Japan’s imports of wooden windows in the first half of 2017 fell 9%, compared to the first half of 2016, as ITTO reported.
In May this year there was a turn-around in the value of wooden window imports when there was a 20% surge in the value of imports. This upward trend continued into June with a further 5% increase. However, year-on-year there has been virtually no expansion of wooden window imports into Japan.
The main suppliers of wooden windows to Japan in June this year were China (30%), the Philippines (28%) and the USA (25%)
