Middle East
Country risk analysis, forecasts, rankings, industry research and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 14 markets across the Middle East region
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Bahrain Autos Report
38 pages Pub date: October 2 2008 Quarterly BMI ’s latest Bahrain Automotives Report casts doubt on the Kingdom’s plans to become the first large volume car-producing nation in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), with a memorandum of understanding for a Malaysian-Bahraini joint venture signed in Q405 failing to get off the ground by mid- 2008. Uncertainty sur... |
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Bahrain Commercial Banking Report
Pub date: October 15 2008 Quarterly Business Monitor International's Bahrain Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Bahrain. |
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Bahrain Food & Drink Report
55 pages Pub date: October 17 2008 Quarterly Following a period of relative quiet, Bahrain’s mass grocery retail (MGR) sector is set to experience a wave of activity, with two major retailers announcing expansion plans, as discussed in BMI ’s recently published Bahrain Food & Drink Report for Q4. The first is international major Auchan , which announced i... |
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Bahrain Freight Transport
40 pages Pub date: February 28 2008 Annual Although temporarily held up for political reasons, in 2007 APM Terminals Bahrain, a subsidiary of Danish shipping company Maersk, was proceeding with its contract to operate and expand the country’s main ports. A royal decree of November 2006 privatising the operation of Mina Salman port and the new Shaikh Khalifa bin Sal... |
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Bahrain Information Technology Report
35 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Annual Market Overview The prospects remain good for the IT sector with the total size of the IT market expected by BMI to increase from US$27mn in 2005 to around US$400mn by 2012 as the country continues its economic diversification drive. With an IT market CAGR of around 8% over the forecast period, the Ki... |
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Bahrain Infrastructure Report
37 pages Pub date: December 5 2007 Annual The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago of almost 40 islands and is centrally located between the Persian Gulf countries. The island nation was among the first in the Gulf to export oil. However, its oil resources are fast depleting and could run out in a couple of decades. BMI forecasts that the construction industry in ... |
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Bahrain Insurance Report
69 pages Pub date: January 8 2009 Quarterly In Q308, the key change is that we have incorporated much more information about the companies that are operating across the regions of which each country is a part. We have sought to make it much clearer who is operating in each country and under what name(s). Perhaps equally importantly, our profiles make it plain which ... |
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Bahrain Oil & Gas Report
84 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly In this report, we forecast that Bahrain will account for 0.39% of Middle East regional oil demand by 2012, while providing just 0.10% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional ... |
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Bahrain Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
66 pages Pub date: December 12 2008 Quarterly Pharmaceutical expenditure in Bahrain was estimated to amount to BHD26.6mn (US$69.9mn) in 2007. Over the forecast period (2008-2012), BMI forecasts that drug market growth should average 5.4% a year, with expenditure reaching BHD34.5mn (US$90.9mn) in 2012. The fastest growth should come in the first half of the fore... |
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Bahrain Telecommunications Report
56 pages Pub date: October 10 2008 Quarterly In the first three months of 2008, Bahrain’s mobile market saw the addition of a further 117,000 mobile customers, which pushed the country’s mobile penetration rate to over 151%. With quarterly growth amounting to 10.5%, Bahrain’s mobile market continues to surpass expectations. Mobile growth in Q108 was more than double ... |
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Iran Agribusiness Report
Pub date: January 5 2009 Quarterly The Iran Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Iran. |
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Iran Autos Report
68 pages Pub date: October 1 2008 Quarterly Iran’s state-dominated investment climate will continue to suffer from economic sanctions, a problem that will soon start to weigh on long-term growth in the automotive sector according to BMI ’s latest Iran Automotives Report. The business environment continues to be adversely affected by the uncertain political bac... |
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Iran Commercial Banking Report
52 pages Pub date: January 7 2009 Quarterly Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market, and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials, tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many ... |
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Iran Defence & Security Report
51 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly The two-fold underlying fundamental tension between Iran, on the one hand, and the US and key UN Security Council members on the other, over the Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme, combined with its aggressive stance towards Israel, remained essentially unchanged during the course of Q208. Tensions between Israel a... |
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Iran Freight Transport Report
53 pages Pub date: January 8 2009 Quarterly In mid-August Turkish energy minister Hilmi Guler said he would visit Iran to press ahead with plans to build a new natural gas pipeline between the two countries, a project that had been opposed by the United States. Washington has argued that going ahead with the pipeline would undermine UN-backed sanctions against Iran ... |
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Iran Infrastructure Report
