The 2013 Import and Export Market for Propelling or Sliding Pencils, Ball Point Pens, Felt-Tipped or Porous-Tipped Pens and Markers, Fountain Pens, Stylographs, and Other Pens in Slovakia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens in Slovakia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens to Slovakia? How important is Slovakia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens vary from one country of origin to another in Slovakia? On the supply side, Slovakia also exports propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens. Which countries receive the most exports from Slovakia? 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 propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens in Slovakia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 propelling or sliding pencils, ball point pens, felt-tipped or porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens, stylographs, and other pens for those countries serving Slovakia via exports, or supplying from Slovakia via imports. It does so for the current year based on a