The 2009 Import and Export Market for Fresh or Chilled Crustaceans Including Flours, Meals, and Pellets Thereof for Human Consumption in Thailand

The 2009 Import and Export Market for Fresh or Chilled Crustaceans Including Flours, Meals, and Pellets Thereof for Human Consumption in Thailand Review

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption in Thailand face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption to Thailand? How important is Thailand compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption vary from one country of origin to another in Thailand? On the supply side, Thailand also exports fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption. Which countries receive the most exports from Thailand? 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 fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption in Thailand. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and pellets thereof for human consumption for those countries serving Thailand via exports, or supplying from Thailand 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 Thailand fits into the world market for imported and exported fresh or chilled crustaceans including flours, meals, and