Hardwood States Export Group Trade Leads

Dubai International Wood & Wood Machinery Show

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
March 7-9, 2017

HSEG Members:
Risher Willard – Georgia Forestry Commission
Kayla Otto – Missouri Department of Agriculture
Veneer Leads:
Rakez Co. General Trading & Contracting
Ahmad Abdel Thawab
Kuwait – Shuwaikh – Bank Street
Office: +965-24838871; +965-24921440
Fax: +965-99973881
Email: ahmad99973881@hotmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Veneer – A/B grade
 Thickness – 0.05 mm or 0.06 mm
Volume: Not specified
Port: Not specified

SABIC
Fawaz Alowedi
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: owedifa@sabic.com
Notes/Specs:
 Design company – currently working on wooden doors
 Veneer – A/B grade
 Walnut, soft maple and gum
 Thickness – 1.5 mm
Volume: per project basis
Port: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Vision Interiors
Hussan Adnan Hussein
Zahle, Lebanon
Phone: +00966544287458
Email: h.a.hussein88@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture and flooring manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer, flooring and plywood
 Red oak and walnut
 Lumber – SEL&BTR grade
 Veneer – AA grade; 0.05 mm and 1.0 mm thick
Volume: sample container first; quantity will differ per month
Port: Beirut Port, Lebanon

Axox Supplies
Mina Gad
Cairo, Egypt
Office: +00971556252177
Email: menagg80@yahoo.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash and southern yellow pine
 Lumber – FAS&FIF and SEL&BTR; 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4
 Veneer – AA and A; 2.0 mm
 Logs – will send specs after initial contact
Volume: 1 container of each species; 2 containers/month to start
Port: Port Said

Fornax
Kareem S. Al Huneidi
Director (MENA)
2314 Jafza One, Tower A, Jebel Ali Free Zone, PO Box 263715
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +971-4-880-8000
Cell: +971-55-100-8000 or +971-55-956-7007
Fax: +971-4-880-8111
Email: kareem@fornax-me.com
Web: www.fornax-me.com
Notes/Specs:
 Focus on small niche markets – woodworking hobbyist looking to expand his
business
 Veneer – gum, AA grade, 1.5 mm
Volume: 1 container/year
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Al Burhan Integrate Enterprise

Nasser Saif Al Hashmi
Managing Director
P.O. Box 2817, P.C.:112, Ruwi
Muscat, Oman
Cell: +0096899375515
Fax: +24118959
Email: alburhan222@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Veneer and plywood
 Ash and beech
 Veneer – A/B grade; 0.06 mm thick
 Contact for plywood specs
Volume: 1 container/month
Port: Sohar, Oman

Sultanah Allied Industries Co.

Mr. Wajih Y. Abu Mustafa
KSA
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: wajih_lool@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction, furniture manufacturer and flooring manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and dimension
 Red oak, white oak and ash
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – A/B grade; 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension – specs not specified
Volume: not a significant amount
Port: Jeddah and Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abanos
Ashraf Mansour
General Manager
P.O. Box 114480
Dubai, UAE
Office: +971-4-8851885/8996111
Cell: +971-55-5549981
Fax: +971-4-8859966
Email: ashraf.mansour@abanos.ae or mail@abanos.ae
Web: www.abanos.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm thick
 Plywood – not specified
Volume: 500-1,000 cbm/year for lumber (~200,000-425,000 bf); 100,000-200,000
m2/year (~1-2 million bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Planner Consulting – Forestry Products Agency

Mr. Hassan Bazi
International Agent
Spain
Cell: +0034-96005-1735
Email: hassan@planner-consulting.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and tulipwood
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade, 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
 Logs – 3SC
  Veneer – AA, A and A/B grades; 0.06 mm, 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm thick
Volume: 6 containers/month for veneer; not specified for lumber or logs
Port: Valencia, Spain and Damietta, Egypt