65 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly Major news from within Iran’s power infrastructure over the last quarter has centred on moves to increase private participation in Iran’s power sector. In July 2008, the country’s Ministry of Energy announced that it was in the final stages of privatising 10 power plants. By March 2008, the Ministry aims to have handed ove... |
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Iran Insurance Report
62 pages Pub date: December 23 2008 Quarterly BMI’s Insurance Report has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make funds avail... |
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Iran Oil & Gas Report
103 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly BMI forecasts that Iran will account for 15.35% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 15.55% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional oil prod... |
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Iran Petrochemicals Report
57 pages Pub date: October 10 2008 Quarterly BMI sees progress on the 2,400km West Ethylene Pipeline as crucial to the development of the Iranian petrochemical industry, with possible delays having repercussions throughout the production chain, according to the latest BMI Iran Petrochemicals Report. In the first four months of the 2008/09 Iranian... |
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Iran Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
74 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly In the BMI Business Environment Ranking matrix for Q408, Iran is ranked ninth out of the 15 markets – now including Kenya and Algeria – surveyed in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Iran’s score for the quarter is slightly boosted by the strong forecast growth of its pharmaceutical market value in the 2008-20... |
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Iran Power Report
55 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly The new Iran Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 17.66% of Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional power generation by 2012. BMI ’s MEA power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. We are forecasting an in... |
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Iran Telecommunications Report
57 pages Pub date: October 23 2008 Quarterly One of the most important developments to emerge from Iran’s telecoms market in recent months was the June announcement by the country’s state-owned incumbent operator, the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI), that a number of foreign telcos had expressed an interest in acquiring its shares once the government s... |
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Iraq Defence & Security Report
36 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly In the past quarter Iraq’s defence industry has not grown appreciably. BMI predicts that it will be a decade or so before the country’s indigenous defence industry is fully established. Until then, Iraq will be dependant on donations from other countries, such as the US, for its arms. The largest player in the native... |
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Iraq Oil & Gas Report
79 pages Pub date: December 12 2008 Quarterly BMI forecasts that Iraq will account for 8.25% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 10.89% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels a day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional oil product... |
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Iraq Telecommunications Report
53 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly We estimate that Iraq’s mobile subscriber market expanded by just over 12% in the first six months of 2008. By the end of June 2008, the number of mobile customers had risen to 15.7mn, which is equivalent to a penetration rate of 53.5%. There are already signs that growth in 2008 will be weaker than in 2007; in Q208, Iraq’... |
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Israel Autos Report
46 pages Pub date: March 11 2008 Annual The extraordinary double-digit growth recorded in the Israeli automotive market in 2007 is not likely to last, with BMI’s latest Israel Automotives Report forecasting a downturn from 2010. Changes concerning license fee groups and reduced purchase tax over the past year, along with the recovery of the local econom... |
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Israel Defence & Security Report
54 pages Pub date: December 19 2008 Quarterly Israel is characterised by a complex security situation. Israel’s relationship with a number of its neighbours is strained; and conflict is ongoing in the Palestinian Territories. Meanwhile, US-Israeli ties are extremely close, with Israel receiving significant military aid from the US. Finally, Israel has a welldeveloped ... |
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Israel Food & Drink Report
52 pages Pub date: February 29 2008 Annual The Israel Food & Drink Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering food, drink and tobacco consumption, expenditure, sales, imports and exports; 5-year industry forecasts through end-2012 for Israel. |
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Israel Freight Transport Report
56 pages Pub date: December 30 2008 Quarterly A new labour dispute broke out at Israel’s main ports in late August. Histradut, the main union confederation, called industrial action after it failed to convince the government to drop an item in its planned economic arrangements bill that would effectively create a loophole enabling the use of nonunion contract labour. ... |
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Israel Information Technology Report
44 pages Pub date: November 10 2008 Quarterly Market Overview The Israeli IT market’s recent momentum should be maintained during BMI ’s 2008-2012 forecast period, despite some macroeconomic challenges. IT spending reached an estimated value of US$4.4bn in 2007. BMI projects that the local IT market will grow at a compound annual growth rate... |
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Israel Infrastructure Report
52 pages Pub date: September 18 2008 Annual After years of slow and negative growth, Israel’s construction industry has started picking up lately. Investments in the construction industry have been increasing due to private participation in infrastructural projects. BMI forecasts an average growth rate of the construction sector of 7% during 2008-2012. |
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Israel Insurance Report
