries receive the most exports from Ireland? 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 men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair in Ireland. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 men's and boys' overcoats, raincoats, carcoats, capes, and similar articles of woven wool or fine animal hair for those countries serving Ireland via exports, or supplying from Ireland 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