Oasis Interior Hub

Naresh Jain
Ground Floor, Poonamji Plaza
B/s. Sanidev Temple, Near Sosyo Circle, Udhna-Magdalla Road
Surat, India
Office: +0261-2632352
Cell: +98252-43387
Email: support@oasisinteriorhub.com
Web: www.oasisinteriorhub.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer
 Veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry and walnut
 A/B and B grades
 0.05 mm thick
Volume: 3 containers/month
Port: Bombay, India (Mumbai)

Palm for Construction

Ayman Zeeneldeen
Cairo, Egypt
Email: ayman.zeeneldeen@palmgp.com
Web: www.palmgp.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction – top 10 construction firms in North Egypt
 Lumber, logs, veneer, dimension, flooring and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, cherry and walnut
 Lumber - #1COM and #2COM; 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
 Logs – 2SC and 1SC saw logs
 Veneer – B and B/C grades; 0.05 mm and 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension, flooring and plywood – not specified
Volume: 5-10 containers/month
Port: Alexandria, Egypt

Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

Irfan Kapadia
Al Gurg Tower, Deira
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cell: +04-210-6664
Email: irfan.kapadia@algurg.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
  Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash and walnut
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm and 1.0 mm thicknesses
Volume: 50,000 m2/quarter (~540,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Log Leads:
Aman Bros. Woodworking Ind. (Pvt.) Ltd./Fancy Veneer & Plywood
Industries/Pakitex Boards (Pvt.) Ltd.
Adbul Wahab Aslam
Director
Plot No. 68, 69, Sector 28
Korangi Industrial Area
Karachi, Pakistan
Cell: +92-21-300-822-3622
Office: +92-21-3504-0671/8839/8840
Fax: +92-21-3506-5927
Email: wahab@patex.com.pk or wahab84@gmail.com
Web: www.patex.com.pk
Notes/Specs:
 Veneer manufacturing/panels/plywood
 Veneer logs mainly but some saw logs
 Red oak, walnut, white oak and ash
 Minimum or no minerals
 Center heart
 Tight growth rings
 Length – 8.5-9’
 Diameter – 16”+
Volume: red oak – 2 containers/month; walnut – 1 container/month; ash – 2
containers/month; white oak – now and then
Port: Karachi Port or Port Qasim in Pakistan

SMAM Global Services Trade Division

Minhaj Ahmed Qureshi
214-1310 Dundas Street East
Mississauga, Ontario L4Y 2C1 Canada
Cell: 647-219-5578
Office: 416-236-3355
Fax: 905-273-6736
Email: smamtraders@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer/trading company
 Companies based in Canada, Dubai, New York and Pakistan
 Currently targeting Pakistan but plan to expand throughout Middle East
  Logs – 3SC
 White oak, ash, southern yellow pine and hemlock
 Diameter – 16”+
 Length – 12’+
Volume: 1 container/week
Port: Karachi Port or Port Qasim in Pakistan

Dalbah Wood General Trade

Mohammad Dalbah
General Manager
Palestine – Jenin – Pal St., Israel
Office: +9704-2438266
Cell: +970599-137773
Email: plywoodworldwide@yahoo.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Red oak saw logs
 220 cm + (~7’)
 Mixed widths (avg. 20 cm or ~8”)
Volume: 1 container/month
Port: Haifa, Israel

AGHA Timber
Mehmood Iqbal Agha
Managing Director
Kaka Street off Siddique Wahab Road, Old Haji Camp
Karachi, Pakistan
Office: +0092335-3450999
Email: m.iqbal@aghatimber.com
Web: www.aghatimber.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Ash saw logs
 A/B mix grade
 Length – 2.4 m + (~8’+)
 Diameter – 26 cm + (~10”+)
Volume: 40 cbm/month (~17,000 bf)
Port: Karachi, Pakistan

