Mar 29, 2016. /Lesprom Network/. The Institute IEMI- Inteligência de Mercado recently released data on the performance of Brazilian furniture market in 2015. This shows there was an almost 12% fall in the value of retail sales compared to 2014.

An indicator for Industry Employment and Productivity produced by IEMI showed that employment in the furniture industry dropped by around 4% in December alone and for 2015 productivity fell.

Brazilian furniture exports in 2015 were worth $601.6 million, a 12.7% drop compared to 2014. Imports totaled $734.6 million in 2015, down 12.4% year on year.