The 2011 Import and Export Market for Work Holders, Self-Opening Dieheads and Dividing Heads for Machine Tools, and Tool Holders for Machine and Hand Tools in China

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools in China face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools vary from one country of origin to another in China? On the supply side, China also exports work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools. Which countries receive the most exports from China? 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 work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools in China. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 work holders, self-opening dieheads and dividing heads for machine tools, and tool holders for machine and hand tools for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China 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 China fits into