Creative Products Plywood

Rakesh Chandra
Managing Director
New Delhi, India
Office: +919810401872
Email: cpveneers_rc@live.com
Web: www.cpplywood.com
Notes/Specs:
 Plywood Manufacturer
 Gum logs
 Stave/saw log quality – knots, mineral streaks, pin holes, etc. are okay
 Will buy US logs and hire veneer slicing company to slice and peel logs – can be
same company if price is right
 Will send more specs after initial contact
Volume: 3-4 containers/quarter
Port: N/A

Axox Supplies
Mina Gad
Cairo, Egypt
Office: +00971556252177
Email: menagg80@yahoo.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash and southern yellow pine
 Lumber – FAS&FIF and SEL&BTR; 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4
 Veneer – AA and A; 2.0 mm
 Logs – will send specs after initial contact
Volume: 1 container of each species; 2 containers/month to start
Port: Port Said

Bunga Raya Panel Products Sdn Bhd

Low Juu Chew
Office Manager
Lot 488, Jalan Jati Kiri, Kg Perepat, 42200
Kapar, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Office: +603-3259-1988
Cell: +6010-288-1033
Fax: +603-3259-1886
Email: bungaraya@bungarayapanel.com
Web: www.bungarayapanel.com
Notes/Specs:
 Face veneer manufacturer (Fancy MDF or Fancy Ply)
 2 factories – China and Malaysia
 Veneer logs
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut, hard maple, hickory and alder
 Contact for specs and volume b/c differs for each species
Port: CIF – Jiashan Port, China and CIF – Port Klang, Malaysia

World Timber Products

Robert van Olst
Handelsstraat 17
7772 TS Hardenberg, The Netherlands
Office: +31-0-6-54338537 or +31-0-6-37716298
Email: Robert@worldtimberproducts.nl
Web: www.worldtimberproducts.nl
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Logs
 White oak, cherry and walnut
 Contact for more specs
Volume: 1-2 containers/month
Port: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Laxmi Lumber Industries (P) Ltd.

Kishore Patel
1/34, W.H.S Kirti Nagar
New Delhi-110015, India
Office: +25111022, +25421998, +41420381
Cell: +91-9810207810
Email: laxmilumber@gmail.com
Web: www.laxmilumberindustries.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber – white oak; FAS&FIF and #1COM grades; 8/4
 Logs – walnut
Volume: 50 cbm/month (~21,200 bf)
Port: Mundra, India

Nine Star Trading Co. LLC

Jai H. Lakhnani
P.O. Box 50572
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +00971-555-36-7069
Email: nine_star_trading@yahoo.com or vinitjai@erm.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer – like to buy hardwood for UAE and SYP for India
 Lumber, logs and dimension
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and southern yellow pine
 Lumber – FAS&FIF and #1COM grades; 4/4 and 8/4
 Dimension – 50 mm x 2 m (~2”x6.5’)
 Logs – contact for specs
Volume: 10-20 containers to UAE and 20 containers to India
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; port not specified in India

Planner Consulting – Forestry Products Agency

Mr. Hassan Bazi
International Agent
Spain
Cell: +0034-96005-1735
Email: hassan@planner-consulting.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and tulipwood
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade, 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
 Logs – 3SC
 Veneer – AA, A and A/B grades; 0.06 mm, 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm thick
Volume: 6 containers/month for veneer; not specified for lumber or logs
Port: Valencia, Spain and Damietta, Egypt

Palm for Construction

Ayman Zeeneldeen
Cairo, Egypt
Email: ayman.zeeneldeen@palmgp.com
Web: www.palmgp.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction – top 10 construction firms in North Egypt
 Lumber, logs, veneer, dimension, flooring and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, cherry and walnut
 Lumber - #1COM and #2COM; 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
 Logs – 2SC and 1SC saw logs
 Veneer – B and B/C grades; 0.05 mm and 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension, flooring and plywood – not specified
Volume: 5-10 containers/month
Port: Alexandria, Egypt

