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Saudi Arabia’s Unwrought Copper Market Outlook Report

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Unwrought copper is an intermediate group of products that includes slabs, billets, and ingots; it is used as raw material to produce copper semis and downstream products. It should be noted that ingots have a wider range of applications and are also used to produce billets and slabs. Alloy intermediate products (especially brass) account for the largest share of demand. This is because brass RBS have stronger demand compared to other copper semis.

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Product Description

With a GDP of over $793 billion in 2019, Saudi Arabia was the largest economy in the region that year. The country’s economy, the second richest country in terms of natural resources, is heavily dependent on oil, its main natural resource. But since the introduction of the 2030 Vision in 2016, the country has determined to minimize oil reliance; it has made significant investments in downstream oil sectors, especially petrochemicals. Thus, with the development of energy-intensive industries like petrochemicals and the development and optimization of infrastructure, the wire and cable industry has grown significantly. As a result, the copper industry has been established in the country. However, with the absence of rich copper resources, developments have been limited. Copper production has mostly been justified with gold as a by-product.

Market drivers of Saudi Arabia’s unwrought copper

Faucets and valves for water and gas in construction and industry are some of the major consumers of brass sections and tubes, mostly produced from the extrusion of billets. Along with the economic growth over the recent years, the consumption of these products has increased and they have gained good markets in both construction and industry. Given the forecasts of growing population and increasing construction, demand for copper and alloy billets is expected to grow.

Transformers are used in electrical infrastructure. Due to the population growth and the need for further development, Saudi Arabia’s electrical infrastructure will grow, boosting demand for transformers. Copper RBS and sometimes alloy RBS are used in the manufacturing of transformers and electrical enclosures. Developments in the power infrastructure will support billet demand.

Currently, due to its high prices, copper has been replaced with other metals such as aluminum and zamak in some applications. With forecasts of higher copper prices in the future, the trend is expected to continue. This can put pressure on demand growth for copper and unwrought copper by extension.

Overview of Saudi Arabia’s unwrought copper market

Billets are the major type of unwrought copper produced in Saudi Arabia; scrap accounts for a large share of raw materials used in the production of billets, mostly used to produce RBS. Thus, a large part of unwrought demand relies on the performance of RBS producers. With forecasts of higher RBS output, demand for billets is expected to grow. At the same time, better availability of scrap will help billet output growth. On this account, the supply-demand is not likely to change much; however, net imports are expected to decline over the final years of the forecast period. However, higher availability of scrap will push billet demand. The supply-demand gap is not likely to change significantly compared to the recent years. In the final years of the forecast period, net imports are expected to decline.

Breakdown of Saudi Arabia’s unwrought copper market

Saudi Arabia’s unwrought copper market is broken down using two factors: composition and application. Unwrought copper includes slabs, billets, and ingots; billets hold the largest share of the market. Using the first factor, unwrought copper is categorized based on composition: unwrought copper (non-alloy), unwrought brass, and unwrought alloy (excluding brass); brass products account for the largest market share in Saudi Arabia. The second factor categorizes unwrought copper based on applications in different industries; infrastructure, industrial equipment, and durable goods are some of the most important consumers of unwrought copper.

Key players in Saudi Arabia’s unwrought copper market

  • Saudi Electric Industries Co.
  • Saudi Mechanical Industries Company (SMI)
  • Aboura Metals

Additional Information

Industry

Copper Consumables
Region

Saudi Arabia
Report Type

Industry Report

Specifications

Report Attribute Details
The base year for estimation 2020
Historical data 2010-2019
Forecast period 2020-2025
Quantitative units Value in USD and Volume in Tonne
Report coverage Market Overview, Dynamics, Market Outlook, Risks to Forecast, Consumer Market, Industry Overview, Market Landscape, Competitive Landscape, Market Attractiveness, External Macro Environment Analysis
Segments covered Composition, Type, Application
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Reasons to Buy

  • Recognize the geographical distribution of import demand
  • Identify the current and future key players of the trading market
  • Achieve a better insight on potential target markets
  • Understand the behavior of major suppliers/customers either globally or regionally
  • Identify competitors as a feed for market analysis

