Protective gloves market highlighted

Satra has launched a new publication to reflect the growing market in protective glove manufacture. It offers global market information and a statistics-based insight into the industry and identifies trends and future projections. Protective Glove Markets contains industry information and trading statistics which highlights the main features and changes within the marketplace. Its depth of data can also help identify business opportunities. The publication reveals: * Worldwide demand increased strongly throughout the last decade and, although growth rates have since slowed, most countries will maintain 3-7% per annum for the next few years. * Malaysia and Thailand are the largest producers of rubber gloves, while China and India produce most leather gloves. * USA is the largest user market and consumes one-quarter of the world's supply of protective gloves. Protective Glove Markets also offers: * A global overview with information and comment on the size and structure of the market. Trends are outlined and indications given on how the overall and regional markets are evolving. * An analysis of 22 key countries which account for 90% of production and 68% of consumption. Statistics highlight production, imports, exports and consumption for 1994 to 2000 and forecasts predict developments from 2002 and 2004 for each country. Protective Glove Markets is one of a series of statistics-based publications and copies are available at £149 each (£119 for members) in printed or CD ROM format.