Japan’s September 2018 imports of wooden office furniture declined a massive 30% year-on-year and were also down 23% from a month earlier. This trend mirrors the level of imports in the same period in 2017, as ITTO reported.
The top three shippers of wooden office furniture to Japan in September were China (70% of all September imports) followed by Poland (7%) and Portugal (5%) which translates into the top three shippers providing 82% of all wooden office furniture imports in September.
Shipments from China were up 20% in September and Indonesia saw a quadrupling of the value of exports to Japan. The losers in September in terms of shipment values were Italy where exports to Japan were halved and the US where there was a significant drop in the value of shipments.
