Abstract
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 - by segment (upholstered furniture, kitchen
furniture, office furniture) and per capita furniture spending
This study also considers the international trading activity
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
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
Who are the top furniture companies, where are they, what do they do?
21 short profiles of manufacturers and distributors operating in the country
are provided , and international Furniture Fairs, Furniture Association and
Professional Furniture magazines are listed in Sector fairs, Press and
Institutional Bodies
Table of Contents
Lebanon. The Key Facts of the Furniture Industry
Lebanon. Furniture Market Potential
- Furniture market profile (size of the market, performance, furniture
consumer spending, market openness, import penetration)
- Furniture market forecasts (furniture consumption, real growth rates
2010-2012)
Lebanon. 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
Lebanon. Demand Determinants
- Population, breakdown by age group
- Households and urban population, population by region
- Total buildings units by region
- Percentage distribution of primary residences by area and by type
- Construction permits and international tourism
Lebanon. Furniture Consumption
- GNP, final household consumption and furniture consumption
- Per capita furniture spending in Lebanon compared to the average level for
the High Income countries. Ratio (%)
- Furniture consumption. Comparison with the aggregate for High Income
countries
Lebanon. Furniture Imports and Exports
- Furniture import and exports, imports/consumption and exports/production
ratio
- Furniture imports and exports. Comparison with the aggregate for High
Income countries
- Main countries of origin-destination of furniture imports- exports
- Furniture imports-exports by geographical 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.
Lebanon. Sector Fairs, Press and Institutional Bodies
Lebanon. Productive Factors
- Import of sawnwood and wood-based panels
- Forest resources and distribution of land
- Imports of wood-based panels and wood working machinery
Lebanon. Furniture Production
- Furniture and furnishings companies by region
- Top furniture companies location
- Furniture production growth performance. World comparison
- Lebanon. Top Furniture Companies
- 21 short company profiles
Lebanon. Annexes
- Lebanon. Country Rankings
- Among the other indicators: country attractiveness, per capita furniture
spending, furniture growth rates, furniture market openess
- Lebanon. Socio-Economic Data
- Macroeconomic Trends, exchange rates, value added breakdown, labour
market indicators, investment and human capital
- Lebanon. Furniture Data
- Production, exports, imports and consumption: Absolute values and year
on year variations
- Furniture Market Forecasts: Year on year variations
- Furniture Market Forecasts: Year on year variations
Selected companies mentioned:
Mobili Top, Sleep Comfort, Ste Georges Matta, Condas International, Cherfan
Design, Snaidero Middle East, Fleifel