REGALIS Fzco
Mohamed Amine Nafati
Sales Manager
P.O. Box 17426
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +971-48-859-995
Cell: +971-558-740-480
Email: aminenafati@gmail.com or an@regalis-dubai.com
Notes/Specs:
 Trader
 Lumber and logs
 Red oak, white oak, ash and walnut
 Lumber - #1COM; 8/4
 Logs – not specified
Volume: not specified
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; Dammam or Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Doha, Qatar; Shuaiba,
Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain
Lumber Leads:
GTC-German-Timber-Company GmbH
Ruschen Cetinkoprulu
Managing Director, Purchase and Sales
Industriestrasse 4
DE-63633 Birstein, Germany
Office: +49-6054-91-13-680
Cell: +49-176-105-631-37
Email: ruschen@germantimber.net
Web: www.german-timber.company
Notes/Specs:
 Importer/trading company
 Dimension cut lumber
 Hard maple only
 Heavy on vertical grain
 Kiln dried – 8%
 Thickness – 32 mm (~1.26”)
 Width – 100-300 mm (~4”-12”)
 Length – 1,800-3,000 mm (~6’-10’)
 No knots but some pin knots okay
 Some spiral wave grain allowed
 Bark pockets, pin holes, discoloration, mineral streak, decay/rot and heartwood
are not acceptable
Volume: 5,000 cbm/ year (~2 million bf)
Port: Not specified

SMAM Global Services Trade Division

Minhaj Ahmed Qureshi
214-1310 Dundas Street East
Mississauga, Ontario L4Y 2C1 Canada
Cell: 647-219-5578
Office: 416-236-3355
Fax: 905-273-6736
Email: smamtraders@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer/trading company
 Companies based in Canada, Dubai, New York and Pakistan
 Currently targeting Pakistan but plan to expand throughout Middle East
 Lumber – FAS&FIF, SEL&BTR, #1COM and #2COM; 8/4
 White oak, ash, southern yellow pine and hemlock
Volume: 1 container/week
Port: Karachi Port or Port Qasim in Pakistan

Danem Group
K.V. Ravindran
Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +00971504568083
Email: ravindrankv18@hotmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer – trading company in UAE, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
 Lumber, flooring, chips and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 SEL&BTR and #2COM
 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
Volume: 1000 cbm/month (~424,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Vision Interiors
Hussan Adnan Hussein
Zahle, Lebanon
Phone: +00966544287458
Email: h.a.hussein88@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture and flooring manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer, flooring and plywood
 Red oak and walnut
 Lumber – SEL&BTR grade
 Veneer – AA grade; 0.05 mm and 1.0 mm thick
Volume: sample container first; quantity will differ per month
Port: Beirut Port, Lebanon

Wood Craft
Naseem Hashmi
Managing Director
J. B. House, Road No. 6, Park Site Colon, Vikhroli West
Mumbai – 400 079, India
Office: +91-22-2518-2084
Email: woodcraft2007@gmail.com or woodcraft2016@gmail.com
Web: www.woodcraft-india.com
Notes/Specs:
 Manufacture wooden gifts, tea and wine boxes and other wooden boxes
 Southern yellow pine lumber
 FAS&FIF grade
 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4
Volume: 2 containers/month
Port: Navashiva Port, India (Mumbai, India)

Baltic International Company

Hvostov Viktor
Director
Lauku Street 59
Liepaja, Latvia LV-3411
Office: +371-292-94-482
Cell: +371-634-38-538
Email: viktor@baltikcom.com or info@baltikcom.com
Web: www.baltikcom.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber and wood pellets
 Lumber – pine, spruce and birch
 Length – 3 m, 6 m, 9 m (~10’-30’)
 Thickness – 25-60 mm (4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4)
 Wood pellets – southern yellow pine
Volume: lumber – 10,000 cbm/month (~4 million bf); wood pellets – 100,000
tons/month
Port: Port Liepaja, Riga – Latvia

