Japan’s imports of wooden kitchen furniture slumped in April 2020

Year on year, the value of April imports was down 29% and compared to the value of March imports there was a 22% decline in April.

The most notable change month on month was in the value of shipments of wooden kitchen furniture from China which jumped more than three fold. In April the main shippers were, in order of value rank, Vietnam (49%) the Philippines (23%) and China (17%). China’s shipments in March accounted for just 3% of imports.