Industry Structure Reports

Product-by-product analyses of industrial structure and supply chains. Each report combines trade patterns, physical production links, and evidence from primary sources.

• 2709Crude Oil: Infrastructure Up to the Refinery Matters as Much as Where It Is Produced
• 2710Refined Petroleum Products: Follow Product-Making Capacity, Not Crude-Oil Origins
• 293371From ε-Caprolactam to Nylon 6: A Circular Chemical Branch That Must Not Be Confused with the Broader Heterocyclic-Compound Category
• 3004Packaged Medicaments: A Supply Chain from Active Ingredients to Patients
• 6402Athletic Footwear: Trade Geography Matches Production, but Contract Manufacturers Are the Real Concentration Point
• 7210Coated Flat Steel: Read It as an Intermediate Product That Meets Surface Specifications
• 7308Structural Steelwork: An Industry Shaped by Design Compliance, Fabrication, and Erection—not Steel Trade Alone
• 7318Structural Bolts and Nuts: Quality Grades Behind Dispersed Trade Statistics
• 8471Computers: Integrated Industry and Supply-Chain Report (Current Edition)
• 8483Automatic Transmissions: Turning Machined Metal Parts into a Qualified Vehicle Drivetrain
• 8504Distribution Transformers: A Chain of Materials, Manufacturing, and Standards That Delivers Voltage to the Edge of the Grid
• 8507Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Packs: Fragility in a Policy-Supported U.S. Midstream
• 8517Smartphones: Look Beyond Assembly Countries to Components, Standards, and Distribution
• 8542Integrated Circuits: Reading the Semiconductor Industry by Production Stage
• 8703Passenger Vehicles: A US$973 Billion Export Industry with a Disclosed Single-Plant Semiconductor Risk
• 8802Aircraft, Helicopters, and Spacecraft: Read Finished Aircraft as Certified Products Integrating Engines, Parts, and Maintenance