72,000 cubic meters wood to Egypt

This year SCA plans to sell 72,000 cubic meters of solid wood products to Egypt. The construction boom has made the country an important market for Swedish wood products.


	FACTS - EGYPT Population: 85 – 89 millions Area: 1,001,450 km² Government: Republic Capital: Cairo Currency: Egyptian pound

Construction boom

Many new residences are being built, and the demand for timber for doors and windows is high.

In a short period, imports of Swedish timber have risen several times to 800,000 cubic meters a year, and they are forecast to reach a million cubic meters soon.

Key market

The sales organization Uni4 Marketing AB, jointly owned by SCA, has been an established player in the timber products market in North Africa and the Middle East for many years.

The basic idea is to sell large volumes of lower-grade wood products in countries where producers don’t have their own representatives.

Jöran Ekberg at Uni4 sees Egypt as an important market where Swedish sawmills have an outlet for bulk goods and VI grade timber. “But Egyptian buyers demand good products of all types,” Jörgen Ekberg stresses.