Year -on-year the value of imports of Japan’s in September was up 11% but there was a 4% decline from levels in August this year. Germany and Italy feature in the top 20 suppliers of wooden kitchen furniture but between them have only around 2% of total September shipments into Japan, as ITTO reported.
September marked the second monthly decline in the value of imports of wooden kitchen furniture. Imports from China almost halved in September but the value of imports from the other two main suppliers, the Philippines and Vietnam held up well.
The Philippines and Vietnam accounted for around 85% of Japan’s imports of wooden kitchen furniture in September.
