September 2018 Japan’s wooden window imports were down 15% year-on-year, but compare to a month earlier, the value of September imports were up 12%, as ITTO reported.
In September three suppliers accounted for over 90% of the value of Japan’s wooden window imports namely China (37%), the US (35%) and the Philippines (21%). The value of imports of wooden windows from the US jumped in September from the 23% import share in August.
European shippers (natably Finland and Estonia) increased shipments of wooden windows to Japan in September.
