Competitive Assessment of the U.S. Paper Machinery Industry

摘要

The study evaluates and ranks the major competitive factors affecting the U.S.-based producers in the industry and offers an assessment of that position in comparison with producers based outside the United States. The first four sections of the report describe the scope and nature of the industry, its history and economics, patterns of U.S. trade in paper machinery, and the characteristics of representative firms in the industry. Key price-related competitive factors are assessed and ranked in order of importance, including the value of the U.S. dollar, the role of export financing, costs of production, tariffs and the terms of trade, and product liability. Nonprice factors such as aftersales service, product quality, and nontariff barriers do not seem to pose serious problems for the U.S. paper machinery industry.