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WORLD FURNITURE OUTLOOK
2008/2009
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World Furniture Outlook 2008/2009
Contents
PART I – THE OUTLOOK 1

1 SUMMARY 2
The world furniture market 2
The world economy in 2008 and 2009 5
The “World Furniture Outlook 2008 and 2009” for 60 countries 7
2 THE WORLD FURNITURE MARKET 9
Overview of furniture production and trade 9
Developed countries and emerging countries 10
World geographic regions and trade areas 12
3 MARKET SHARES OF THE LEADING FURNITURE EXPORTING COUNTRIES 13
The main furniture exporting countries 13
The opening of furniture markets over the past ten years 16
4. THE INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO 20
The world economy in 2008 and 2009 20
Prospects of the international furniture sector in 2008 and 2009 20
PART II – WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS 2008 23

WORLD TABLES 24
Table W1 Overview of the world furniture industry (by developed countries/emerging countries) ............................................................. 25
Table W2 Overview of the world furniture industry (by geographical regions)............................................................................................ 26
Table W3 FURNITURE EXPORTS, 60 Countries, alphabetical ................................................................................................................. 27
Table W4 FURNITURE EXPORTS, 60 Countries, ranking ........................................................................................................................ 28
Table W5 FURNITURE IMPORTS, 60 Countries, alphabetical.................................................................................................................. 29
Table W6 FURNITURE IMPORTS, 60 Countries, ranking ......................................................................................................................... 30
Table W7 THE OPENING OF FURNITURE MARKETS. Growth of exports, 1998-2007, 40 major exporting countries ........................... 31
Table W8 THE OPENING OF FURNITURE MARKETS. Growth of imports, 1998-2007, 40 major importing countries ........................... 32
Table W9 WORLD FURNITURE TRADE. Destination of Exports.............................................................................................................. 33
Table W10 WORLD FURNITURE TRADE. Origin of Imports....................................................................................................................... 34
Table W11 Furniture market outlook 2008 and 2009, alphabetical............................................................................................................... 35
Table W12 Furniture market outlook 2008 and 2009. Ranking by size of furniture market .......................................................................... 36
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COUNTRY TABLES 37
Table C1 Argentina 38 Table C31 Lithuania 68

Table C2 Australia 39 Table C32 Malaysia 69
Table C3 Austria 40 Table C33 Malta 70
Table C4 Belgium 41 Table C34 Mexico 71
Table C5 Brazil 42 Table C35 Netherlands 72
Table C6 Bulgaria 43 Table C36 New Zealand 73
Table C7 Canada 44 Table C37 Norway 74
Table C8 Chile 45 Table C38 Philippines 75
Table C9 China 46 Table C39 Poland 76
Table C10 Croatia 47 Table C40 Portugal 77
Table C11 Cyprus 48 Table C41 Romania 78
Table C12 Czech Republic 49 Table C42 Russia 79
Table C13 Denmark 50 Table C43 Saudi Arabia 80
Table C14 Egypt 51 Table C44 Serbia 81
Table C15 Estonia 52 Table C45 Singapore 82
Table C16 Finland 53 Table C46 Slovakia 83
Table C17 France 54 Table C47 Slovenia 84
Table C18 Germany 55 Table C48 South Africa 85
Table C19 Greece 56 Table C49 South Korea 86
Table C20 Hong Kong, China 57 Table C50 Spain 87
Table C21 Hungary 58 Table C51 Sweden 88
Table C22 India 59 Table C52 Switzerland 89
Table C23 Indonesia 60 Table C53 Taiwan 90
Table C24 Ireland 61 Table C54 Thailand 91
Table C25 Israel 62 Table C55 Turkey 92
Table C26 Italy 63 Table C56 Ukraine 93
Table C27 Japan 64 Table C57 United Arab Emirates 94
Table C28 Kuwait 65 Table C58 United Kingdom 95
Table C29 Latvia 66 Table C59 United States 96
Table C30 Lebanon 67 Table C60 Vietnam 97
APPENDIX - Notes, presentation conventions, classification of countries 98

