The 2009 Import and Export Market for Fresh or Dried Arrowroot, Salep, Jerusalem Artichokes, Sweet Potatoes, and Other Roots and Tubers with High Starch or Inulin in the United Kingdom

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh or dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin in the United Kingdom face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying fresh or dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin to the United Kingdom? How important is the United Kingdom compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh or dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin vary from one country of origin to another in the United Kingdom? On the supply side, the United Kingdom also exports fresh or dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin. Which countries receive the most exports from the United Kingdom? 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 dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin in the United Kingdom. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 dried arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, and other roots and tubers with high starch or inulin for those countries serving the United Kingdom via exports, or supplying from the United Kingdom via imports. It does so for the current year based