The 2013 Import and Export Market for Belts and Bandoliers Made of Leather or Composition Leather in Indonesia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather in Indonesia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather to Indonesia? How important is Indonesia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather vary from one country of origin to another in Indonesia? On the supply side, Indonesia also exports belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather. Which countries receive the most exports from Indonesia? 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 belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather in Indonesia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather for those countries serving Indonesia via exports, or supplying from Indonesia 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 Indonesia fits into the world market for imported and exported belts and bandoliers made of leather or composition leather. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Indonesia in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to