There was a robust rebound in EU wooden furniture production and trade in 2014 and 2015. Wooden furniture production value in the EU (excluding kitchen furniture) was euro 31.15 billion in 2015, 4.4% more than 2014 and nearly 9% up on 2013, with gains made in all the main EU manufacturing countries.
EU imports of wooden furniture from outside the EU were worth euro 5.73 billion in 2015, 13% more than the previous year and 25% up on 2013. EU exports of wooden furniture rose to euro 8.73 billion in 2015, up 3.5% from 2014 and 6% more than in 2009.