Table of Content

  1. Executive summary
  2. Introduction
    • Objective
    • Market under study
    • Product
      • Product specifications
      • Consumption structure
        • Applications
        • Physical properties
      • Subjects discussed
      • Geographical scope under study
      • Study timeframe
      • Study currency
      • Potential audience
  1. Market dynamics
    • Market drivers
    • Restraints
    • Opportunities
    • Challenges
  2. Market overview
    • Market size
    • Industry capacities
      • Existing capacities
        • Capacity distribution
        • Geographical distribution of capacities
      • Future capacities
    • Output
      • Output trends
      • Operating rates
    • Consumption
      • Consumption trend
      • Consumption Share of domestic product
    • Trade
      • Exports
      • Imports
      • Trade balance
      • Market balance
    • Market breakdown by product type
    • Market breakdown by product type
    • Market breakdown by application
    • Inventory
      • Producers inventory
      • Consumers inventory
      • Traders inventory
  1. Market outlook
    • Market factors
      • Raw materials
      • Costs and prices
      • Competition
      • The government
      • Other factors
    • Future scenarios
    • Risks to forecast
  2. Consumer markets
    • End-user markets
      • Building construction
      • Infrastructure construction
      • Transportation manufacturing
      • Industrial equipment manufacturing
      • Durable goods manufacturing
      • Consumable goods manufacturing
    • Direct consumer markets
      • Major Direct consumers
        • Existing capacities
        • Drivers
  1. Export potentials
    • Destinations
      • Trade and insurance costs
      • Import market suppliers
      • Producers potential share
  1. Industry overview
    • Raw materials
      • The supply volume of raw materials
      • Supply channels of raw materials
      • Raw materials procurement costs
    • Cost structure of producers
    • Production cost curve
    • Industry value added
    • Generated new scrap
    • Technology
  2. Market landscape
    • Domestic sales markets
      • Pricing in the domestic market
      • Potential domestic demand
      • Trade agreements for imports
      • Foreign suppliers
    • Foreign sales market
      • Prices
      • Potential markets overview
      • Trade agreements for exports
      • Foreign customers
  1. Competitive landscape
    • Producers
      • Company profile
      • Revenue structure
      • Gross profit margins
      • Capacity, output and sales
    • Consumers
      • Company profile
      • Revenue structure
      • Gross profit margins
      • Capacity, output and sales
  1. Market attractiveness
    • Industry rivalry
    • Threat of new entrants
    • Threat of substitutes
    • Bargaining power of buyers
    • Bargaining power of suppliers
    • Conclusion of Porter analysis
  2. PESTEL analysis
    • Political factors
    • Economic factors
    • Social factors
    • Technology factors
    • Environmental factors
    • Legal factors
  3. SWOT analysis
    • Large-scale companies with favorable conditions
      • Short-term strategies
      • Long-term strategies
    • Large-scale companies with unfavorable conditions
      • Short-term strategies
      • Long-term strategies
    • Small enterprises with favorable conditions
      • Short-term strategies
      • Long-term strategies
    • Small enterprises with unfavorable conditions
      • Short-term strategies
      • Long-term strategies

List of Figures

  1. Output and consumption; 2010-2019
  2. Market share of product applications; 2019
  3. Market surplus; 2019-2025
  4. Production process flowchart
  5. Market size; 2010-2025
  6. Existing capacity; 2010-2019
  7. Capacity distribution; 2019
  8. Geographic distribution of capacities; 2019
  9. Development of future capacity; 2010-2025
  10. Amount of output; 2010-2025
  11. Operating rates of production plants; 2010-2025
  12. Amount of consumption; 2010-2025
  13. Consumption share of domestic product; 2010-2025
  14. Exports of product; 2010-2019
  15. Imports of product; 2010-2019
  16. Historical trade balance; 2010-2019
  17. Future Market balance; 2020-2025
  18. Market output breakdown by alloy type; 2010-2025
  19. Market consumption breakdown by alloy type; 2010-2025
  20. Market balance breakdown by alloy type; 2010-2025
  21. Market output breakdown by product type; 2010-2025
  22. Market consumption breakdown by product type; 2010-2025
  23. Market balance breakdown by product type; 2010-2025
  24. Market consumption breakdown by application; 2010-2025
  25. Inventories of raw materials and products at producers factories; 2010-2019
  26. Consumers’ inventory of product; 2010-2019
  27. Traders’ inventory; 2010-2019
  28. Production forecast, according to raw materials and sales analysis; 2019-2025
  29. Market surplus; 2019-2025
  30. The share of end-user industries in the consumption; 2010 and 2019
  31. Changes in the end-consumption of extrusion products; 2019 vs 2025
  32. Applications in building construction industry; 2019
  33. Applications in infrastructure construction industry; 2019
  34. Applications in transportation manufacturing industry; 2019
  35. Applications in industrial equipment manufacturing industry; 2019
  36. Applications in durable goods manufacturing industry; 2019
  37. Applications in consumable goods manufacturing industry; 2019
  38. Capacity distribution structure of direct consumers; 2019
  39. Existing capacities of direct consumers in each province; 2019
  40. Suppliers of the export potential destination; 2019
  41. Historical exports to the export potential destination and future potential; 2016-2025
  42. Up-stream domestic supply; 2010-2019
  43. Raw materials domestic supply; 2010-2019
  44. Supply channels of producer plants
  45. Spot price of raw material in the market; 2010-2025
  46. Cash cost structure for production the product; 2019
  47. Production cost curve of the plants; 2019
  48. Gross value added of the industry; 2010-2019
  49. Generated new scrap; 2010-2019
  50. Sales channels
  51. Realized price of the product in the market; 2010-2025
  52. Potential demand of each province; 2019
  53. The main foreign suppliers to the market; 2010-2019
  54. FOB price vs domestic market; 2010-2025
  55. Map of global major importers > 20,000t; 2019
  56. Major foreign customers; 2010-2019
  57. Revenue structure of the producers; FY2019
  58. Sales income and gross profit margin of the producers; FY2010-2019
  59. Output and sales of the producers; FY2010-2019
  60. Revenue structure of the consumers; FY2019
  61. Sales income and gross profit margin of the consumers; FY2010-2019
  62. Output and sales of the consumers; FY2010-2019
  63. SWOT matrix for large-scale companies with favorable conditions
  64. Strategies positioning for large-scale companies with favorable conditions
  65. SWOT matrix for large-scale companies with unfavorable conditions
  66. Strategies positioning for large-scale companies with unfavorable conditions
  67. SWOT matrix for small enterprises with favorable conditions
  68. Strategies positioning for small enterprises with favorable conditions
  69. SWOT matrix for small enterprises with unfavorable conditions
  70. Strategies positioning for small enterprises with unfavorable conditions

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