II
PART I
THE OUTLOOK

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1 Summary
The world furniture market

World production of furniture is worth about US$ 350 billion1. This estimate is based on CSIL processing of data
from official sources, both national and international, that cover the 60 most important countries (see page 9
below).
Figure 1
World furniture production
Developed Countries (62%)
Germany Japan
Italy
7% 3% Canada
8%
3% United Kingdom
3%
United States France
19% 3%
Other developed countries

15%
Other emerging countries

13%
Vietnam
1% Brazil Poland China
2% 20%
3%
Emerging Countries (38%)
Source: CSIL processing
The seven major industrial economies (which are, in order of furniture production, the United States, Italy,
Germany, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and France) together produce 47% in value of the world total. The
furniture production of all developed countries combined covers 62% of the world total.
Furniture production in emerging countries currently amounts to 38% of the world total in value. There are two
countries (China and Poland) where production is increasing rapidly thanks to recent investments in new plants
especially designed and built for exports.
1All data in the report are in current US$. They are affected by exchange rate variations, in particular by the strengthening of the major
currencies against the US$.

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World furniture trade basically involves 60 countries, which are the subject of this report and of the World
Furniture Indicators (attached as Part II). The leading importers are the United States, Germany, the United
Kingdom, France and Canada. The major exporters are China, Italy, Germany, Poland and Canada.
Figure 2
Five major furniture importing countries. Imports, 1998 - 2007.
Current US$ billion
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
United States Germany United Kingdom France Canada
Source: CSIL processing of United Nations, Eurostat and national data
In the 1998-2007 period there was a very large increase in the imports of the United States (from US$ 10.3 billion
to US$ 26 billion in current dollars) and of the United Kingdom (from US$ 2.6 billion to US$ 8.3 billion in current
dollars), and smaller increases in France, Germany and Canada.

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Figure 3
Five major furniture exporting countries. Exports, 1998 - 2007. Current US$ billion
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
China Italy Germany Poland Canada
Source: CSIL processing of United Nations, Eurostat and national data
The most important structural phenomenon of the past decade was the increased degree of openness of the
furniture markets (measured as the ratio between imports and consumption, which for the entire world rose from
21.6% in 1998 to almost 30.6% in 2007). This increase was particularly important in the United States, where the
trade deficit for furniture was US$ 22 billion in 2007, providing the most important stimulus to world furniture
trade.
Figure 4
The opening of the world furniture markets, 1998 – 2007. Imports/consumption ratio
35%
30%
25% 29.7% 30.0% 30.3% 30.6%
28.3%
20% 26.5%
24.3% 24.8%
21.6% 22.5%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: CSIL from industry and official data
As shown in Figure 4, growth of the imports/consumption ratio has been rapid until 2004 and is now levelling off.

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The world economy in 2008 and 2009

This report assumes that the international scenario in 2008 and 2009 will be as follows:
Table 1
Evolution of world GDP.
Annual percentage change in real terms
2008 2009
World 4.1% 3.9%
Advanced economies 1.7% 1.4%
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, July 2008
As a consequence of the opening of the main furniture markets in the last ten years, international trade of
furniture has grown faster than furniture production and faster than international trade of manufactures. In 2008
and 2009 the world GDP will continue to grow at a fast pace and so will international trade of manufactures.
World trade of furniture is expected to grow by 15% in 2008 and by 10% in 2009 in current dollars. World trade of
furniture would then amount to US$ 123 billion in 2008 and US$ 135 billion in 2009 (see Figure 5).

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Figure 5
World trade of furniture. Current US$ billion and annual percentage changes
140 135
130 123
120
110 107
100 92
90 84
77
80
70 65
60 55
52 51
45 48
50
40
30
20
10
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*
annual percentage change

18% 18%
20%
16%
15%
16%
12% 10% 10%

9% 9%
7% 8%
7%
8%
4%
0% -2%
-4%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*

* Projected

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The “World Furniture Outlook 2008 and 2009” for 60 countries
Furniture demand is expected to grow in 2008 and 2009 in all large markets with the exception of the US and
Spain (see below). The list of countries where furniture demand in 2009 should grow more than 3% in real terms
includes six countries among the new EU members (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and
Slovakia), four in Central and Eastern Europe (Croatia, Russia Serbia and Ukraine), eight in Asia (China, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam), Argentina and Chile in South America
and six countries in Middle East and Africa (Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and South
Africa). Moderate growth is expected in all the rest of the 60 countries except in the US, in Spain and in Latvia
where no real growth is forecasted.
A map, color-coded according to the sizes of the furniture markets and showing the forecast for 2009 is attached.

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WORLD FURNITURE MARKET OUTLOOK 2009

FORECAST as of July 2008
Real Growth of Furniture Consumption in 60 Countries
DENMARK +2% LITHUANIA +6% POLAND +4%

NETHERLANDS +1% ESTONIA +2% CZECH REP. +4%
BELGIUM-LUX +1% HUNGARY +2% SLOVAKIA +4%
NORWAY +2%
SWITZERLAND +1% LATVIA +0% SLOVENIA +3%
FINLAND+2%
AUSTRIA +2% MALTA +2% CYPRUS +3%
SWEDEN +2 %
UK +1%
CANADA +2%
IRELAND+1% GERMANY
1%
FRANCE +2% RUSSIA +9%
PORTUGAL + 1% ITALY+1%
SPAIN +0% GREECE +2% JAPAN +1%
% HK +5%
CHINA+ 7% INDONESIA +4%
USA 0% MALAYSIA +6%
PHILIPPINES +4%
CROATIA +4% INDIA +6% SINGAPORE +4%
BULGARIA +4%
S.KOREA +3%
MEXICO +3% SERBIA +4%
TAIWAN +3%
UKRAINE +6%
THAILAND +3%
ROMANIA +4%
VIETNAM +6%
Size of country ’s furniture ma rket
AUSTRALIA +3%
Above US $ 10 billi on
BRAZIL+ 3%
EGYPT +5%
Between US $ 5 billion and US $ 10 billion
CHILE+ 4%
SOUTH AFRICA+5% ISRAEL +4%
LEBANON +1% NEW ZEALAND+2%
Below US $ 1 billi on
ARGENTINA +4% KUWAIT +5%
Not c onsidered SAUDI ARABIA +5%
UN.ARAB.EMIR.+5%
TURKEY +3%
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2 The world furniture market
Overview of furniture production and trade

This report contains a general outline of the furniture industry, international trade of furniture and the outlook for
the major markets in 2008 and 2009. As we shall see, all the leading markets are showing a greater degree of
openness and the furniture industry has become a sector that needs to be analysed on the basis of global
considerations. Naturally, there are still important differences in the degree of openness of the various national
markets, differences that depend on the history of the furniture industry, the structural conditions and the
comparative advantage of the manufacturers in each country.
The first step to be taken in order to carry out a systematic study of the data in a world context is to determine the
most important markets. Statistics regarding the gross domestic product and, more generally, the structure of the
economy are available for more than 200 countries (for example in the World Development Indicators of the
World Bank). But many of these economies are of a limited size (small islands, states with low population density
and few inhabitants, developing economies with very low per capita incomes) do not have a modern furniture
industry and do not make a significant contribution to world furniture trade.
Back in the nineties, CSIL chose 50 countries on which to concentrate its work of research, analysis and data
gathering about the furniture industry. Starting with the 2004/2005 edition of this report, the number of countries
increased from fifty to sixty. The decision was due to several new developments. First, the continuing expansion
of the internationalisation process for the furniture industry. Second, the enlargement of the European Union
involving twelve countries of which six (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Malta and Bulgaria) were not included
in the sample and have been added, to cover all 27 members of the Union. Third, some more countries have
been added to the sample because of their present or potential importance for furniture production and/or
consumption (Vietnam, Serbia, Ukraine and Lebanon).
The 60 countries had a combined furniture production of about US$ 350 billion in 2007. With 4.8 billion
inhabitants, that is roughly 75% of the world population, they account for 92% of world trade in goods and for
almost all world furniture production in terms of value.
The international furniture trade of this group of 60 countries (which we shall hereafter refer to as the world),
amounted to about US$ 107 billion in 2007. This corresponds to about 1% of world trade of manufactures.

