Year-on-year, Japan’s imports of wooden office furniture in July were down 16% but compared to the previous month July imports rose over 40%, ITTO reported.
The top three suppliers, China, Italy and Poland all saw an increase in sales to Japan in July. Shipments from China were up 19%, those from Italy nearly doubled and shipments from Poland rose 44% compared to a month earlier.
China is the main wooden office furniture supplier to Japan and in July accounted for over 60% of all imports. Imports from Italy accounted for a further 6% and imports from Poland came in at around 4.5%.
