Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Egypt Consumer Electronics Report Q4 2014", is now available at Fast Market Research

Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 10/23/2014 --Currency depreciation and a lack of access to credit on favourable terms resulted in a dramatic slowdown in consumer electronics spending in 2013, but we forecast a recover y from 2014 as the economic environment stabilises. BMI has a positive medium term outlook for Egypt's consumer electronics market, with a young population, low device penetration rates, rising incomes and the falling cost of devices to drive growth. We expect government, vendor and operator-led investment in supporting infrastructure such as telecoms networks and retail/distribution networks to further encourage growth and drive accelerating demand for connected devices such as smartphones and tablets. We expect total spending to increase at a CAGR of 6.1 % 2014-2018, with total spending expected to rise from USD 3.3 bn in 2014 to USD 4.0 bn in 2018.

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Headline Expenditure Projections

Computer hardware sales: USD834mn in 2013 to USD893bn in 2014, up 7.1% in US dollar terms. Sales were hit by the economic and political instability in 2013, however, we expect a return to growth in 2014 as the economic environment strengthens and the withdrawal of Microsoft support for XP in April 2014 boosts upgrade sales.

AV sales: USD574mn in 2013 to USD633mn in 2014, up 10.3% in US dollar terms. Flat-screen TV sets were the main driver of growth as the FIFA World Cup in Brazil boosted volumes, but the AV segment will remain the smallest category for the duration of our forecast period.

Handset sales: USD1.55bn in 2013 to USD1.73bn in 2014, increasing 11.4% in US dollar terms. The handset market is the most dynamic in Egypt, boosted by the increased share of smartphones in the product mix, driving up the average selling price of handsets in the market as a whole.

Key Trends And Developments

The handset market is the most dynamic segment of the consumer electronics market as smartphone prices continue to fall amidst intense vendor competition - particularly in the...

The Egypt Consumer Electronics Report has been researched at source and features latest-available data covering both the manufacture and sale of consumer electronics products, critically analysing - and forecasting - the market dynamics affecting each sub-sector, including audio-visual, computers, mobile handsets, gaming and automotives electronics. Furthermore, the report analyses the domestic and global economic trends driving device demand and provides company rankings and competitive landscapes covering leading multinational and national consumer electronics companies and analysis of latest industry news and trends in Egypt.

Business Monitor International (BMI)'s Egypt Consumer Electronics Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, business investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the consumer electronics industry in Egypt.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's independent consumer electronics industry forecasts for Egypt to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Egyptian consumer electronics market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in Egypt through our reviews of latest industry trends and major deals, projects and investments.

- Exploit the latest competitive intelligence with company SWOT analyses.

Coverage

BMI Industry View

Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering consumer electronics, major investments and projects.

Consumer Electronics Market

Analysis of the size of the domestic market for electronics products, with in-depth assessment and data covering the dynamics driving each sub-sector; audio-visual, computers, mobile phone handsets and gaming devices, as well as demand for automotives electronics.

Electronics Industry

Analysis and data of the domestic electronics manufacturing sector. We assess the regulatory and business operational issues facing manufacturers - including openness to foreign investment, infrastructure, IP issues and the global demand context - and their impact on the production of electronics goods, which is again broken down via market sub-sectors.

Industry Forecast Scenario

Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry and economic indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key risks to the main forecast, covering computers, communications and gaming devices. Indicators include:

Industry value (US$bn); population (mn); nominal GDP (US$bn); real GDP growth (%), GDP per capita, industrial production Index (% y-o-y ave.) unemployment % of labour force.

Business Environment Rankings

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