There was a sharp drop in Japan’s year-on-year wooden window imports in January 2017 (-19%) and compared to a month earlier January 2017 imports dropped almost 25%, ITTO reported.
The January 2017 value of wooden window imports was one of the lowest over the previous 12 months and only just above the record low in September 2016.
As was the case in previous months shippers in China and the Philippines dominated Japan’s imports of wooden windows. Shipments of wooden windows in January 2017 from these top two suppliers accounted for over 80% of imports.
