International Market Research
Built exclusively around the HS code of your goods.
(No sector-wide or generic reports)
Market intelligence, commercial intelligence and competitive intelligence for exporters and importers.
Your competitors are already working out which markets to target. Are you?
Exporting blind is the fastest way to burn your company's money.
I have been an international market consultant since 1991, a specialist in international markets for small and medium-sized companies. In all that time I have watched companies try to sell abroad. Most of them fail for the same reason: they trust their gut, someone's brother-in-law, or a country that sounded promising at a trade fair.
Your competitors are already using market intelligence to decide where to put their money. And you? You are still rolling the dice.
of your success in a new market depends on one thing alone: not picking the wrong country on day one.
Go into a saturated market and they will bleed you on price.
Go into a market with no demand and you will be left sitting on your stock.
The answer is not magic. It is data.
I produce tailored international market research. You give me your tariff code (6-digit HS) and within one week you have an exact map of where you should be selling. Straight to what matters.
What your report includes
Our international market research is built for selecting markets with data, not with hunches.
What you receive
- The top 50 buyers: the exact ranking of who is importing your product worldwide.
- Ten years of history: so you can tell a passing fashion from a solid trend.
- Hidden opportunities: countries where demand has just taken off and suppliers are still scarce.
- Your competitors laid bare: who sells most, who is losing share and where the production gaps are.
- Country-of-origin analysis: who specifically buys from your country.
- Strategic classification: Star, Promising or Saturated markets.
- Routes and tariffs: local nomenclature and duties at destination.
All of it based on your product. Exclusive to you.
We use the latest official statistics available (UN, WTO, Eurostat). Because of how long global data collection takes, the most recent figures always carry a natural lag of three to six months.
Anyone promising you worldwide figures from these bodies as of yesterday afternoon is lying to you. The data may be one, two, three, four, five or six months old. What I give you is the most precise, rigorous, recent and real information that exists on the market the day I produce your report.
What does market intelligence actually give you?
- Sales and efficiency: plant and equipment running at full capacity.
- Operational quality: competing abroad forces you to be better at home.
- Brand image: positioning as a global player.
- Trend analysis: global shifts and fast adaptation.
- Opportunities: emerging markets before anyone else.
- Risk: strategies to mitigate uncertainty.
- Logistics: efficiency and cost optimisation.
- Uncertainty: narrows your aim and stops you wasting resources.
- Anticipation: regulatory changes and tariffs.
- Competition: direct and indirect knowledge.
- Investment: information with real strategic value.
- Diversification: spreading risk beyond your home market.
Why companies export, and why they fail
The difference almost always lies in the market entry strategy chosen on day one.
Why companies export
- Weak domestic consumption.
- Competitors are already doing it.
- Better prices abroad.
Why they fail
- The wrong market, chosen without research.
- A product that was never adapted.
- No professional management.
Do not leave your company's international future to chance or luck. Luck in business comes at a very high price.
If you want to know where you should be selling, write to me and tell me what you need.
Tell me what you needInside the international market report
The 50 largest buying countries
Key indicators country by country: value purchased, trade balance, annual quantity, average value per transaction, growth rate, share of the global market, average supplier distance and ad valorem duty based on the HS code.
Detailed ten-year history and trend
Analysis of the 50 largest buyers, including volumes over the last ten years. It identifies countries that were not buying before, and growing markets before they become saturated.
Trend in purchased volumes
Quantitative analysis of how import volumes have evolved, so you can anticipate whether a specific market is saturating or expanding.
Countries with standout growth
A filter of countries whose purchases have grown above a defined threshold. These are the opportunities where suppliers are still few.
Analysis of your country as origin
We identify which countries buy most of your product from your country of origin, and analyse your real market share in those specific destinations.
Opportunities from growth of your origin
Assessment of the countries where your country of origin is gaining ground against international competitors.
Selling countries (your competition)
A list of the leading countries in world sales. You will see who is gaining share, who is losing it, and where your country stands against the rest of the world.
Analysis by product group
Ideal if you sell a range of products (2- or 4-digit coding). It shows the major buyers in the sector, so you can widen your portfolio or pivot products.
Specific products by country (local nomenclature)
You will see the 6-digit coding and each country's own nomenclature. That makes it far easier to look up local technical requirements for export.
Shifts in third-country purchasing
Detection of changes in global import demand, analysing which products are being substituted or demanded more frequently.
Shifts in sales (production gaps)
We detect when a country stops selling or producing locally, leaving a demand gap you can fill immediately.
Strategic classification of products and countries
We classify your product chapter and its importers into four categories: Star (high demand), Promising (three to five years), Saturated, or Red Market (heavy competition).
Analysis of a specific target market
If you already have a market in mind, we set out which products that specific market demands most and how much real opportunity there is.
Frequently asked questions
What is an international market report and what is it for?
It is a tailored analysis, built around your product's HS code, that tells you which countries have real demand, who buys from you, who your competitors are and which markets are saturated. It is there to help you decide which country to export to before you spend the budget, not after.
How is a market report for exporting produced?
You give me your tariff code (6-digit HS) and within one week you have the full report: the 50 largest buyers in the world, their ten-year history, your competitors, and a classification of markets as Star, Promising or Saturated.
What methodology is used to analyse international markets?
The report is built in 13 blocks, from the ranking of the 50 largest buyers to the analysis of a specific target market, taking in competitors, production gaps and strategic classification along the way. You can see the full breakdown under Inside the report.
How is international competition assessed in a specific market?
Through the selling-countries block: who is gaining share, who is losing it, and what share your country holds against the rest of the world in that market.
Where does the data come from?
From official statistics: the UN (UN Comtrade), the WTO and Eurostat, with a natural lag of three to six months, which is how long these bodies actually take to publish their figures. Anyone offering you worldwide data from yesterday is lying to you.
How much does an international market report cost?
From €400, depending on the scope of the report.
Is this a one-off service or ongoing support?
It is a one-off report: it hands you the map of which country to choose, and it ends there. If what you need is month-by-month support once that decision is made, that is the international market consultant service.
Ready to make informed decisions?
Do not leave your company's international future to chance or luck.
Luck in business comes at a very high price.
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Commercial and legal disclaimer: Commissioning and delivery of an International Market Report constitutes an intelligence tool based on statistical data and in no case represents an explicit guarantee of commercial success. Success depends on factors inherent to business execution that fall outside this analysis (pricing strategy, quality, geopolitical change and so on). Any decision taken on the basis of these reports is the sole responsibility of the client.