Furniture Outlook for: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and 4 other Gulf Countries

Sommario

CSIL Market Research Gulf Countries Furniture Outlook: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates is part of the Country Furniture Outlook Series, covering at present 70 countries.
Each Country Report contains updated furniture statistics, tables, graphs and illustrated maps and information collected through interviews with top furniture companies and sector experts.

Summary: Highlights of this Report

An executive summary The Key Facts of the Furniture Industry, provides:

• furniture industry overview,
• performance of the furniture market
• prospects for the coming years for furniture

The report contains all the main furniture statistics and indicators necessary to analyze the furniture market

From the supply side:

• Productive Factors ( wood-based panels, forest resources, woodworking machinery)
• Furniture Production by geographical regions or areas of the country

From the market side:

• Demand Determinants (population, per capita GDP, housing units and international tourism)
• Furniture Consumption - and per capita furniture spending

This study also considers the international trading activity (see Furniture Imports and Furniture Exports)

Tables and graphs illustrate

• countries of destination/origin of furniture
• furniture trade by segment (upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, bedroom furniture, kitchen furniture, office furniture, parts of furniture, parts of seats) and by country/area
• world comparisons of the imports/consumption and exports/production ratios, placing all the statistics in a broader context.

Further enriches the analysis (see Furniture Market Potential and Business Climate)

• Future Furniture industry prospects
• CSIL's assessment of market potential (size of the market, performance, furniture consumer spending, market openness, import penetration)
• how easy is to do business in the country
• a cross-country comparison (see Annex: Country Rankings)

Who are the top furniture companies, where are they, what do they do?

more than 200 short profiles of manufacturers and distributors operating in the country are provided (see Major Furniture Companies ), and international Furniture Fairs, Furniture Association and Professional Furniture magazines are listed in Sector fairs, Press and Institutional Bodies

Indice

Gulf Countries. The Key Facts of the Furniture Industry

Gulf Countries. Furniture Market Potential

Furniture market outline (size of the market, market growth, furniture consumer spending, market openness, import penetration, import growth)

Forecasts 2011-2012 (GDP and furniture market forecasts)

Gulf Countries. Business Climate

Business climate rankings

- Among the other indicators: starting a business, enforcing contracts, paying taxes, registering property

Selected business climate indicators

- Among the other indicators: time required to build a warehouse, logistic performance index

Gulf Countries. Demand Determinants

Population, breakdown by age group

Resident population in main cities

International tourism

Gulf Countries. Furniture Consumption

Household consumption expenditure

Furniture spending over household consumption expenditure

Per capita furniture consumption

Per capita furniture spending compared to the average level for the High Income countries

Furniture consumption. Comparison with the aggregate for Middle and Low Income countries

Gulf Countries. Furniture Imports and Exports

Furniture imports and exports, imports/consumption and exports/production ratio

Furniture imports. Comparison with the aggregate for High Income countries

Main countries of origin of furniture imports and main countries of destination of furniture exports

Furniture imports and exports by area of origin - destination

Furniture imports and exports by segment (Upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, bedroom furniture, kitchen furniture, office furniture, furniture n.e.c.)

Gulf Countries. Sector Fairs, Press and Institutional Bodies

Gulf Countries. Productive Factors

Forest resources and distribution of land

Consumption of wood-based panels and sawnwood

Imports of wood-based panels, sawnwood and woodworking machinery

Gulf Countries. Furniture Production

Furniture production growth performance. World comparison

Furniture production. Comparison with the aggregate for High Income countries

Gulf Countries. Top Furniture Companies

more than 200 short company profiles

Gulf Countries. Annexes

Country Rankings

- Among the other indicators: country attractiveness, per capita furniture spending, furniture growth rates, furniture market openness

Socio-Economic Data

- Macroeconomic trends, international trade, value added breakdown, labour market indicators, investments and human capital

Furniture Data

- Production, exports, imports and consumption: Absolute values and year on year variations

- Furniture Market Forecasts: Year on year variations

Furniture Exports

- Exports of furniture by product

- Exports of furniture by country and by geographical area

Furniture Imports

- Imports of furniture by product

- Imports of furniture by country and by geographical area

Imprese

Al Abdulkader Furniture, Al Makateb, Al Muftah Group, Al Noor Carpentry & Interior Works, Almana Group, Al-Olayan, Alshaya Trading,, Amber Group, BAFCO, Bond Furniture Industries, Bukannan, El Ajou Group, Fino International, Home Centre, ID Design, IKEA Al Homaizi Limited, KUFUMA (Kuwait Furniture Manufacturing & Trading), Poly Products , Royal Palace Furniture Industries, Zubair Furnishing