The 2009 Import and Export Market for Weighing Machinery and Weight-Operated Counting and Checking Machines Excluding Balances of 5 cg or Better and Personal and Household Scales in Norway

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales in Norway face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales to Norway? How important is Norway compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales vary from one country of origin to another in Norway? On the supply side, Norway also exports weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales. Which countries receive the most exports from Norway? 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 weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales in Norway. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 weighing machinery and weight-operated counting and checking machines excluding balances of 5 cg or better and personal and household scales for those countries serving Norway via exports, or supplying from Norway via imports. It does so for the current year based on a