There was a sharp drop in Japan’s year-on-year wooden window imports in September (-19.5%) and compared to a month earlier September 2016 imports dropped 24%.

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Japan’s wooden windows imports down 19.5% in September

There was a sharp drop in Japan’s year-on-year wooden window imports in September (-19.5%) and compared to a month earlier September 2016 imports dropped 24%, ITTO reported.

In the first three quarters of 2016 wooden window imports were down around 7% compared to the first three quarters of 2015. Consistently throughout the year to September shippers in China and the Philippines have dominated Japan’s imports of wooden windows.

Shipments of wooden windows in September from the top two suppliers accounted for around 80% of imports with another 17% being provided by suppliers in the US.