B.C Lumber major eyes Middle East market

WASHINGTON (Scrap Monster) : SPF Precut Lumber, a B.C based lumber exporter is to host a seminar in Dubai, the first of its kind in the Middle East region.

The seminar is being conducted with an eye to penetrate into the Middle East market including United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The various grades of B.C lumber would be detailed during the seminar.

The seminar is scheduled to be held on April 8^th. As per sources, 40 companies have registered for the seminar till date. The key objective of the seminar is to open up new opportunities for the B.C Lumber exporters.

B.C. lumber is generally used for construction related activities. Lumber is extensively used as framing for concrete forms.It is also used widely in manufacturing door frames and furniture.

A major chunk of the lumber imports to Gulf countries is currently from Europe. The B.C Company foresees an increased demand in near future which will help the B.C based wood exporters to tap the Middle East market.

According to statistics, the softwood lumber consumption in the Middle East has surged in 2012 by 8% from the previous year. Out of the total shipments to the Middle East through Dubai, Saudi Arabia consumed 61%, United Arab Emirates-31%,Kuwait-7% and Qatar-1%.

The bulk of construction activities across the Middle East countries, especially Saudi Arabia will boost the demand for lumber products to be used as concrete frames.

SPF Precut Lumber, established in 1990 is an award-winning exporter and remanufacturer of Canadian wood products, based in British Columbia. It exports about 200-million board feet to over fifteen different countries.

The demand is believed to remain high in 2013 as well.