Report on 2009 Import/Export Market for Natural Honey in India

HTML clipboardshares by country of origin are then calculated across
Report on 2009 Import and Export Market foreach country market destination. These shares lead
Natural Honey in Indiato a volume of import and export values for each
On the demand side, exporters and strategic plannerscountry and are aggregated to regional and world
focusing on natural honey in India face a number oftotals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum
questions. Which countries are supplying naturallikelihood estimates of both the value of each market
honey to India? How important is India compared toand the share that India is likely to receive this year.
others in terms of the entire global and regionalFrom these figures, rankings are calculated to allow
market? How much do the imports of natural honeymanagers to prioritize India compared to other major
vary from one country of origin to another in India?country markets. In this way, all the figures provided
On the supply side, India also exports natural honey.in this report are forecasts that can be combined
Which countries receive the most exports fromwith internal information sources for strategic planning
India? How are these exports concentrated acrosspurposes.
buyers? What is the value of these exports andAfter the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both
which countries are the largest buyers? ( )imports and exports of natural honey, Chapter 3
This report was created for strategic planners,goes into detail on imports, but for each major
international marketing executives and import/exportcountry of origin serving India. A “major”
managers who are concerned with the market formarket is defined as a country where India
natural honey in India. With the globalization of thisrepresents a substantially large share of either
market, managers can no longer be contented with aimports or exports. For each major country exporting
local view. Nor can managers be contented withto India, one can thus observe how important India is
out-of-date statistics which appear several yearsto that exporting country compared to other
after the fact. I have developed a methodology,countries of the world. Chapter 4 does the same, but
based on macroeconomic and trade models, tofor exports of natural honey originating from India,
estimate the market for natural honey for thosefor each major country of destination. In doing so,
countries serving India via exports, or supplying fromone can discover the share that India has in each
India via imports. It does so for the current yearmajor market; this share value is often used as a
based on a variety of key historical indicators andmeasure of competitiveness for India. In all cases,
econometric models.the total dollar volume and percentage share values
In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizingby major trading partner are provided. Combined,
where India fits into the world market for importedChapters 3 and 4 present a the total picture for
and exported natural honey. The total level ofimports and exports of natural honey to and from
imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and thoseIndia to and from all other major countries in the
for India in particular, is estimated using a modelworld. "Natural Honey" as a category is defined in this
which aggregates across over 150 key countryreport following the definition given by the United
markets and projects these to the current year.Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using
From there, each country represents a percent ofthe Standard International Trade Classification,
the world market. This market is served from aRevision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that
number of competitive countries of origin. Based ondefined "natural honey" is 0616 .
both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market