Siding in the U.S.

Siding in the U.S., new from SBI, contains comprehensive data on the U.S. market supply for siding, including shipments, imports and exports, end-use markets, and industry statistics. It also identifies key trends affecting the marketplace and profiles major marketers, along with their strategies used to maximize growth and profitability.
The U.S. siding market is defined as comprising the following segments:

• Wood siding (weatherboards or clapboards), including drilled or treated, except treated with permanent wood preservatives
• Wood shingles and shakes (1,000 squares)
• Softwood plywood siding (million square feet; 3/8 inch basis)
• Other particleboard, including stepping, siding, sheathing, and door core, made from particleboard produced at the same location (million square feet; 3/4 inch basis)
• Machined, coated, or laminated hardboard, including molded, cut to size, perforated, panel stock, interior paneling, siding, furniture stock, etc., made from hardboard produced at the same location (million square feet; 1/8 in basis)
• Plastics siding and accessories (including soffit, fascia, and skirts, and excluding foam and reinforced plastics)
• Steel sheet metal siding
• Residential aluminum sheet metal siding (including mobile homes)
• Other aluminum sheet metal siding (commercial, industrial, farm buildings, etc.)
• Other sheet metal siding
• Building or common brick
• Decorative block (including screen block, split block, slump block, shadowal block, etc.)
• Precast concrete architectural wall panels
• Building stone, dressed dimension granite (including gneiss, syenite, diorite, and cut granite)
• Building stone, dressed dimension limestone (including dolomite, travertine, calcareous, tufa, and cut limestone)
• Dressed dimension building stone, monumental stone, and other marble products
• Other dressed dimension stone (including slate, sandstone, gabbro, basalt, etc.), and other dressed dimension stone products

Scope and Methodology

The report data were obtained from government sources, trade associations, publications, business journals, company literature, and investment reports. It also identifies key trends affecting the marketplace, an overview on end users, and profiles major marketers, along with manufacturer strategies used to maximize growth and profitability.

Shipment statistics are derived from the U.S. Census of Manufacturers and are estimated and forecasted by SBI. Import and export data by major country of origin are derived from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Historical data are provided for 2001 through 2005 with forecast data from 2006 to 2010. Price trends were tracked from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.

The market size of siding is defined as the value of siding supplied to the total U.S. marketplace, in a particular period. Therefore, market size is determined by supply rather than demand. The U.S. siding market supply (henceforth referred to as market size) was calculated from the Department of Commerce statistics by collecting data from domestic plant shipments, adding imports, and extracting exports. As such, the formula for determining the siding market size will be Production in the U.S. + Balance of Trade [i.e. Shipments + (Imports - Exports)].

Also, note that the values are in net selling values, i.e., free on board (f.o.b.) from the manufacturing plant, and not the retail/wholesale price sold to the end consumer.

SBI designates the overall siding product business as the market, and the various product areas within the market as segments.

What You'll Get in this Report

Siding in the U.S. makes important predictions and recommendations regarding the future of this market, and pinpoints ways current and prospective marketers can capitalize on current trends and spearhead new ones. No other market research report provides both the comprehensive analysis and extensive data that Siding in the U.S. offers. The report addresses the following segments:

• The Market (including market size and composition, and projected market growth)
• Competitive Profiles (of the mainstream marketers, specialists and up-and-coming niche players, and analyses of the products they market)
• Market Dynamics
• End-Users
• The Products
• Plus, you'll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read and practical charts, tables and graphs.

How You Will Benefit from this Report

If your company is already competing in the siding industry, or uses these products, you will find this report invaluable, as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight not offered in any other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market demand for siding, as well as projected market demand and trends through 2010.

This report will help:

• Marketing Managers identify market opportunities and develop targeted promotion plans for siding.
• Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor initiatives and explore demand for siding.
• Business development executives understand the dynamics of the market and identify possible partnerships.
• Information and research center librarians provide market researchers, brand and product managers and other colleagues with the vital information they need to do their jobs more effectively.