Compared to February, Japan’s March imports of wooden office furniture were down around 6%, ITTO reported.
China remains the main supplier of wooden office furniture to Japan accounting for just over half of all wooden office furniture imports. In March this year imports from China rose 26% while imports of wooden office furniture from Poland, one of the main suppliers, dropped a massive 60% but imports from Italy were flat.
The top three suppliers China, Poland and Italy accounted for almost 80% of Japan’s March imports of office furniture. In previous months shippers in Portugal were major contributors to Japan’s sources of office furniture but in March there was a significant fall in imports from Portugal.