SLN Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

M. Anil Kumar
Managing Director
“HORIZON,” 3rd floor
No. 1, Pai Layout, Old Madras Road
Bengaluru – 560 016, India
Office: +91-80-4171-8881/8882
Cell: +91-98450-23625
Fax: +91-80-4171-8883
Email: anil@slntech.com
Web: www.slntech.com or www.slntechnologies.com
Notes/Specs:
 Architect – involved in wood manufacturing machinery and wants to start
manufacturing furniture himself
 Interested in a joint venture with US supplier to open a furniture manufacturing
mill in India
 Lumber – any species; 4/4 only
 SEL&BTR, #1COM, #2COM
Volume: 1 container/month
Port: Chennei or Bengaluru, India

HPI Sales Corporation

Anirudh Singal
153, Kutch Arcade, Anjar Cross-ing, Gandhidham, Kutch
Gujarat – 370201, India
Office: +02836-283153
Cell: +91-9896345849
Email: buzz.anirudh@gmail.com or hpisale@gmail.com
Web: www.hpisalescorporation.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Southern yellow pine lumber
 SEL&BTR grade
 6/4
Volume: 8,000 cbm/month (~3.5 million bf)
Port: Mundra, India

Axox Supplies
Mina Gad
Cairo, Egypt
Office: +00971556252177
Email: menagg80@yahoo.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash and southern yellow pine
 Lumber – FAS&FIF and SEL&BTR; 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4
 Veneer – AA and A; 2.0 mm
 Logs – will send specs after initial contact
Volume: 1 container of each species; 2 containers/month to start
Port: Port Said

Wellcott Woods
Fayyaz Riaz
CEO
Main Ghazi Road, Near DHA
Lahore-54792, Pakistan
Office: +92-0423-570-6510
Cell: +92-0321-945-3164
Fax: +92-0423-570-6510
Email: fayyaz.wellcott@gmail.com
Web: www.wellcott.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 White ash lumber
 FAS&FIF grade
 4/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4
 Kiln-dried sawn lumber
 Length – 8’ and 16’
Volume: 4-6 containers/month
Port: Qasin, Pakistan
*Interested in buyers’ missions

Zaheer & Brothers

Mubeen Ijaz
Director
Shop 15, 16 Imdad Market, Ghazi Road
Lahore, Pakistan
Office: +0334-9779939
Cell: +0321-4152551
Email: mobeenijaaz@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 White ash lumber
 FAS&FIF grade
 4/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4
 Kiln-dried sawn lumber
 Length – 8’ and 16’
Volume: 4-6 containers/month
Port: Qasin, Pakistan
*Interested in buyers’ missions

Workman Office Furniture

Shahzad Mughai
42/43 Sunflower Building, Liberty Market Gulberg
Lahore, Pakistan
Cell: +92-308-444-6250
Email: shahzad@workmanfurniture.com
Web: www.workmanfurniture.com
Notes/Specs:
 Lumber
 Red oak, white oak, ash, hickory and beech
 FAS&FIF grade
 8/4
Volume: 2 containers/month
Port: Kavachi, Pakistan

Laxmi Lumber Industries (P) Ltd.

Kishore Patel
1/34, W.H.S Kirti Nagar
New Delhi-110015, India
Office: +25111022, +25421998, +41420381
Cell: +91-9810207810
Email: laxmilumber@gmail.com
Web: www.laxmilumberindustries.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber – white oak; FAS&FIF and #1COM grades; 8/4
 Logs – walnut
Volume: 50 cbm/month (~21,200 bf)
Port: Mundra, India
LDT (Latham Direct Timber)
Nicky Hayward
5B The Old Yard, Rectory Lane, Brasted
Westerham, Kent, TN16 1JP, United Kingdom
Office: +0044-1959-561777
Cell: +0044-7970-819458
Fax: +0044-1959-560399
Email: nicky.hayward@directtimber.co.uk
Web: www.directtimber.co.uk
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut, tulipwood and hard maple
 FAS&FIF
 4/4, 6/4, 8/4
Volume: Large
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; Felixstowe, UK; Southampton, UK

