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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
GLD 368.29+0.6%Nov 7 4:00 PM EST
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To: carranza2 who wrote (58817)12/13/2009 3:11:00 PM
From: energyplay1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 217591
 
Those numbers don't match up, but a couple of things may be causing this -

1) Export prices for finished goods have dropped as worldwide consumer demand has crashed, while commodity input prices have held up.

2) Because of work in progress inventories, raw materials are imported several months before finished products are shipped.

This turn around time is probably on the order of 6 weeks to 3 months.

3) Some of the imports (copper for example) are being stockpiled as a hedge against currency declines.

4) Massive stimulus is building internal infrastructure projects - no change to exports, but much higher imports and production numbers. This seems about right.
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