The surge in Japan’s year-end imports of wooden bedroom furniture came to an end in December. Year -on-year December imports were down 3% and month-on-month imports dropped around 4%, as ITTO reported.
Shippers in China and Vietnam continue to dominate Japan’s imports of wooden bedroom furniture accounting for 60% and 30% of the value of December imports. Compared to a month earlier December imports from China were up around 10% while imports from Vietnam dropped 13%.