Wellcott Sources
Usman Gazi
CEO
4-L Aziz Avenue, Canal Bank, Gulberg
Lahore-54660, Pakistan
Office: +920423-571-4998
Cell: +920300-940-7047; +920324-424-3376
Email: usmanqazi7@gmail.com
Web: www.wellcott.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Ash lumber
 FAS&FIF and SEL&BTR
 4/4, 7/4, 8/4
Volume: 2 containers/month
Port: Karachi Port and Port Qasim, Pakistan

Nine Star Trading Co. LLC

Jai H. Lakhnani
P.O. Box 50572
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +00971-555-36-7069
Email: nine_star_trading@yahoo.com or vinitjai@erm.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer – like to buy hardwood for UAE and SYP for India
 Lumber, logs and dimension
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and southern yellow pine
  Lumber – FAS&FIF and #1COM grades; 4/4 and 8/4
 Dimension – 50 mm x 2 m (~2”x6.5’)
 Logs – contact for specs
Volume: 10-20 containers to UAE and 20 containers to India
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; port not specified in India

Sultanah Allied Industries Co.

Mr. Wajih Y. Abu Mustafa
KSA
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: wajih_lool@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction, furniture manufacturer and flooring manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and dimension
 Red oak, white oak and ash
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – A/B grade; 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension – specs not specified
Volume: not a significant amount
Port: Jeddah and Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Universal Plywoods
Brad Anderson and Ingrid Ehrenberg
Managing Director
Corner Saraseen and Fascine Road, Chloorkop Ext 1o
Midrand GP, South Africa
Office: +27-011-310-9717
Brad Cell: +27-084-952-0529
Ingrid Cell: +27-083-556-2966
Fax: +27-011-310-8287
Notes/Specs:
 Agent, importer, construction
 Lumber and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 FAS&FIF, SEL&BTR, #1COM and #2COM
 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
 Plywood – not specified
Volume: 400 containers/year
Port: Durban, South Africa

Abanos
Ashraf Mansour
General Manager
P.O. Box 114480
Dubai, UAE
Office: +971-4-8851885/8996111
Cell: +971-55-5549981
Fax: +971-4-8859966
Email: ashraf.mansour@abanos.ae or mail@abanos.ae
Web: www.abanos.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm thick
 Plywood – not specified
Volume: 500-1,000 cbm/year for lumber (~200,000-425,000 bf); 100,000-200,000
m2/year (~1-2 million bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

AI Mufaddal Trading Co. LLC

Huzefa Saifee
CEO
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971-2-5548801
Cell: +971-56-855-9452
Fax: +971-2-5548802
Email: imsaifee@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent
 Lumber, flooring and plywood (marine plywood)
 Southern yellow pine
Volume: 6-7 containers/month
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Planner Consulting – Forestry Products Agency

Mr. Hassan Bazi
International Agent
Spain
Cell: +0034-96005-1735
Email: hassan@planner-consulting.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent
 Lumber, logs and veneer
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and tulipwood
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade, 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
 Logs – 3SC
 Veneer – AA, A and A/B grades; 0.06 mm, 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm thick
Volume: 6 containers/month for veneer; not specified for lumber or logs
Port: Valencia, Spain and Damietta, Egypt
Palm for Construction
Ayman Zeeneldeen
Cairo, Egypt
Email: ayman.zeeneldeen@palmgp.com
Web: www.palmgp.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction – top 10 construction firms in North Egypt
 Lumber, logs, veneer, dimension, flooring and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, cherry and walnut
 Lumber - #1COM and #2COM; 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
 Logs – 2SC and 1SC saw logs
 Veneer – B and B/C grades; 0.05 mm and 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension, flooring and plywood – not specified
Volume: 5-10 containers/month
Port: Alexandria, Egypt

