Year-on-year, the value of Japan’s October 2019 wooden bedroom furniture imports were down 9% and while shippers in China maintained their dominance of imports of wooden bedroom furniture (58% in October) there was no increase in the value of imports over the previous month, as ITTO reported.
The other significant suppliers are Vietnam, which held a 30% share of Octber imports, Thailand, 4% and Malaysia 3%. October shipments from Vietnam were down 14% in October, shipments from Thailand dropped 18% in October while shipments from Malaysia rose sharply.
