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March 4, 2016

Strong increase in US wooden furniture imports from Malaysia and Vietnam

USwoodenfurnitureimportsUS furniture imports grew faster in 2015 than in the two previous years. Wooden furniture imports were worth US$16.23 billion in 2015. Imports from all major suppliers increased.
China’s share in total imports decreased slightly to 47.3%, while Vietnam’s share grew to 18.5%. Malaysia’s share in total imports increased from 3.8% in 2014 to 4.1% last year.
The strongest growth was in imports from Malaysia and Vietnam. Imports from Malaysia were worth US$673.3 million in 2015 (+20%). Vietnam exported close to US$3 billion worth of wooden furniture (+19%). Imports from China increased 10% to US$7.67 billion in 2015.
Furniture imports from Mexico have grown in recent years. In 2015, the US imported US$760.3 of wooden furniture from Mexico, representing almost 5% of total imports.
Imports from Indonesia were worth US$587.6 million, up 5% from 2014.
Wooden furniture imports from Europe did not grow as strongly in 2015 as imports from Asia, Canada and Mexico.
 
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