Japan’s July imports of wooden doors increased, building on the rise seen in June. July wooden door imports were up 5% month-on-month but were down 14% year-on-year.

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Japan’s imports of wooden doors down 14% in July

Japan’s July imports of wooden doors increased, building on the rise seen in June. July wooden door imports were up 5% month-on-month but were down 14% year-on-year, as ITTO reported.

In July the main shippers of wooden doors to Japan were China (47% of June imports) but this was down significantly from the 68% share of imports in June. Other shippers in July were the Philippines (23%), Indonesia (6%) and a new-comer, South Korea (4%).