This document provides an assessment of a company's strategy, products, and target markets in the Middle East. It outlines key topics to discuss, such as the company's expectations, product benefits, competitors, and ideal distributor profile. Sections are dedicated to assessing the company, products, target countries, and identifying distribution opportunities. Criteria for validating potential distributors are also listed, covering their market knowledge, resources, capabilities, and other qualifications. The document aims to guide discussions on partnering with local distributors to expand the company's presence in the region.
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1. Company Assessment
STRATEGY
COUNTRIES TO TARGET
EXPECTATIONS
TIMING
1 YEAR, 2, 3 AND 5 YEARS
DESCRIBE YOUR EXISTING DISTRIBUTORS
IDEAL DITRIBUTOR
FIRST DISTRIBUTOR
FIRST ORDER
2. Company Assessment
PAYMENT TERMS
FOLLOW UP
BUDGET
COACHING, MARKETING, TRAVELING,
REGISTRATIONS, ETC.
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UAE, QATAR OR BAHRAIN
POINT OF CONTACT
3. Product Assessment
TOP 10/20 STAR PRODUCTS
TOP 10/20 BEST MARGIN PRODUCTS
SALES CYCLE
DIRECT SALES
TENDERS
eCOMMERCE?
LIFE TIME (3 to 4 YEARS)
MAINTENANCE
SPARES
DEDICATED SERVICE
SPECIAL TRAINING
4. Product Assessment
COMPETITORS IN THE US
HOW DO YOU SELL IN THE US
DISTRIBUTORS
DEALERS
DIRECT SALES
DELIVERY TIME
FORECAST
LEAD TIME
FREIGHT COSTS
FROM SUPPLIERS
TO END USER
6. Country
(or dependent territory)
Rank
July 1, 2013
Average
relative
annual
growth
% of
pop.
Average
absolute
annual
growth
Estimated
doubling Alternative
time
figure
Date
Source
1
Egypt
84,605,000
21.45
2.29
1,893,000
31
83,661,000
2
Iran
76,789,000
19.47
1.29
976,000
54
77,084,000
November 27, 2013 Official population clock
3
Turkey
76,081,000
19.29
1.21
907,000
58
75,627,384
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
4
Iraq
35,404,000
8.98
3.06
1,051,000
23
33,330,000
2011 Official estimate
5
Saudi Arabia
30,193,000
7.66
3.41
997,000
21
29,195,895
2012 Official estimate
6
Yemen
25,252,000
6.4
2.96
725,000
24
24,527,000
2012 Official estimate
7
Syria
22,169,000
5.62
2.45
531,000
29
21,377,000
December 31, 2011 Official estimate
8
United Arab Emirates
8,659,000
2.2
1.56
133,000
45
8,264,070
2010 Official estimate
9
Israel
8,047,000
2.04
1.83
145,000
38
8,034,900
May 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate
10
Jordan
6,517,000
1.65
2.84
180,000
25
6,515,300
4,421,000
1.12
2.91
125,000
24
4,420,549
2013 Official estimate
2007 Official estimate
[5]
January 1, 2013 Official estimate
November 27, 2013 Official population clock
11
Palestine
12
Lebanon
4,127,000
1.05
1.58
64,000
44
3,759,100
13
Oman
3,942,000
1
8.8
319,000
8
3,831,553
14
Kuwait
3,852,000
0.98
2.94
110,000
24
3,582,054
15
Qatar
1,917,000
0.49
3.85
71,000
18
1,916,426
June 30, 2013 Monthly official estimate
16
Bahrain
1,546,000
0.39
7.36
106,000
10
1,234,571
April 27, 2010 Final 2010 census result
17
Cyprus
888,000
0.23
1.95
17,000
36
862,000
396,657,000
100
2.16
8,350,000
32
Total
February 28, 2013 Monthly official estimate
December 31, 2010 Official estimate
December 31, 2011 Official estimate
7. Country
(or dependent territory)
Rank
Russia
July 1, 2013
% of
pop.
Average
relative
annual
growth
Average
absolute
annual
growth
Estimated
doubling
time
Alternative
figure
Date
Source
143,455,000
19.44
0.15
221,000
450
143,400,000
April 1, 2013 Official estimate
285
80,493,000
September 30, 2012 Official estimate
2
Germany
80,640,000
10.93
0.24
196,000
3
United Kingdom
64,231,000
8.71
0.73
465,000
95
63,181,775
4
France
63,820,000
8.65
0.49
309,000
143
65,684,000
June 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
5
Italy
59,789,000
8.1
0.35
206,000
201
59,704,082
January 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate
6
Spain
46,958,000
6.36
-0.43
-205,000 -
47,059,533
7
Ukraine
45,461,000
6.16
-0.52
-236,000 -
45,480,315
8
Poland
38,548,000
5.22
0.08
29,000
9
Romania
19,858,000
2.69
-0.77
-155,000 -
10
Netherlands
16,795,000
2.28
0.33
55,000
211
16,808,100
11
Belgium
11,162,000
1.51
0.66
73,000
106
11,156,136
June 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
12
Greece
10,758,000
1.46
-0.13
-14,000 -
10,815,197
May 24, 2011 Final 2011 census result
13
Portugal
10,609,000
1.44
0.19
20,000
367
10,562,178
March 21, 2011 Final 2011 census result
14
Czech Republic
10,519,000
1.43
0.23
24,000
303
10,512,800
March 31, 2013 Official estimate
15
Hungary
9,894,000
1.34
-0.25
-25,000 -
9,906,000
January 1, 2013 Official estimate
16
Sweden
9,595,000
1.3
0.76
72,000
17
Belarus
9,460,000
1.28
-0.04
18
Austria
8,477,000
1.15
0.61
19
Switzerland
8,075,000
1.09
20
Bulgaria
7,261,000
0.98
921
38,533,299
20,121,641
92
March 27, 2011 2011 census result
January 1, 2013 Official estimate
June 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
October 20, 2011 Final 2011 census result
November 27, 2013 Official population clock
May 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate
9,459,800
-4,000 -
9,588,569
July 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
51,000
115
8,464,554
April 1, 2013 Official estimate
0.82
66,000
84
8,058,100
March 31, 2013 Official estimate
-0.59
-43,000 -
7,282,041
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
8. Country
(or dependent territory)
Rank
July 1, 2013
% of
pop.
