Despite the surprise jump in November wood door imports into Japan, total 2017 imports are set to be below those of a year earlier. November 2017 imports of wood doors were up sharply year-on-year (+19%) and compered to levels in October a 17% rise was observed, as ITTO reported.
Shippers in China continue to capture the lions share of demand for imported wooden doors in Japan and in November accounted for a little over 56% of all wooden door imports. The Philippines was the second largest supplier (18%) followed by Indonesia and Malaysia at around 12% each.