Havelock AHI
Abdul Khader
Head of Purchasing
P.O. Box 5100
Bahrain
Office: +973-17-832-049
Cell: +973-39-467-950
Fax: +973-17-830-152
Email: khader@havelockahi.biz
Web: www.havelockahi.com
Notes/Specs:
 Offices located in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber
 White oak, cherry, walnut, tulipwood and hard maple
 FAS&FIF grade
 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4
Volume: 25 containers/year for tulipwood; 15 containers/year for white oak; other
species to be determined
Port: Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman, Bahrain

REGALIS Fzco
Mohamed Amine Nafati
Sales Manager
P.O. Box 17426
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +971-48-859-995
Cell: +971-558-740-480
Email: aminenafati@gmail.com or an@regalis-dubai.com
Notes/Specs:
  Trader
 Lumber and logs
 Red oak, white oak, ash and walnut
 Lumber - #1COM; 8/4
 Logs – not specified
Volume: not specified
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; Dammam or Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Doha, Qatar; Shuaiba,
Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain

Colour Zone Designer’s Studio

Eng. Amer Khabbaz
General Manager
United Arab Emirates & Qatar
Office: +056-2690330 (UAE)
Cell: +050-7687025 (UAE)
Cell: +66639971 (Qatar)
Fax: +06-5349187 (UAE)
Email: amer@colourzonedecor.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction – exterior, decorative designs; exterior cladding
 Plans to travel to USA in September 2017
 Lumber and thermally modified lumber
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut, tulipwood, soft maple and beech
 FAS&FIF grade
 4/4
Volume: 2,500-3,000 m2/month (~27,000-33,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

Irfan Kapadia
Al Gurg Tower, Deira
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cell: +04-210-6664
Email: irfan.kapadia@algurg.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash and walnut
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm and 1.0 mm thicknesses
Volume: 50,000 m2/quarter (~540,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Other Leads:
Pallets and Woods
Abdullah Allhydan
Marketing and Sales Specialist
Saudi Arabia
Cell: +966-50-708-8300
Email: sales@tabliat.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Pellets and wood chips
 Southern yellow pine
 Use for animal bedding
Volume: 500-1,000 tons/year
Port: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Baltic International Company

Hvostov Viktor
Director
Lauku Street 59
Liepaja, Latvia LV-3411
Office: +371-292-94-482
Cell: +371-634-38-538
Email: viktor@baltikcom.com or info@baltikcom.com
Web: www.baltikcom.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Lumber and wood pellets
 Lumber – pine, spruce and birch
 Length – 3 m, 6 m, 9 m (~10’-30’)
 Thickness – 25-60 mm (4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4)
 Wood pellets – southern yellow pine
Volume: lumber – 10,000 cbm/month (~4 million bf); wood pellets – 100,000
tons/month
Port: Port Liepaja, Riga – Latvia

Danem Group
K.V. Ravindran
Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +00971504568083
Email: ravindrankv18@hotmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer – trading company in UAE, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
 Lumber, flooring, chips and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 SEL&BTR and #2COM
 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
Volume: 1000 cbm/month (~424,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Vision Interiors
Hussan Adnan Hussein
Zahle, Lebanon
Phone: +00966544287458
Email: h.a.hussein88@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture and flooring manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer, flooring and plywood
 Red oak and walnut
 Lumber – SEL&BTR grade
 Veneer – AA grade; 0.05 mm and 1.0 mm thick
Volume: sample container first; quantity will differ per month
Port: Beirut Port, Lebanon

Aman Bros. Woodworking Ind. (Pvt.) Ltd./Fancy Veneer & Plywood

Industries/Pakitex Boards (Pvt.) Ltd.
Abdul Wahab Aslam
Director
Plot No. 68, 69, Sector 28
Korangi Industrial Area
Karachi, Pakistan
Cell: +92-21-300-822-3622
Office: +92-21-3504-0671/8839/8840
Fax: +92-21-3506-5927
Email: wahab@patex.com.pk or wahab84@gmail.com
Web: www.patex.com.pk
Notes/Specs:
 Veneer manufacturing/panels/plywood
 Veneer logs mainly but some saw logs
 Red oak, walnut, white oak and ash
 Minimum or no minerals
 Center heart
 Tight growth rings
 Length – 8.5-9’
 Diameter – 16”+
Volume: red oak – 2 containers/month; walnut – 1 container/month; ash – 2
containers/month; white oak – now and then
Port: Karachi Port or Port Qasim in Pakistan

