In contrast to the rise in imports of wooden office and bedroom furniture, Japan’s January imports of wooden kitchen furniture dropped year-on-year (-11.5%), but compared to a month earlier imports rose slightly, ITTO reported.
Despite the year on year fall in the value of wooden kitchen furniture there has been a steady increase in the value of imports from September 2016.
In January 2017 the top suppliers were Vietnam (42%), the Philippines (26%) and China (15%) and if shipments from Indonesia are included then almost 70% of imports for the month are accounted for.
The big winners in January 2017 were China and Vietnam followed by Indonesia and the Philippines both of which saw an increase in shipments of around 7%.
