The value of Japan’s wooden kitchen furniture imports in October reversed the decline witnessed in the previous two months. Despite the turn-around in October, year-on-year imports of wooden kitchen furniture were down 10%, as ITTO reported.
The main suppliers of wooden kitchen furniture in October were, as in previous months, the Philippines, Vietnam and China. October shipments from the Philippines were up 10% month-on-month with Vietnam seeing an 8% rise month-on-month and China recording a rise of over 60%.
As in previous months Germany and Italy feature in the top 20 suppliers of wooden kitchen furniture but between them have only around 2% of total October shipments into Japan.
