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Top Markets Series: Building Products
Click to download the full reportAcross the globe, governments and market actors recognize the impact buildings have on energy, water and materials use, emissions, occupant safety and productivity. With this comes awareness of the significant contributions buildings can make toward meeting key national policy objectives and commercial goals.
As developed countries expand their economic recoveries and industrialization advances in developing markets, the construction sector is expected to show dynamism worldwide over the next decade. These trends create significant global opportunity for U.S. building product manufacturers.
The 2016 Building Products and Sustainable Construction Top Markets report ranks the 2018 market potential of 75 international markets for U.S. exports of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR), lighting, plumbing products, wood products, insulation, windows and doors and glass for construction. These seven categories of building products are well positioned to deliver on the goals of sustainable construction. The report includes 10 country case studies with in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges for U.S. exports in the building products sector overall and each of the seven subsectors.
Joanne Littlefair served as the lead author of this report. A special thanks goes to Gary Stanley, Director of I&A's Office of Materials Industries, for sharing his broad industry expertise and for his ongoing leadership and support. This report serves as an update to the 2015 report.
This report is part of the Top Markets Series. Each report ranks future export opportunities within a particular industry based on a sector-specific methodology.
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