The 2009 Import and Export Market for Cobalt Mattes and Other Intermediate Products of Cobalt Metallurgy, Unwrought Cobalt, Cobalt Waste and Scrap, and Cobalt Powders in Russia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders in Russia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders to Russia? How important is Russia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders vary from one country of origin to another in Russia? On the supply side, Russia also exports cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders. Which countries receive the most exports from Russia? 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 cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders in Russia. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders for those countries serving Russia via exports, or supplying from Russia via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.