The trend in Japan’s imports of wooden windows in the first three quarters of 2016 and 2017 was quite different and overall, the value of imports for the first nine months of 2017 was down 11% from a year earlier, as ITTO reported.
A rise in the value of wooden window imports in September 2017 reversed the decline recorded in August. Compared to a month earlier, September the value of imports climbed 9% and year-on-year there was a slight rise in the value of September imports.
Over 90% of Japan’s September imports of wooden windows were derived from three sources, China (31%), The US (31%) and the Philippines (23%).
