The Furniture Industry in Mexico

Table of Contents

Contents: short index and selected companies mentioned

1. Mexico. Furniture industry summary

• Furniture production, consumption, imports and exports
• Economic indicators, exchange rates, furniture consumption forecasts, main furniture trading partners

2. Forest resources, semi-finished wood products and technology

• Production, exports, imports and consumption of the main semi-finished wood products
• Imports of woodworking machinery by country and geographical area

3. The furniture sector: basic data

• Furniture production and consumption, basic data
• Furniture and related products: breakdown by firm size (micro, small, middle and large), geographical area of production, sector (kitchen, furniture, other)
• Production prices, breakdown by sector (furniture and parts, bedroom, kitchen)
• Maquiladora establishments in the manufacturing industry and in the furniture industry
• Population broken down by income. Consumers' prices, consumers' confidence index, private consumption expenditure

4. Furniture demand and distribution channels

• Demand deteminants: GDP real growth and inflation rate, socio-demographic rates (birth and mortality rate, personal computers ecc...) cost of residential construction, number of bedrooms in houses, number of dwellings
• Sector press and fairs (names and dates)
• Furniture distribution: large scale retailers (names and details on products, outlets, turnover, employees, brands if available), specialist furniture retailers (names), furniture manufacturers' stores.

5. Leading furniture companies: selected profiles

• Addresses, telephone and fax numbers, details (if available) on turnover, type of furniture, product breakdown, employees and production facilities, exports, distribution network.

6. International trade

• Furniture exports and imports, breakdown by country, geographical area, product (upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, parts of seats, bedroom, kitchen, office, parts of furniture excl. parts of seats, other). The Chinese competition.

7. Import and export tables

• Statistical data about imports and exports, broken down by product, country and geographical area

Selected companies mentioned:

• Dixy Grupo, Forestal Alfa, Industrias Ferreti, Cocinas Quetzal S.A, Equipos Trevino, Tam-Mex, Camas y Muebles de Monterrey, Gabite - Industria Mexicana de Muebles El Fenix, Aparatos Electromecanicos Von Haucke, Muebles Boal, Stor, Muebleria Issa de Chihuahua, Muebles Loma Alta, Zarkin Leather, Conestoga Industrial, A y C Internacional - Polrey, Muebles Rusticos Santa Fe, Muebles Krill, Fabrica de Muebles La Cibeles, Muebles Liz, Del Toro Furniture