Regional market estimates

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BASF estimates that the Asia-Pacific region, with China playing the dominant role, has become the world s largest regional market for chemicals, now surpassing North America. China is one of the world s largest chemical markets, thanks to a broad base of industries that rely on chemicals of all types. 

The functional foods market is undoubtedly developing strongly in most of the countries and regions of the world where there is a mature processed foods market. Estimates of the size of the market vary considerably due to differing... 

Market potential is likely to be influenced by several other structural indicators of a regional market as well. Demand for a particular good can be closely related to a set of demographic, socio-economic, and cultural variables that can be used to estimate the country market potential, see Kotabe, Helsen (1998, pp. 166-172). 

Rank Company Region Revenue Mil., 2004 Estimated Market Share in % ... 

ARCO has marketed a reformulated gasoline, EC-1 Regular (emission control-1), for older vehicles without catalytic converters, in southern California. These older vehicles were only a small segment of the total car and truck population in the region but produced about a third of the air pollution. ARCO has also marketed a premium reformulated gasoline, EC-Premium. The EPA estimated that the ARCO reformulated gasolines reduced air pollution by almost 150 tons a day in southern California. 

The automotive transportation market, with a consumption estimated variously from 5% up to 13% of the thermoplastics total according to the region considered, is the third outlet for thermoplastics. It is also an important sector for thermoplastic composites and TPEs. 

The household, entertainment office appliance market consumes an estimated 3% up to 6% of the thermoplastics total, according to the region, making it the fifth outlet for these materials. 

Figure 1.13 Distribution of the power-device market with respect to voltage. Below 300V, SiC will not play a major role. In the region of 300-600V, SiC is estimated to capture roughly one-third of the market. Above 600V, SiC is estimated to capture 70% of the market.

The aroma compounds from the tropical fruits described in this chapter can be very important for consumers and industry as they are exotic and extremely pleasant however, the production of these compounds by biotechnological processes should be emphasised since the extraction from the fruits is a hard task. Many tropical soils contain less nitrogen and phosphorus, have lower capacity to absorb fertilisers, and therefore have lower conventional productive capacity, but some tropical soils have been very intensively farmed and further intensification is possible in other areas. Thus, the evaluation of a sustainable agriculture in tropical regions requires a sophisticated approach including the estimation of the risk of microbial or insect infestations. As many fruits go directly to fresh markets or to immediate processing, a continuing supply of the flavour manufacturers in the future is not completely assured. 

The decrease in wodd sulfur inventories ended in the period 1990—1992. From 1991 to 1992, sulfur inventories remained relatively stable. However, wodd sulfur inventories in 1993 increased sharply, to an estimated 11.8 million metric tons. This increase was caused by a sharp fall in wodd demand for phosphate fertilizers, which, because of market conditions, led to a laige increase in vatting sulfur, especially in Canada. Figure 3 shows wodd sulfur inventory levels in the main producing countries or regions from 1980 through 1994. 

The present paper is based on the author s study (1) funded by the U. S. Bureau of Mines which, however, is not responsible for the views expressed or the conclusions reached. The time element has been subdivided into three discrete points and a period. The points include current output levels, for use as a base line, 1985 and 1990. The period encompasses the decade from 1990. This reflects the increasing unreliability of the estimates as the projection is extended. Because sulfur markets tend to be discrete and sulfur sources tend to be geographically differentiated regional supply projections are required. The definition chosen here is the Petroleum Administration for Defense districts. [These are defined as I - Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. II - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. 

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