Year-on-year, Japan’s October 2019 wooden office furniture imports were up 17% building on the rise seen in September, as ITTO reported.
Imports from China, the main supplier, were up almost 20% in October, imports from Italy, a regular supplier of office furniture to Japan, almost doubled. In contrast, imports from Poland, also a major supplier of wooden office furniture to Japan almost halved.
The top three suppliers in October, China, Italy and Poland accounted for around 75% of all wooden office furniture imports. China alone accounted for 65% of October imports.