32 pages Pub date: July 29 2008 Annual The Israel Insurance Report has been researched at source and features latest available data for annual insurance premiums and claims; assets and investments; 5-year insurance industry forecasts for Israel through end-2012 for Israel. |
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Israel Oil & Gas Report
77 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly The latest Israel Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 2.60% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while making no appreciable contribution to rising oil supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn... |
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Israel Petrochemicals Report
43 pages Pub date: October 10 2008 Quarterly Israel’s petrochemical industry has witnessed an increase in profitability following a process of privatisation and consolidation, but growth will be constrained by a lack of domestically produced feedstock, according to BMI ’s latest Israel Petrochemicals Report. There are no indications that Israel wishes to... |
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Israel Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
72 pages Pub date: November 10 2008 Quarterly Israel’s drug market expenditure was estimated at ISL6.2bn (US$1.5bn) in 2007. Over the forecast period (2008-2012), BMI expects the market to grow at an average of 3.3% year-on-year to reach ISL7.2bn (US$2.4bn) in 2012. Growth measured in US dollars should be stronger due to the likelihood of further strengthening ... |
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Israel Telecommunications Report
46 pages Pub date: December 24 2007 Annual Strong growth has continued in the Israeli mobile market, with the country’s four operators bringing in 137,000 net additions during the first quarter of 2007. This follows a better-than-expected performance in 2006, when our original full-year forecasts were exceeded by the end of the third quarter. As it was, the market ... |
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Jordan & Lebanon Insurance Report
33 pages Pub date: March 17 2008 Annual The Jordan & Lebanon Insurance Report has been researched at source and features latest available data for annual insurance premiums and claims; assets and investments; 5-year insurance industry forecasts for Jordan & Lebanon through end-2012 for Jordan & Lebanon. |
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Jordan Commercial Banking Report
Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only Quarterly Business Monitor International's Jordan Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Jordan. |
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Jordan Defence & Security Report
50 pages Pub date: February 28 2008 Annual Jordan continues to perform a regional diplomatic, defence, and security balancing act. Under King Abdullah the country remains an important US ally in the Middle East, quietly lobbying the George Bush administration to coax the main regional players towards an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, which still remains a dis... |
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Jordan Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
67 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly " In BMI ’s Business Environment Ratings Table for Q408, Jordan is placed in seventh position out of the 15 markets surveyed in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, with the table now including Kenya and Algeria. Jordan’s position worsened by one spot in relation to Q308, with Saudi Arabia improving its score and ... |
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Jordan Telecommunications Report
63 pages Pub date: January 8 2009 Quarterly In our latest update on Jordan’s telecoms market, we have revised our forecast for fixed-line, broadband and mobile subscriber growth, in order to reflect new data published by the market’s main telecoms operators and by the sector’s regulator. Although we previously believed that Jordan Telecom published a separate... |
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Kuwait Autos Report
41 pages Pub date: October 1 2008 Quarterly The Kuwaiti passenger car market is growing faster than previously thought, but sales growth is still lacklustre compared to regional peers with the rising cost of living having a deleterious impact on consumer spending, according to BMI ’s latest Kuwait Automotives Report. Figures recently published by the Au... |
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Kuwait Defence & Security Report
33 pages Pub date: December 19 2008 Quarterly Kuwait has a small number of indirect security threats, but benefits from the external security endowed upon it by the US. In the past, its geo-strategic location made it precarious to threats, from an Iraqi invasion in 1991 and the possibility of an Iraqi missile strike on Kuwait prior to the US-led coalition invasion of ... |
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Kuwait Food & Drink Report
53 pages Pub date: October 17 2008 Quarterly Food security and process continue to grab the headlines in Kuwait, as the government continues to look for ways to alleviate the pressure this is placing on everyday Kuwaitis, as discussed in BMI’s recently published Kuwait Food & Drink Report for Q308. In April 2008 the Kuwaiti authorities decided to import extra food in... |
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Kuwait Freight Transport Report
53 pages Pub date: December 30 2008 Quarterly Start-up Wataniya Airways (also known as National Airways ) said in late August that it had signed an agreement to lease three Airbus A320s from the Dutch company AerCap . The planes would be leased for nine years starting in 2010, Wataniya said, while not revealing the price it would pay. The new ... |
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Kuwait Information Technology Report
44 pages Pub date: November 11 2008 Quarterly Market Overview BMI expects the value of the Kuwait IT market to increase from US$539mn in 2008 to around US$833mn in 2012 against a backdrop of economic growth driven by swollen oil revenues and government spending. Kuwait is the (distant) third largest computer market in the high-growth Gulf region,... |
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Kuwait Infrastructure Report
