"Qatar Food & Drink Report Q4 2015" now available at Fast Market Research

Qatar's economic prospects remain the most positive in the region. We forecast real GDP growth of 6.6% in 2015 and 5.9 % in 2016, up from 5.7% in 2014. The non-hydrocarbons economy will propel growth, with construction activity and the services sector set to remain the dominant performers. On the consumer side, the outlook for food and drink companies remains strong on the back of forecast real private consumption growth of 9.5% in 2015.

Headline Industry Data (local currency)

2015 food consumption growth = +6.0%; compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 2014 to 2019 = +5.5%.
2015 bottled water value = +13.2%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +12.1%
2015 mass grocery retail sales = +7.5%; CAGR 2014 to 2019 = +6.9%

Key Industry Trends And Developments

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Government Plans IPO To Resolve Poultry Meat Shortage: The Qatari government plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in 2015 to resolve the country's poultry meat shortage, according to Hashem Aqeel al-Aqeel, CEO of Investment House - a domestic bank advising on the project. The government intends to lease 5.7mn sq m of land to private investors for the development of a chicken farm. The farm, supported by Qatari investors, will have a production capacity of 45mn kilograms of chicken meat by 2018. According to al-Aqeel, institutional investors have committed QAR750mn (USD206mn) to the project.

Hassad Food Considers Purchase Of Brazilian Sugar And Poultry Assets: Qatar Investment Authority's agricultural division, Hassad Food, is exploring the purchase of Brazilian sugar and poultry assets, according to a statement by Youssef Hegazy, vice president for business development at the company, made on February 25. Hegazy did not specify the assets in which Hassad is interested and stated that talks are still in their early stages.

The Qatar Food & Drink Report features BMI Research's market assessment and independent forecasts for food and drink expenditure, consumption, sales, and imports/exports and forecasts for the mass grocery retail sector. The report also includes analyses of major regulatory developments, the background macroeconomic outlook and competitive landscape comparing national and multinational companies by leading products and services, sales, investments, partners and expansion strategies.

BMI's Qatar Food & Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, business investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the food and drink industry and the mass grocery retail market in Qatar.

Key Benefits

* Benchmark BMI's independent food and drink industry forecasts for Qatar to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Qatari food and drink market.
* Target business opportunities and risks in Qatar

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