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I just got off an IM question with a student who was researching the construction equipment rental market.  She had found market research reports about the consumer sector in Mintel Reports, and also industry reports from IbisWorld.  However, she was still looking for business-to-business information.  Through a rather convoluted way of searching Business Source Complete for trade publications about construction equipment, I happened across a trade publication called “Construction Equipment” (what are the odds?).  After looking through a few articles, I found one that referenced “Construction Equipment’s 2009 Annual Report and Forecast.” The report was not available in Business Source Complete, but as of today, it is available for free at the publication’s website.  Here’s the link:

Construction Equipment’s 2009 Annual Report & Forecast – 01/01/2009 – Construction Equipment.

The report covers an Economic Outlook , the commercial or Contractor market, Nonconstruction market, Government, Rental, and Distributors.   It seems like a really good report, and the student seemed to be all smiles (or as smiley as you can get over IM) about the report.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 80 percent of disease is transmitted through hand-to-hand contact. We often take washing our hands for granted, but this simple act is the first line of defense against sickness, including H1N1 and seasonal influenza. This video offers tips that may improve your hand-washing technique and your chances of staying healthy.

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1.  Economic Background Information

In order to understand how an industry is doing, it may help to frame it in the context of how the overall economy is performing in the particular country.  For that purpose, I recommend the Economist Intelligence Unit.  Ohio University Libraries has a subscription to a number of reports in the EIU on Brazil.  The EIU also discuses topics such as trade restrictions, tariffs, importing, exporting, and more.

2.  Industry Profiles in Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete is always a go-to database for almost any business topic.  I did a search for Brazil and automobiles and got  1226 articles. By clicking on the “Industry Profiles Link” on the left side of the database, I limited the results to 52.   Within the list of results I found the following:

Brazil: Automotive report. (2009, February). Automotive Industry Report: Brazil, Retrieved September 22, 2009, from Business Source Complete database.

Abstract: The article provides information on the automotive industry in Brazil. It states that the industry is responsible for 18% of industrial gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than 100,000 people in around 50 factories. It reveals that more than 90% of vehicles sold in the country’s market are domestically produced. Moreover, it is noted that the industry benefits from targeted tariff protection, tax concessions, and preferential terms for the financing of car purchases.

That’s just one article.  There should be a lot more like that one in the list of results.

3.  Mergent Online Industry Reports

Mergent Online’s Industry Reports has a report on the Automotive industry for the Latin American region.  Brazil is covered in the report, as are other countries such as Argentina, Colombia, etc.  This report could be particularly useful in looking at Brazil as well as its neighbors.

4.  StatUSA

The Globus & NTDB section of STATUSA provides some Market Research Reports (The Brazilian Automotive Industries Breaking Records [05/02/2008]) and Country Commercial Guides (Brazil Country Commercial Guide 2009 (Brazil) FY2009 [04/24/2009] ).  Both reports could be very helpful in analyzing Brazil’s automobile industry and understanding commerce in Brazil.

5. Factiva

Factiva will have some good articles on the industry.  On the search page, look for automobiles in the Industry Box, and put Brazil in the region. Don’t put anything else in the keyword search box. You’ll retrieve about 1,000 articles in the last 3 months. Refine with keywords (trends, forecasts, sales, revenues, outlook, etc) in the keyword search box if you’d like to get fewer articles.

6.  Ward’s Automotive Yearbook

Ward’s Automotive Yearbook is the definitive source for automobile production statistics.  Do you need to know how many vehicles were produced by line by month in 2008? This books has that information.  Also includes Brazil Vehicle Exports by Line by Month, as well as Vehicle Sales by Line by Month.  If you’re researching the industry, definitely take a look at Ward’s.

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I received the question from a patron on September 10, 2009:

“i am looking for CO2 permits prices per ton (EU Markets) or (EU Stock exchange markets)data from 2005 up to date if possible. what i am looking for looks like prices $ per ton CO2 in monthly basis.”

Answer

• I initially thought Eurostat or the European Commission would have something like this, but I was not able to find anything there. I sent an inquiry to the BUS-LIB listserv and received some really good tips. Some of the suggestions are as follows:
• See the website http://www.ecx.eu/EUA-Futures and follow the link under “Prices and Volume: ECX EUA Futures Contract” for daily EU market prices from 22 April 2005 onwards.
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/index_en.htm
• See http://faq.econlib.princeton.edu/recordDetail?id=43547&action=&library=princeton_economics&institution=princeton Carbon Market Europe is the best place but requires a subscription which is expensive.
• A free source is the EU ETS database. http://www.carbonmarketdata.com/pages/product_info.php Free registration is required.
• you could try the European Energy Exchange www.eex.com – I think they have that kind of data. You might need to register, but it looks as if the data is free.

Keywords

European Union, cap and trade, carbon dioxide, carbon offset, carbon offsets

via CO2 Pricing Permits Data for the European Union – Biz Wiki.

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