Market Research Reports - Ken Research Stationary Manufacturing Base in UAE

UAE Exercise Notebook Industry Driven by Rising Number of International Schools, Inclining
Student Enrolment Rates Coupled with Amplifying Re-Export Market: Ken Research
Rising literacy rates, increased consumption of notebooks and diaries by the business
establishments coupled with increasing paper consumption in country and rising production
capacity of the major players in the market were the key drivers of exercise notebook market
growth in UAE during the review period.
The UAE has been popularly known for the presence of highest number of international schools
in the world. As of 2016, the country has 518 international schools. The demand for notebooks
in the country both local and export demand are largely catered through the imported
products. The country has a high preference of center stapled binding over other binding
methods. Moreover, there have been cover types like soft cover and hard cover. These
specifications have opened up many options before the customers making their purchase more
specific. Customer preferences started being more specific to size of paper, designs, number of
pages and similar features. People highly prefer to buy from stationery stores and school and
college stationery as of 2016. The major players in the market has their own online selling
portals; also the imported products and domestically manufactured products are offered in
some of the ecommerce websites in the country such as Souq, Lulu Webstore and others.
Majority of the products are imported from countries such as China, Indonesia and US to name
a few. A major part of the imported products is used for re-export markets, especially the
emerging markets in Africa. Dubai is considered as one of the major destination for African
countries to import stationery products like notebooks from, as the city has a well-organized
chain of retailers and wholesalers, an excellent sourcing network, a well developed
warehousing and stocking facility and a reputation for reliability that has been built over the
years.
The report titled “UAE Exercise Notebook Market By Category (Notebooks and Long books,
Diaries, Practical Books, Drawing Books, Graph Books, Pocket/Reminder Books and Others),
By Domestically Produced and Imported Products – Outlook to 2021” by Ken Research
suggested a positive CAGR in terms of consumer spending in exercise notebook market in the
next 5 years till 2021. UAE Exercise Notebook Market is expected to reach USD 101 million by
2021
Key Topics Covered in the Report:
Hard Cover Notebooks Sales UAE
Notebook and Logbook Sales in UAE