The 2011 Import and Export Market for Orthopedic Appliances, Crutches, Surgical Belts, Fracture Appliances, Artificial Body Parts, Hearing Aids, and Pacemakers in Sweden

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers in Sweden face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers to Sweden? How important is Sweden compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers vary from one country of origin to another in Sweden? On the supply side, Sweden also exports orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers. Which countries receive the most exports from Sweden? 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 orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers in Sweden. 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 orthopedic appliances, crutches, surgical belts, fracture appliances, artificial body parts, hearing aids, and pacemakers for those countries serving Sweden via exports, or supplying from Sweden via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

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