67 pages Pub date: November 27 2008 Quarterly The main infrastructure projects announced in the last quarter are dominated by plans to increase Kuwait’s power capacity. In June 2008 during an interview with Reuters Khaled al- Wasmi, the assistant undersecretary at the Ministry of Electricity and Water announced that projects to secure electricity until 2014-2015 were ... |
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Kuwait Insurance Report
62 pages Pub date: December 23 2008 Quarterly BMI’s Insurance Report has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make funds avail... |
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Kuwait Oil & Gas Report
83 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly The latest Kuwait Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 2.63% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 10.37% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to... |
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Kuwait Petrochemicals Report
48 pages Pub date: November 27 2008 Quarterly The development of Kuwait’s petrochemical industry is being hindered by accelerating costs and severe project delays, according to BMI ’s latest Kuwait Petrochemicals Report. The 615,000b/d Al Zour refinery could cost US$19bn, more than a third of the current budget for the project, and the completion date has... |
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Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
66 pages Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly In BMI ’s updated Business Environment Ratings for Q408, Kuwait received a lower score of 66, although it was able to maintain second position, for the second consecutive quarter. The country’s score for limits of pharmaceutical market fell due to a downgrading of pharmaceutical market forecasts. In the short-term, h... |
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Kuwait Power Report
49 pages Pub date: December 12 2008 Quarterly The new Kuwait Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will by 2012 account for 3.84% of Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional power generation. BMI ’s MEA power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. We are forecasti... |
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Kuwait Telecommunications Report
58 pages Pub date: December 31 2008 Quarterly At time of writing, the Kuwaiti mobile market is poised for the entrance of a third player. Viva , backed by the Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has launched its brand in the country, and is open for preregistration. The company is trying to generate excitement by offering customised numbers and expects to launch ... |
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Lebanon Food & Drink Report
57 pages Pub date: February 29 2008 Annual The Lebanese food and drink production industry has begun the long road to recovery, as discussed in BMI’s recently published Lebanon Food & Drink Report for 2008. Following the Israeli bombings in mid-2006 which devastated the country and the industry, a number of companies have started to report that production and sales... |
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Lebanon Information Technology Report
37 pages Pub date: February 8 2008 Annual Market Overview While many uncertainties continue to surround the Lebanon IT market situation, BMI estimated its value at around US$225mn in 2007. This suggests that there has already been some recovery since the negative growth year of 2006. The events of the past two years have inevitably had a major... |
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Lebanon Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
55 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly In BMI ’s updated Business Environment Ranking matrix, Lebanon is ranked 11th, out of the 15 markets – now including Algeria and Kenya – surveyed in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Lebanon’s position is one place lower than in the previous quarter, mostly reflecting the modest forecast growth of its pharmace... |
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Oman Freight Transport
33 pages Pub date: April 17 2008 Annual Arguably the single most important development in the Omani freight transport sector has been the work to complete the port of Sohar. This year saw the opening of a US$1.3bn refinery at the port, as well as Terminal B, Phase 1 of the Oman International Container Terminal (OICT). This is currently one of the largest single ... |
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Oman Information Technology Report
35 pages Pub date: February 15 2008 Annual Market Overview The total size of the Oman IT market is forecast by BMI to increase from US$276mn in 2007 to US$413mn in 2012. The government is investing in IT as a key element of its strategy to diversify the economy, and despite some risks, a favourable economic outlook is expected over the forecast... |
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Oman Infrastructure Report
Pub date: October 14 2008 Annual The Sultanate of Oman is modestly well-off by West Asian standards with substantial oil and natural gas reserves. Oman’s GDP in 2006 was estimated at US$27.25bn and its economy has been growing at an accelerated rate for quite some time. But although it grew at a high rate in 2006 as well, the rate of growth has been falli... |
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Oman Insurance Report
62 pages Pub date: December 23 2008 Quarterly BMI’s Insurance Report has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make funds avail... |
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Oman Oil & Gas Report
88 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly The latest Oman Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for just 0.67% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 2.54% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn b/d in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn ... |
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Oman Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
69 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly Although Oman’s drug market remains small, even by regional standards, growth is strong, averaging over 6% per annum in nominal terms over the forecast period. However, expected high inflation in the economy in 2008 and 2009 should erode some of these gains in the short-term. Key drivers of growth include an ageing populat... |
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Oman Telecommunications Report