Average
relative
annual
growth
Average
absolute
annual
growth
Estimated
doubling
time
21
Serbia
7,203,000
0.98
-0.35
-25,000 -
22
Denmark
5,612,000
0.76
0.45
25,000
23
Finland
5,436,000
0.74
0.44
24
Slovakia
5,413,000
0.73
25
Norway
5,077,000
26
Ireland
27
Alternative
figure
Date
Source
7,241,295
January 1, 2012 Official estimate
155
5,605,836
April 1, 2013 Official estimate
24,000
157
5,434,357
May 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate
0.15
8,000
469
5,410,728
March 31, 2013 Official estimate
0.69
1.03
52,000
67
5,063,709
March 31, 2013 Official estimate
4,662,000
0.63
1.35
62,000
52
4,585,400
Apr-12 Official estimate
Croatia
4,258,000
0.58
-0.35
-15,000 -
28
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,847,000
0.52
0.08
3,000
29
Moldova
3,486,000
0.47
-1.39
30
Lithuania
2,956,000
0.4
31
Albania
2,783,000
32
Macedonia
33
34
4,290,612
March 31, 2011 2011 census result
3,839,737
June 30, 2011 Official estimate
-49,000 -
3,559,500
January 1, 2012 Official estimate
-1.3
-39,000 -
2,955,986
0.38
-0.78
-22,000 -
2,821,977
2,066,000
0.28
0.19
4,000
358
2,059,794
December 31, 2011 Official estimate
Slovenia
2,062,000
0.28
0.24
5,000
286
2,061,461
November 27, 2013 Official population clock
Latvia
2,011,000
0.27
-1.23
-25,000 -
1,826,000
0.25
1.16
21,000
1,283,000
0.17
-0.62
[5]
35
Kosovo
36
Estonia
37
Montenegro
620,000
0.08
0
38
Luxembourg
542,000
0.07
1.88
888
2,013,400
October 1, 2011 2011 census result
June 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
1,815,606
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
-8,000 -
1,286,540
January 1, 2013 Official estimate
0-
620,029
10,000
60
July 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
37
537,000
April 1, 2011 Final 2011 census result
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
9. Country
(or dependent territory)
Rank
July 1, 2013
Average
relative
annual
growth
% of
pop.
Average
absolute
annual
growth
Estimated
doubling
time
Alternative
figure
Date
Source
39
Malta
419,000
0.06
0.48
2,000
145
416,055
40
Iceland
324,000
0.04
1.25
4,000
56
323,810
41
Jersey (UK)
100,000
0.01
1.01
1,000
69
97,857
March 27, 2011 2011 census result
42
Isle of Man (UK)
87,000
0.01
1.16
1,000
60
84,497
March 27, 2011 2011 census result
43
Andorra
75,000
0.01
-1.32
-1,000 -
76,246
2012 Official estimate
44
Guernsey (UK)
63,000
0.01
0
0-
62,431
March 31, 2010 Official estimate
45
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
48,000
0.01
0
0-
48,244
46
Liechtenstein
37,000
0.01
0
0-
36,842
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
47
Monaco
36,000
0
0
0-
36,136
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
48
San Marino
32,000
0
0
0-
32,382
May 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate
30,000
0
0
0-
29,752
2011 Official estimate
29,000
0
3.57
28,502
December 31, 2012 Official estimate
3,000
0
0
2,655
September 1, 2012 Official estimate
800
2012 Official estimate
[6]
49
Gibraltar (UK)
50
Ã…land Islands (Finland)
51
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)
52
Vatican City
Total
800
0
0
737,791,800
100
0.16
1,000
20
001,144,000
447
November 20, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result
July 1, 2013 Official estimate
April 1, 2013 Monthly official estimate
15. MARKET KNOWLEDGE
PURCHASE CHANNELS
TERRITORY COVERAGE
WAREHOUSE / DELIVERY
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY
PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
MARKET SEGMENTATION
HUMAN RECOURSES
COMPANY BACKGROUND
TECHNICAL SKILLS
REGULATORY DEPARTMENT
ACCREDITATION COMPANY
PAYMENT TERMS
MOTIVATION AND COMMITMENT
CONNECTIONS WITH KOL / KDM
WEB SITE / E-SHOP
TURNOVER / REVENUE
TRACEABILITY
COMPANY LEGAL ISSUES
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT
SERVICE/DELIVERY
SERVICE/DELIVERY
IMAGE
MARKETING
STAFF ATTRITION
19. Izard Project Marketing Ltd
Cardinal Point,
Park Road, Rickmansworth,
Hertfordshire,
Tel: +44 (0)1923 432657
Fax: +44 (0)1923 432601
Email: info@ipmmarketing.co.uk
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