The 2009 Import and Export Market for Blankets and Travel Rugs Made of Synthetic Fibers in Indonesia Paperback – June 3, 2009

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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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