Abstract
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
The objective of this report is to provide a concise overview of the global
insulated Wire & Cable and Overhead Lines market. The report gives an estimate
of the value of insulated Wire & Cable and Overhead Lines consumption in each
national market. The data given are 2005-2004 actual market values and
estimated 2005 and 2010 market values.
For the purposes of this report insulated Wire & Cable and Overhead Lines is
defined as comprising the following categories of cable:
- Mains Distribution Cable - comprising insulated conductors rated
from 1,000V to 10,000V used for the distribution of electric power from local
consumer substations to households and commercial premises and within the
latter as rising mains.
- Building Installation Cable - comprising insulated conductors rated
between 80V and 1000V, single phase and three phase, used as electric wiring
within households and commercial premises, to distribute mains supply to
socket outlets (not including appliance leads).
- Winding Wire - comprising conductors insulated with lacquer,
enamel, paper, plastic or otherwise, used for the manufacture of wound cores
of rotating electric machines.
- Metal Conductor Telephone Cable comprises insulated electric
conductors rated up to 80 volts used for telecommunications (not including
exchange wiring), with or without a connector fitted.
- Optical Fibre Cable comprises optical fibre cable used for all long
distance data links (i.e. excluding local machine control applications).
- Coaxial Cable comprises single and multi-core insulated conductors,
concentrically screened and covered. Used for instrument, data and
communications purposes.
- Un-insulated Overhead Lines comprises lines produced from copper
and aluminium, with and without steel cores used to transmit and distribute
electricity in medium and High Voltage networks.
The scope for this report is global - that is, every country having a
significant insulated Wire & Cable and Overhead Lines customer base. The
report is designed to be used as a first line planning tool by companies
interested in the global market for insulated Wire & Cable and Overhead Lines
and related products and as a screen on which to identify national markets
worthy of further investigation.
Geographical coverage:
The report provides data on an individual country level, split into the
following major regions:
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Former USSR
- Africa (5 regional splits)
- Middle East
- South Asia
- Far East
- North America
- South America
- Central America & Caribbean
- Oceania
METHODOLOGY
Data in the markets report are presented in US dollars.
The survey was based primarily on desk research, including a review of
available published production and trade statistics. Import and export figures
are calculated from national and United Nations' figures for 2004 - the most
comprehensive and up-to-date statistics available. Market values are assumed
to be equal to Production + (Imports - Exports). National production estimates
are based on statistics provided by national governments and trade
associations. They are also derived from an analysis of the size and location
of known production plants. Market sizes for 2005 are estimated by analysing
the pattern of market size growth over the period 2005 - 2004 and forecasts
through to 2010 are similarly estimated taking into account national and
international economic growth statistics.
Market values are at factory gate prices - they reflect the prices for the
products by the importer and do not include trade mark-ups and installation
costs. It should be noted that published classifications of products,
especially with respect to trade statistics, are sometimes inaccurate, as
products may be shipped under generic titles. It should also be noted that
Goulden Reports chronicles shipments rather than contracts. A contract to
supply goods over a number of years will not appear as a one-off event in a
Goulden Reports publication, but rather will be recorded from the trade
statistics. The nature of the market means that demand within countries,
especially developing ones, can fluctuate greatly from year to year as
purchases are often made on a one-off basis rather than spread evenly over a
number of years. Within national markets, where published figures were
unavailable to us, the breakdown between different product categories is based
on intelligence based on the pattern of consumption in the country concerned.
In these cases the breakdown is made from an estimate of the total market size
rather than the value of the entire market being calculated from the
individual product categories.
Figures for non-UN countries are based on data obtained from individual
countries and are consequently not necesily comparable with UN-derived
information. Clearly the report is only as accurate as the information upon
which it draws - the sources are regarded as being the best and most
comprehensive available.
View Cart