Al Burhan Integrate Enterprise

Nasser Saif Al Hashmi
Managing Director
P.O. Box 2817, P.C.:112, Ruwi
Muscat, Oman
Cell: +0096899375515
Fax: +24118959
Email: alburhan222@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Importer
 Veneer and plywood
 Ash and beech
 Veneer – A/B grade; 0.06 mm thick
 Contact for plywood specs
Volume: 1 container/month
Port: Sohar, Oman

Nine Star Trading Co. LLC

Jai H. Lakhnani
P.O. Box 50572
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Office: +00971-555-36-7069
Email: nine_star_trading@yahoo.com or vinitjai@erm.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Agent/importer – like to buy hardwood for UAE and SYP for India
 Lumber, logs and dimension
 Red oak, white oak, ash, walnut and southern yellow pine
 Lumber – FAS&FIF and #1COM grades; 4/4 and 8/4
 Dimension – 50 mm x 2 m (~2”x6.5’)
 Logs – contact for specs
Volume: 10-20 containers to UAE and 20 containers to India
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE; port not specified in India

Universal Plywoods
Brad Anderson and Ingrid Ehrenberg
Managing Director
Corner Saraseen and Fascine Road, Chloorkop Ext 1o
Midrand GP, South Africa
Office: +27-011-310-9717
Brad Cell: +27-084-952-0529
Ingrid Cell: +27-083-556-2966
Fax: +27-011-310-8287
Notes/Specs:
 Agent, importer, construction
 Lumber and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 FAS&FIF, SEL&BTR, #1COM and #2COM
 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
 Plywood – not specified
Volume: 400 containers/year
Port: Durban, South Africa
Abanos
Ashraf Mansour
General Manager
P.O. Box 114480
Dubai, UAE
Office: +971-4-8851885/8996111
Cell: +971-55-5549981
Fax: +971-4-8859966
Email: ashraf.mansour@abanos.ae or mail@abanos.ae
Web: www.abanos.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, walnut and hard maple
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm thick
 Plywood – not specified
Volume: 500-1,000 cbm/year for lumber (~200,000-425,000 bf); 100,000-200,000
m2/year (~1-2 million bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

AI Mufaddal Trading Co. LLC

Huzefa Saifee
CEO
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971-2-5548801
Cell: +971-56-855-9452
Fax: +971-2-5548802
Email: imsaifee@gmail.com
Notes/Specs:
 Agent
 Lumber, flooring and plywood (marine plywood)
 Southern yellow pine
Volume: 6-7 containers/month
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE

Palm for Construction

Ayman Zeeneldeen
Cairo, Egypt
Email: ayman.zeeneldeen@palmgp.com
Web: www.palmgp.com
Notes/Specs:
 Construction – top 10 construction firms in North Egypt
 Lumber, logs, veneer, dimension, flooring and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, cherry and walnut
  Lumber - #1COM and #2COM; 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4
 Logs – 2SC and 1SC saw logs
 Veneer – B and B/C grades; 0.05 mm and 0.06 mm thick
 Dimension, flooring and plywood – not specified
Volume: 5-10 containers/month
Port: Alexandria, Egypt

Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

Irfan Kapadia
Al Gurg Tower, Deira
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cell: +04-210-6664
Email: irfan.kapadia@algurg.ae
Notes/Specs:
 Furniture manufacturer
 Lumber, veneer and plywood
 Red oak, white oak, ash and walnut
 Lumber – FAS&FIF grade; 8/4
 Veneer – AA and A grades; 0.06 mm and 1.0 mm thicknesses
Volume: 50,000 m2/quarter (~540,000 bf)
Port: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE