PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. WOODWORKING. FURNITURE & INTERIOR

14th International exhibition

1-3 March 2017 Uzexpocentre,

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MebelExpo 2017: FIGURES AND FACTS:

Organizer: ITE Uzbekistan and its partner ITE Group of Companies Title: MebelExpo Uzbekistan Dates: March 1-3, 2017 Year of foundation: 2004 Host country: Uzbekistan, Tashkent Venue: Uzexpocentre NEC, Exhibition Hall 3, Atrium Hall Area: 3,750 sq. m. Number of participating companies: 114 Number of countries: 19 Joint projects: UzBuild 2017, Aqua-Therm Tashkent 2017 (Exhibition Halls 1 and 2) Silver Sponsor: EMAN Company Number of visitors for three projects: 12,789 during 3 days

More than 4,000 of them are furniture enterprises and companies.

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The exhibitors included world's famous brands and companies specialized in production of MebelExpo Uzbekistan woodworking machines, tools, furniture chemicals, component parts, accessories, is the only International furniture fittings and hardware. Domestic Exhibition of Furniture furniture manufacturers represented a wide range of household and office furniture, for and Woodworking every need and budget. Industry in Uzbekistan.

Among exhibition participants of this year:

Organizer: Title: Dates: Year of foundation: Host country: Venue: Area:

Joint projects:

Silver Sponsor: for three pr furnitur

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Total 12 number niture production 25 of exhibitors: nishes, paints 3 114 15 114 companies 9 Foreign 89 from 19 countries 3 of the world took part Domestic 25 in the exhibition.

The participating countries included Austria, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, , Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Sweden, Switzerland and Japan.

Three foreign countries leading in 26% – Yes terms of exhibitors' number are: 69% – Arrangements

5%– No

Among the exhibitors:

14 Germany

30% are debutants 13 Italy

11 Turkey 74% – Yes

70% are constant participants 26% – Hard to say at the moment

4 POST SHOW REPORT 5 STATISTICS Exhibitor Profiling by Section (%):

Household and office furniture 25 Furniture fittings and hardware Total 17 number Raw and consumable materials for furniture production 22 of exhibitors: Furniture chemicals: glues, varnishes, paints 8 Equipment for furniture production 16 94 Tools 10 68 Foreign Interior design items 2 26 Domestic Exhibitors Survey:

How do you assess the overall result Have you signed any contracts / of your participation in the exhibition? made any arrangements at the exhibition?

28% – Yes Five foreign countries leading in terms 80% – Excellent

17% – Good 68% – Arrangements

3% – Fair 4%– No

13 Germany

Have you managed to establish Would you like to take part 13 Italy new business contacts in the MebelExpo Uzbekistan 2017 at the exhibition? exhibition next year? 13 Turkey

5 China 92% – Yes 75% – Yes 8% – No 25% – Hard to say at the moment 5 Russia

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GEOGRAPHY: The exhibition was visited by the representatives of 10 countries of the world as well as those from all the . 61.5% – Final decision

Most of the foreign visitors came from Belarus, Kazakhstan, 29.5% – Recommendations Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

9% – Not responsible National Visitors, %: for making decisions

Andijan region 1,5% 1,7% Overall, the country's leaders in 1,3% the area of furniture production region 0,4% are Tashkent city and six Kashkadarya region % regions. These are Tashkent, 1,4 72,3% – No region 0,7% Fergana, Samarkand, Andijan, 2,1% Namangan, and Khorezm 27,7% – Yes Samarkand region 2,2% regions Surkhandarya region 0,9% Syrdarya region 0,3% They account for over Tashkent city 78,4% 4,3% 80% of the total 56,4% 3,4% production. 9,4% Khorezm region 1,2% 9,1% 4,9% 2,8% 2,1% Position Grade of Professional Visitors, % 6,4% 2,5% 6,4% Company CEO / Founder 26,9% Representative of ministry/agency 1,6% Head of Representative Office 1,8% Entrepreneur 27,6% 12,2% Designer 9,9% 10% Processman 5,3% 7,0% Engineering technician 6,1% 17,8% Manager 7,3% 17% Procurement expert 5,1% 9,5% Sales manager 4,8% 12,3% Others 3,5% 10,7% 3,5%

6 POST SHOW REPORT 7 Statistics: The exhibition visitors' Please indicate the extent to which you are authorized decision-making status to make decisions is high enough.

63% – Final decision

29% – Recommendations Every year, the exhibition provides an opportunity to meet with a large 8% – Not responsible National V number of new unique visitors. for making decisions Besides, around 200 new furniture and woodworking enterprises are founded in the country annually. Bukhara region Jizzakh region Karakalpakstan region Kashkadarya region Is this your first visit 71% – No Navoiy region to the exhibition? Namangan region 29% – Yes Samarkand region Surkhandarya region Syrdarya region Please indicate your Company's business activity Tashkent city Tashkent region Production of furniture and component parts 64% Fergana region Wholesale / retail trade in furniture 8% Khorezm region Wholesale / retail trade in equipment for furniture production 5% Wholesale / retail trade in component parts and accessories 6% Representation 2% Home textiles 0,6% Interior design and decor 6% Administrative agency 1,4% Individual buyer of furniture 7%

Representative of ministry/agency Exhibition Sectors by Visitors' Interest, (%)*: Head of Representative Of Entrepreneur Household furniture 14% Designer Office furniture 9% Processman Furniture for governmental and social institutions 7% Raw and consumable materials for furniture production 19% Manager Furniture fittings and hardware 15% Procurement expert Furniture chemicals: glues, varnishes, paints 10% Sales manager Woodworking equipment 14% Others Tools 8% Interior items 4% *some of the visitors chose several sections of the exhibition.

6 POST SHOW REPORT www.mebelexpo.uz MebelExpo Uzbekistan 2017 7 Feedback from the Exhibitors of MebelExpo Uzbekistan 2017:

“I would like to note that this year we have met exactly our target audience. This fact encourages us to expand our exposition anually. Last year we booked 20 sq.m., while this year our stand was enlarged up to 80 sq.m. We can their exhibition stands at the definitly say that we feel benefits from participating at the exhibition.” by the sectors demonstrating Mr. Kairat Bazhenov Yet, in terms of diversity of the Head of Representative Office of Hettich FurnTech in Central Asia furniture production retained the (Kazakhstan-Germany)

3, 2016 “This time we would like to note a very high visitor activity. In our opinion, this is a merit of the organizers. There were a lot of interesting visitor promotion campaigns. And we were very active as well. This year, there was a very high-quality audience, consisting exclusively of industry professionals and experts.” as compared to the previous year. Mr. Sardor Jumaniyazov Client Manager, BLUM Uzbekistan ticipants have become a common (Austria-Uzbekistan) company operating under the Sharq – the last year was the first time to nine square meters stand. This year, “Our company participates at this exhibition for the first time. Our impressions are simply to explain: over the year, the positive indeed. Despite the fact that today it is the last day of the exhibition, we and expanded the range of see a very large number of visitors. We believe that participation at "MebelExpo Uzbekistan" is specially needed for those who are just entering the market.” Mr. Bahrom Azimov Sales Consultant, Felder Group (Austria)

“Of course, we could not bring all of our products. Therefore, knowing that a small business has gained a wide scope in Uzbekistan, and the furniture industry is developing dynamically, we brought the most popular and affordable machines for medium and small businesses. I believe that we did not fail. Literally a week before we arrived to Tashkent, we received several interesting offers from Uzbek entrepreneurs and now look forward to meeting them here at the exhibition.” Mr. Stefan Turner Sales Manager, Felder Group (Austria)

“The exhibition organization has been as always, at the high level. Both the organizers and the exhibitors are trying to get prepared well for the show. The exhibitors are striving to surprise the visitors by the special stand design and to demonstrate the best products. All these efforts result in the significant growth of visitors compared to the previous year.” Mr. Zufnun F. Normumhamadiy Corporate Client Manager, Furniture Store "DAFNA" (Uzbekistan)

8 POST SHOW REPORT 9 Feedback from the Exhibitors of Mebelexpo Uzbekistan 2017 ACCORDING TO MASS MEDIA:

"The growing scale of construction, especially of housing construction, implies further development of the furniture industry in our country. Every apartment or “Since 2008, the office, educational establishment, medical facility, restaurant or cafe requires Uzbekistan appropriate furniture. Therefore, such a major exhibition project as MebelExpo become the largest Uzbekistan, according to the organizers, has crossed a framework of the main working in the fur industry show in Uzbekistan and today claims to be the key event in the Central premium class fur Asian region. The scale of the event, as well as the interest shown by kitchens, living room businessmen from the neighbouring countries, who expressed their readiness to immense gratitude visit MebelExpo Uzbekistan to learn about proposals of the exhibition participants professionalism is a great evidence of it. The exhibition helps to get an idea of the modern cooperation!” furniture fashion, market trends, the latest materials and production technologies offered to the attention of experts of furniture industry, as well as to owners of Olesya Ermolenko, retail furniture chains."

«Narodnoe Slovo» Newspaper dated 3 March 2017 “Thank you for the We look forward The reforms aimed at supporting private entrepreneurship have created Igor I. Zhukov, Director incentives for small businesses to manufacture furniture. As a result, a number of such companies has increased. A wide audience of visitors was able to assess quality of classic and modern furniture.

“We liked the «Pravda Vostoka» Newspaper №43/2017 dated 2 March 2017 which shows more activity at the stands, The pavilion, where the exhibition an excellent Mebel Expo takes place, is well- noticed by its noisiness and Timur Bakiev, polyphony. The fact is that this exhibition is aimed at both the manufacturer and the final consumer, playing an important role of a meeting place of both B2B and “We produce a wide B2C format. There are large stands others are purchased where not only ready furniture take our place in products, tools and accessories are year's exhibition represented, but various operating enabled us to arrange equipment that demonstrates the production process is installed. Shavkat Musaev, Manager "Novosti Uzbekistana" Portal http://nuz.uz

8 POST SHOW REPORT www.mebelexpo.uz MebelExpo Uzbekistan 2017 9 The exhibition was OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY:

• Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan

Organizational Support: NEC "Uzexpocentre"

Silver Sponsor: EMAN Company The EMAN Company is one of Uzbekistan's leading suppliers of equipment for woodworking and furniture production from the best European and Asian producers.

Official Technical Partner: Led Design Group

Information support:

MebelExpo Uzbekistan is a part of the series of ITE Company's specialized exhibitions held worldwide, which include: WoodEx Moscow, InDecor Moscow, HolzHaus (Moscow), Design & Decor (St. Petersburg), UMIDS, InDecor (Krasnodar), SibFurniture (Novosibirsk), etc.

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• Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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The EMAN equipment for European and Asian producers.

Official Inter

MebelExpo exhibitions held UMIDS (Krasnodar),

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24 – 26 April 2018 Uzexpocentre NEC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Organizers:

ITE Uzbekistan Gullola Nadyrkhanova Project Director Tel.: +(99871) 205 18 18 Fax: +(99871) 237 22 72 E-mail: [email protected]

ITE Uzbekistan Alexey Volokitin Technical Manager Tel.: + 998 71 205 18 18 Fax: + 998 71 237 22 72 E-mail: [email protected]