55 pages Pub date: October 24 2008 Quarterly In July 2008, Oman launched the sale of a 25% stake in Oman Telecommunications ( Omantel ), in a deal which the government hopes will boost the state-controlled firm's competitive position. The government, which owns 70% of Omantel, said it was possible that the incoming investor would be granted voting rights in the ... |
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Oman Tourism Report
24 pages Pub date: December 17 2008 Quarterly Oman is a country that had been virtually closed to the outside world until 1970 but one that has now embraced tourism as a major component in its future economic development plans. At this stage, the tourism industry in Oman is at an intermediate stage of development. There are a number of well developed facilities... |
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Qatar Commercial Banking Report
Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only Quarterly Business Monitor International's Qatar Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Qatar. |
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Qatar Freight Transport
33 pages Pub date: March 18 2008 Annual Qatar is becoming the world’s largest liquid natural gas (LNG) exporter – and has decided that to deliver those exports it needs the world’s largest LNG tanker fleet. In 2006 and 2007 the country has been on a massive LNG-ship acquisition programme. The Qatar Ship Acquisition Team (QSAT) has been focusing on the vessels it... |
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Qatar Information Technology Report
42 pages Pub date: November 11 2008 Quarterly Market Overview Qatar’s IT market is projected to grow to a value of around US$550mn by 2012, on the back of reinvested oil revenues and ambitious government’s initiatives to diversify the economy away from hydrocarbons. Qatar’s IT market may only rank fourth in the Gulf for size but we expect Qatar’s IT mark... |
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Qatar Infrastructure Report
Pub date: October 23 2008 Annual The State of Qatar is one of the wealthiest nations in West Asia and currently boasts the highest per capita level of GDP in the world. The prosperity enjoyed by the country can largely be attributed to oil and gas production, which constitute over 60% of Qatar’s GDP. As is evident, Qatar is heavily dependent on the produc... |
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Qatar Insurance Report
28 pages Pub date: February 4 2008 Annual The last two years have seen a spectacular boom in Qatar’s insurance sector, with gross premiums rising by 50-60% annually. This has not, however, produced a bonanza for the shareholders in the five listed Qatari insurance companies that dominate the industry. This is partly because claims and expenses have also been surgi... |
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Qatar Oil & Gas Report
91 pages Pub date: November 19 2008 Quarterly The latest Qatar Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for just 1.02% of Middle Eastern (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 5.75% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn b/d in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.8... |
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Qatar Petrochemicals Report
56 pages Pub date: October 10 2008 Quarterly Financial results for Qatari firms in the petrochemicals sector demonstrate how the country is able to leverage its competitive edge to boost margins, while competitors struggle with the impact of rising crude prices, according to BMI ’s latest Qatar Petrochemical Report. In H108, Industries Qatar (IQ) ... |
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Qatar Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
51 pages Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly Qatar’s drug market expenditure was estimated at QAR632mn (US$174mn) in 2007. Over the forecast period (2008-2012), BMI predicts that the market should grow by an average of 10.7% a year, reaching a value of QAR1046mn (US$287mn) in 2012. The market should grow quickest at the beginning of the forecast period, chiefl... |
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Qatar Power Report
51 pages Pub date: December 12 2008 Quarterly In this report, BMI forecasts that the country will account for 1.79% of Middle East/Africa (MEA) regional power generation by 2012, having a broadly balanced market throughout the period. BMI ’s Middle East/Africa power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 6.... |
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Qatar Telecommunications Report
53 pages Pub date: November 5 2008 Quarterly It was announced at the end of June that Qatar’s second mobile network operator, Vodafone Qatar , had been officially awarded its licence to operate within the country. Vodafone revealed that its shareholders, Vodafone Group of the UK and its local partner the Qatar Foundation , would pay QAR7.716bn (US$... |
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Saudi Arabia Agribusiness Report
39 pages Pub date: November 7 2008 Quarterly The Saudi Arabia Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Saudi Arabia. |
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Saudi Arabia Autos Report
50 pages Pub date: October 1 2008 Quarterly Although automotive sales growth in 2007 turned out to be far lower than consensus forecasts, BMI ’s latest Saudi Arabia Automotives Report anticipates a radical turn-around in the Saudi market in 2008- 2012 with average annual sales growth of 10.8%. BMI forecasts a strong recovery in 2008 with sales gr... |
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Saudi Arabia Commercial Banking Report
46 pages Pub date: January 8 2009 Quarterly Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market, and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials, tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many ... |
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Saudi Arabia Defence & Security Report
44 pages Pub date: December 19 2008 Quarterly Domestic terrorist activity has subsided somewhat and the Riyadh government has been systematically bolstering its security services, although Saudi Arabia remains unstable, with significant activity by antiregime militants and the continuation of threats of violence against foreigners. Externally, doubts raised over the c... |
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