Year-on-year Japan’s February 2017 imports of wooden doors were down once again, this time falling 32% compared to February 2016 and from a month earlier they were down around 19%, as ITTO reported.
The continuing downward trend in wooden door imports marks five consecutive monthly declines since September 2016. The level of February imports is an unprecedented low.
The top suppliers in February in order of rank were China (46%), the Philippines (24%), Indonesia (13%) and Malaysia (6%) accounting for 89% of Japan’s wooden door imports for the month.
