The 2011 Import and Export
Market for Prepared Rubber
Accelerators in the United
States
By
Professor Philip M. Parker, Ph. D.
Chaired Professor of Management Science
INSEAD (Singapore & Fontainebleau, France)
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About the Author
Dr. Philip M. Parker is the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at
INSEAD where he has taught courses on multivariate statistics and global competitive strategy
since 1988. He has also taught courses at MIT, Stanford University, Harvard University, UCLA,
UCSD, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of six books
on the economic convergence of nations. These books introduce the notion of “physioeconomics”
which foresees a lack of global convergence in economic behaviors due to physiological and
physiographic forces. His latest book is "Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic
Growth" (MIT Press 2000). He has also published numerous articles in academic journals,
including The Rand Journal of Economics, Marketing Science, the Journal of International
Business Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of
Forecasting, the European Management Journal, the European Journal of Operational
Research, Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of
Marketing Research. He is also on the editorial boards of several academic journals.
Dr. Parker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania and has Masters degrees in Finance and Banking (University of Aix-Marseille)
and Managerial Economics (Wharton). His undergraduate degrees are in mathematics, biology
and economics (minor in aeronautical engineering). He has consulted and/or taught courses in
Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe.
About this Series
This series was created for international firms who rely on foreign export markets for a
substantial portion of their business or who might be threatened by foreign trade competition.
The estimates given in this report were created using a methodology developed by and under the
direct supervision of Professor Philip M. Parker, the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation,
Business and Society, at INSEAD. The methodology, relying on historical figures of economic
growth and trade flows, estimates the market shares of some 150 countries for over 500 industrial
or product categories. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical
records, as these are projected for the current year of trade.
Acknowledgements
Some of the methodologies and research approaches used in this report have benefited from the
R&D Committee at INSEAD, whose research support is gratefully acknowledged. Additional
editorial assistance from Tiffany LaRochelle, ICON Group International, Inc., is also
acknowledged.
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY 7
2 THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD MARKET 9
2.1 Imports in the United States in 2011 9
2.2 Exports from the United States in 2011 10
3 IMPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES 11
3.1 Asia 11
3.1.1 China 11
3.1.2 Hong Kong 12
3.1.3 Japan 12
3.1.4 Malaysia 13
3.1.5 South Korea 13
3.2 Europe 14
3.2.1 Belgium 14
3.2.2 France 15
3.2.3 Germany 16
3.2.4 Italy 17
3.2.5 Russia 18
3.2.6 Spain 18
3.2.7 the Netherlands 19
3.2.8 the United Kingdom 20
3.3 North America & the Caribbean 21
3.3.1 Canada 21
3.4 Oceana 21
3.4.1 Australia 21
3.5 the Middle East 21
3.5.1 Israel 21
4 EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES 22
4.1 Africa 22
4.1.1 South Africa 22
4.2 Asia 23
4.2.1 China 23
4.2.2 Hong Kong 24
4.2.3 India 25
4.2.4 Indonesia 26
4.2.5 Japan 26
4.2.6 Malaysia 27
4.2.7 Singapore 27
4.2.8 South Korea 28
4.2.9 Taiwan 28
4.2.10 Thailand 29
4.3 Europe 29
4.3.1 Belgium 29
4.3.2 Finland 30
4.3.3 France 30
4.3.4 Germany 31
4.3.5 Hungary 31
4.3.6 Ireland 32
4.3.7 Italy 32
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4.3.9 Romania 33
4.3.10 Slovakia 34
4.3.11 Slovenia 34
4.3.12 Spain 35
4.3.13 the Netherlands 35
4.3.14 the United Kingdom 36
4.4 Latin America 36
4.4.1 Argentina 36
4.4.2 Brazil 37
4.4.3 Colombia 37
4.4.4 Costa Rica 38
4.4.5 Ecuador 38
4.4.6 Guatemala 39
4.4.7 Mexico 39
4.4.8 Peru 39
4.5 North America & the Caribbean 40
4.5.1 Canada 40
4.5.2 Trinidad and Tobago 40
4.6 Oceana 41
4.6.1 Australia 41
4.6.2 New Zealand 41
4.7 the Middle East 42
4.7.1 Pakistan 42
4.7.2 Saudi Arabia 42
4.7.3 Turkey 43
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1 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on prepared rubber accelerators in
the United States face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying prepared rubber
accelerators to the United States? How important is the United States compared to others in
terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of prepared rubber
