The 2013 Import and Export Market for Articles of Natural or Cultured Pearls and Articles of Natural, Synthetic, or Reconstructed Precious or Semiprecious Stones in Belgium

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones in Belgium face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones to Belgium? How important is Belgium compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones vary from one country of origin to another in Belgium? On the supply side, Belgium also exports articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones. Which countries receive the most exports from Belgium? 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 articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones in Belgium. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 articles of natural or cultured pearls and articles of natural, synthetic, or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones for those countries serving Belgium via exports, or supplying from Belgium via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows,