Japan’s year-on-year the value of May imports of wooden kitchen furniture rose 13% adding to the over 20% rise seen in April, however, 2019 May imports were barely different from the previous month, as ITTO reported.
Shippers in Vietnam and the Philippines maintain their grip on the Japanese market for imported wooden kitchen furniture and in May Vietnam edged out the Philippines accounting for 42% of the value of imports compared to the 39% share captured by shippers in the Philippines.
Exporters in China consistently command third place in the ranking of Japan’s imports of wooden kitchen furniture suppliers and in May accounted for almost 10% of imports. The top three shippers consistently account for around 80% of the value of Japan’s wooden kitchen furniture imports.