accelerators vary from one country of origin to another in the United States? On the supply side,
the United States also exports prepared rubber accelerators. Which countries receive the most
exports from the United States? 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 prepared rubber accelerators in
the United States. 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 prepared rubber accelerators for those countries serving the
United States via exports, or supplying from the United States 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 the United States fits into the world
market for imported and exported prepared rubber accelerators. The total level of imports and
exports on a worldwide basis, and those for the United States in particular, is estimated using 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 share that the United States is likely to receive
this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize the United
States compared to other major country markets. 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 of prepared rubber
accelerators, Chapter 3 goes into detail on imports, but for each major country of origin serving
the United States. A “major” market is defined as a country where the United States represents a
substantially large share of either imports or exports. For each major country exporting to the
United States, one can thus observe how important the United States is to that exporting country
compared to other countries of the world. Chapter 4 does the same, but for exports of prepared
rubber accelerators originating from the United States, for each major country of destination. In
doing so, one can discover the share that the United States has in each major market; this share
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value is often used as a measure of competitiveness for the United States. In all cases, the total
dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined,
Chapters 3 and 4 present a the total picture for imports and exports of prepared rubber
accelerators to and from the United States to and from all other major countries in the world.
"Prepared Rubber Accelerators" as a category is defined in this report following the definition
given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard
International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined
"prepared rubber accelerators" is 59863 . For more information on this definition, please refer to
the following web site:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=14&Lg=1&Co=598 .
This report is updated on an annual basis. To ensure that you have the most current version,
please check the web site of ICON Group at www.icongrouponline.com.
Important Caveat. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical
records, as these are forecasted for the current year of trade. More importantly, in light of the fact
that unforeseeable factors might interrupt markets in achieving their reported levels, the figures
should be seen as estimates of potential. For example, "mad cow" disease, foot-and-mouth
disease, trade embargoes, military conflicts, acts of terrorism and other events will certainly
affect the actual trade flows recorded for a variety of industry or product categories. In such
cases, the difference between the numbers given in this report and the numbers actually observed
might be interpreted as the "net loss" or "net gain" due to these exogenous events affecting
regular trade flows that would have occurred had these events not have taken place.
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2 THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD MARKET
2.1 IMPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2011
Imported Prepared Rubber Accelerators in the United States, 2011
(Structure of Foreign Import Competition)
Country of Origin Rank Value (000 US$) % Share Cumulative %
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Belgium 1 6,688 26.36 26.36
China 2 6,102 24.05 50.41
Germany 3 3,566 14.05 64.46
France 4 2,160 8.51 72.98
Canada 5 1,798 7.09 80.06
Japan 6 1,564 6.16 86.23
Spain 7 1,491 5.88 92.10
the United Kingdom 8 1,104 4.35 96.45
South Korea 9 255 1.01 97.46
Hong Kong 10 169 0.67 98.12
the Netherlands 11 138 0.54 98.67
Italy 12 134 0.53 99.20
Russia 13 107 0.42 99.62
Australia 14 71 0.28 99.90
Malaysia 15 22 0.09 99.98
Israel 16 4 0.02 100.00
Total 25,373 100.00 100.00
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2.2 EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES IN 2011
Prepared Rubber Accelerators Exports from the United States, 2011
Country of Destination Rank Value (000 US$) % Share Cumulative %
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Canada 1 12,220 26.92 26.92
China 2 8,468 18.65 45.57
the Netherlands 3 4,529