The 2009 Import and Export Market for Seats Made of Cane, Osier, Bamboo, and Similar Materials in Malaysia

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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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