The Middle East is the future of paper production, consumption and import in the world. The paper industry in the Middle East shows strong growth which is worth at US$3 billion, due to the booming in the output of industrial products and the demand for paper products.

This Massive growth in the global and Middle Eastern paper,paperboard and tissue industries has a direct knock on effect for the industry. It also creates a backward and forward linkage among the other sectors in the economy whether in manufacturing, printing, packaging etc. Industry experts predict this tendency to continue as reflected by its considerable annual growth rate.

At the present time the consumption of paper, paperboard,tissue and converted paper products in the Middle East is on a relatively high level compared to the size of the global consumption rate, which was estimated 25 % over the last five years, and though per capita consumption was 27 kg per year, while is expected to reach 36 kg per capita by the year 2010.

Emerging markets such as the Middle East with high GDP growth offer suppliers and manufacturers a superb opportunity for expansion beyond the mature European, American and Japanese markets where growth is slowing. Therefore, huge paper, paperboard and tissue investments are at present under construction in the Middle East with a view to increasing the capacities to cover the regional demand and supply gap and also for export and re-export.

The Middle East is the future of paper production, consumption and import in the world. The paper industry in the Middle East shows strong growth which is worth at US$3 billion, due to the booming in the output of industrial products and the demand for paper products.

This Massive growth in the global and Middle Eastern paper,paperboard and tissue industries has a direct knock on effect for the industry. It also creates a backward and forward linkage among the other sectors in the economy whether in manufacturing, printing, packaging etc. Industry experts predict this tendency to continue as reflected by its considerable annual growth rate.

At the present time the consumption of paper, paperboard,tissue and converted paper products in the Middle East is on a relatively high level compared to the size of the global consumption rate, which was estimated 25 % over the last five years, and though per capita consumption was 27 kg per year, while is expected to reach 36 kg per capita by the year 2010.

Emerging markets such as the Middle East with high GDP growth offer suppliers and manufacturers a superb opportunity for expansion beyond the mature European, American and Japanese markets where growth is slowing. Therefore, huge paper, paperboard and tissue investments are at present under construction in the Middle East with a view to increasing the capacities to cover the regional demand and supply gap and also for export and re-export.