EU wood furniture domestic trade is on the rise
The latest Eurostat trade data for EU wood furniture trade indicates that internal EU trade is rising, whereas external trade [...]
January 28, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
IKEA plans a $450 million investment in Vietnam
Swedish furniture giant IKEA plans to invest an estimated $450 million to set up a retail system and warehouses in [...]
January 23, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Chinese traders are worried over rising prices of US hardwoods caused by trade war
The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially Chinese manufacturers [...]
January 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America
EU wood furniture imports from China dropped in 2018
After making gains in 2017, EU wood furniture imports from China, by far the largest external supplier, fell 5% to [...]
January 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China / Europe
IKEA sells a particleboard plant in France
IKEA Industry AB, part of the Inter Ikea Group, has accepted the takeover offer made at [...]
January 10, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
IKEA speeds up its transition as to meet unprecedented change of global retail trade
The Ingka Group (Ingka Holding BV and controlled entities) is speeding up its transformation plans. The company plans to invest [...]
December 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
China: Downward trend for furniture trade
According to data from China Customs, in the first half of 2018 the value of China’ s furniture exports was [...]
November 26, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China
Outlook of the Chinese furniture industry
The furniture industry in China is a traditional industry and it has developed rapidly over the past 30 years. Large [...]
November 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Chinese furniture industry invests in European woodworking machinery
China is home to the world’s biggest woodworking and furniture manufacturing industry, much of which is concentrated in the [...]
November 8, 2018
Wood Furniture / Woodworking Machinery / ...China / Europe
Trends in the European furniture sector
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
November 1, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
