Year-on-year, October imports of wooden office furniture in Japan were down 31.5% and down 2.5% from levels in September, ITTO reported.
In October the top three suppliers accounted for over 83% of all Japan’s wooden office furniture imports and all achieved increases in sales. China, the top supplier, saw its share of all wooden office furniture imports rise to 66%.
The second and third ranked suppliers were Taiwan P.o.C and Portugal which accounted for 9% and 8%, respectively, of Japan’s wooden office furniture imports.