On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the market in N. America & Caribbean face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying palm nuts and palm kernels to N. America & Caribbean? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of palm nuts and palm kernels vary from one country to another in N. America & Caribbean? Do exporters serving the market in N. America & Caribbean have similar market shares across the importing countries? On the supply side, N. America & Caribbean also sells to the international market of palm nuts and palm kernels. Which countries in N. America & Caribbean supply the most exports of palm nuts and palm kernels? Which countries are buying their exports? 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 palm nuts and palm kernels in N. America & Caribbean. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for palm nuts and palm kernels for those countries serving N. America & Caribbean via exports, or supplying from N. America & Caribbean via imports. We do 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 N. America & Caribbean fits into the world market for imported and exported palm nuts and palm kernels. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for N. America & Caribbean in particular, is based on 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 from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries in N. America & Caribbean are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize markets within N. America & Caribbean. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.
After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports for N. America & Caribbean, Chapter 3 details the exports of palm nuts and palm kernels, but for each individual country in N. America & Caribbean. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of palm nuts and palm kernels for all countries in N. America & Caribbean. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner is provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present a the complete picture for imports and exports of palm nuts and palm kernels to and from N. America & Caribbean to and from all other countries in the world.
This report and others relating to palm nuts and palm kernels are updated on an regular basis.
