MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

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Furniture Market Reports

The furniture industry in the Middle East

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in the Middle East, providing trends in furniture production, furniture consumption, furniture imports and exports in Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution channels and furniture prices. Short profiles of the main furniture manufacturers, with production facilities, employees and product mix, are provided for each country. The wood and forestry sector is also considered: production, imports, exports and consumption data are provided for the main semi-finished wood products (sawnwood, wood-based panels). Data on woodworking machinery imports are available for most of the considered countries.

The furniture industry in South Africa

Trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports. Factors determining the demand for furniture in South Africa are examined, as well as furniture distribution. Data on the most representative furniture producers are provided with employees, product mix.The wood and forestry sector is also considered: production, imports, exports and consumption data are provided for the main semi-finished wood products. Woodworking machinery imports from the main partner countries are included.

Furniture Indicators

Furniture indicators are abstract from market research report World Furniture Outlook 2008 issue November 2007. Statistics on furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports. Data are processed by Csil Milano. For each country (Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates) furniture basic data are generally structured as follow:

1. furniture sector: furniture production, exports, imports, consumption (1997-2006 trends, country ranking)
2. economic indicators: value and country ranking for: population, area, total GNP, per capita GNP, household consumption expenditure, data at purchasing power parity (total GNP at PPP, per capita GNP at PPP)
3. real growth of furniture consumption: 2007-2008 forecasts
4. exchange rates: domestic currency per US$ and domestic currency per EUR, 1999-2006
5. main furniture trading partners: shares of imports by country of origin, shares of exports by country of destination