The 2009 Import and Export Market for Bakery Mixes and Doughs for the Preparation of Bread, Pastry, Cakes, and Biscuits in Belgium

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits in Belgium face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits to Belgium? How important is Belgium compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits vary from one country of origin to another in Belgium? On the supply side, Belgium also exports bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits. 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 bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits 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, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Belgium fits into the world market for imported and exported bakery mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, and biscuits. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those