http://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/furniture-outlook-latin-america-and-caribbean-0066239.html | The Latin America and the Caribbean area has a 600 million population, over 63 metropolitan areas and reaches a total household consumption of more than US$ 300 billion. It is one of to be watched areas when it comes to future development, Brazil and Mexico being among the fastest growing emerging economies in the world. Furniture consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean is worth US$ 17 billion. According to CSIL forecasts, the most promising among larger markets, in terms of growth in the next two years, are Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia.

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PART I OVERVIEW 1
INTRODUCTION 2
Figure 1 Furniture consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean 2
Table 1 Basic economic data on countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. 3
Table 2 Overview of the furniture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. 4
FURNITURE CONSUMPTION 5
Table 3 Furniture consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean. 5
Figure 2 Breakdown of furniture consumption by region. % in value 6
Figure 3 Furniture consumption in South America, US$ Million 6
Figure 4 Furniture consumption in Central America, US$ Million 7
Figure 5 Furniture consumption in the Caribbean, US$ Million 8
MAJOR URBAN MARKETS FOR FURNITURE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 9
Table 4 Latin America and the Caribbean. Large urban markets, ranked by population 10
Figure 6 Main cities in Latin America and the Caribbean 11
FURNITURE IMPORTS 12
Figure 7 Furniture imports in Latin America and the Caribbean 12
Figure 8 Breakdown of furniture imports by region. % in value 13
Figure 9 Import penetration by region. Imports/consumption ratio 13
Table 5 Furniture imports, Major importers 2010-2014, US$ million 14
Figure 10 Growth of furniture imports in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010-2014 US$ million 14
Table 6 Origin of Imports for 10 main importing countries. 15
FURNITURE PRODUCTION 16
Table 7 Furniture production in Latin America and the Caribbean. 16
Figure 11 Furniture production in Latin America and the Caribbean 17
THE OUTLOOK FOR FURNITURE CONSUMPTION 18
Table 8 Furniture market outlook 2015- 2017, alphabetical order 18
PART II FURNITURE INDICATORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 19
Table A1 Overview of the furniture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alphabetical order 20
Table A2 Overview of the furniture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ranking by size of imports 21
Table A3 FURNITURE EXPORTS, 2010-2014 22
Table A4 FURNITURE IMPORTS, 2010-2014 23
Table A5 FURNITURE TRADE. Destination of exports. Ranking by size of exports 24
Table A6 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FURNITURE TRADE. Origin of imports. Ranking by size of imports 25
Table A7 Furniture market outlook 2015- 2017, alphabetical order 26

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COUNTRY TABLES 27
Table B1 Argentina ...................................... 28
Table B2 Bahamas ...................................... 29
Table B3 Barbados ...................................... 30
Table B4 Belize............................................ 31
Table B5 Bolivia........................................... 32
Table B6 Brazil............................................. 33
Table B7 Chile ............................................. 34
Table B8 Colombia ...................................... 35
Table B9 Costa Rica.................................... 36
Table B10 Cuba............................................. 37
Table B11 Dominican Republic...................... 38
Table B12 Eastern Caribbean States ............ 39
Table B13 Ecuador ........................................ 40
Table B14 El Salvador ................................... 41
Table B15 Guatemala.....................................42
Table B16 Guyana..........................................43
Table B17 Haiti...............................................44
Table B18 Honduras.......................................45
Table B19 Jamaica.........................................46
Table B20 Mexico...........................................47
Table B21 Nicaragua......................................48
Table B22 Panama.........................................49
Table B23 Paraguay.......................................50
Table B24 Peru...............................................51
Table B25 Suriname.......................................52
Table B26 Trinidad and Tobago.....................53
Table B27 Uruguay.........................................54
Table B28 Venezuela .....................................55
PART III PROFILES OF THE FURNITURE SECTOR IN 4 LARGE MARKETS
IN LATIN AMERICA 56
Profile of the furniture sector in Argentina 57
Profile of the furniture sector in Brazil 66
Profile of the furniture sector in Chile 76
Profile of the furniture sector in Mexico 84
APPENDIX - NOTES, PRESENTATION CONVENTIONS, CLASSIFICATION OF
COUNTRIES 95