The 2009 Import and Export Market for Essential Oils Excluding Those of Citrus Fruit in Paraguay

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit in Paraguay face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit to Paraguay? How important is Paraguay compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit vary from one country of origin to another in Paraguay? On the supply side, Paraguay also exports essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit. Which countries receive the most exports from Paraguay? 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 essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit in Paraguay. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit for those countries serving Paraguay via exports, or supplying from Paraguay 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 Paraguay fits into the world market for imported and exported essential oils excluding those of citrus fruit. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Paraguay 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