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Developed countries and emerging countries
Table 2
Overview of the furniture industry (by developed/emerging countries)
Apparent
Apparent
Production Exports Imports Population Consumption
Consumption
per Capita
(US$ Million) (US$ Million) (US$ Million) (US$ Million) (Million) (US$)
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Major Industrial Countries
France 10,804 3,029 7,496 15,270 63 241
Germany 23,664 9,975 10,113 23,803 82 289
Italy 27,655 12,482 2,398 17,570 59 300
United Kingdom 11,662 1,639 8,323 18,346 60 304
Subtotal E4 73,784 27,126 28,330 74,989 265 283
Canada 11,821 4,178 4,589 12,232 33 376
Japan 11,895 703 4,278 15,470 128 121
United States 66,606 3,583 25,996 89,019 299 298
Subtotal G7 164,106 35,590 63,194 191,710 724 265
Other Developed Countries 52,313 18,174 29,259 63,074 253 250
Total Developed Countries 216,419 53,764 92,453 254,785 976 261
EMERGING COUNTRIES
Major Furniture Exporting Emerging Countries
China 71,484 22,030 882 50,337 1,312 38
Poland 9,997 7,136 1,230 4,091 38 107
Vietnam 3,895 3,120 93 867 84 10
Malaysia 3,365 2,474 363 1,254 26 49
Other Emerging Countries 46,215 17,986 12,580 39,979 2,326 17
Total Emerging Countries 134,956 52,745 15,147 96,528 3,786 25
WORLD (60 COUNTRIES) 351,375 106,509 107,600 351,312 4,762 74
Sources: United Nations, World Bank, Eurostat, CSIL
Furniture data are for the last available year (normally 2007)
Population data are for 2006 (from the World Development Indicators 2007)
Apparent consumption is valued at production prices (excluding markup)
The apparent consumption per capita of furniture ranges from an average of 25 US$ per year in emerging
countries to US$ 261 per year in developed countries. The worldwide average is US$ 74 per year.
Figure 6 shows the relationship between an indicator of demand for furniture (apparent furniture consumption per
capita at production prices) and per capita GNP in countries with per capita GNP above US$ 10000. Countries
with the highest per capita consumption of furniture are Norway, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, and Finland.

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Figure 6
Apparent furniture consumption per capita* in countries with per capita GNP above US$ 10000.
600
Average per capita GNP

Norway
500
Austria
Furniture consumption per capita (US$)
Denmark
Finland Switzerland
400
Cyprus Canada
Belgium Sweden
Australia Ireland
New Zealand
300 Italy UK USA
Malta Germany Netherlands
Spain
Av. furniture consumption p.c.
Israel Greece France
Estonia
200 Slovenia
Czech Republic
South Korea Singapore
Portugal
Japan
100 Hungary
Kuwait
Taiwan
Saudi Arabia
0
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000
Per capita GNP (US$)
*At production prices, excluding markup


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World geographic regions and trade areas
Table 3
Overview of the furniture industry (by geographical regions)
Apparent
Apparent
Consumption
per Capita
(US$ Million ) (US$ Million) (US$ Million) (US$ Million) (Million) (US$)
European Union (27), Norway and Switzerland 130,001 58,525 57,438 128,914 505 255
of which European Union (15) 106,558 41,420 47,525 112,663 390 289
New EU Members (12) 21,015 15,828 5,518 10,705 103 104
European Union (27) 127,573 57,248 53,043 123,368 493 250
Norway and Switzerland 2,428 1,277 4,395 5,546 12 455
Central-East Europe outside the EU and Russia 6,867 1,947 4,045 8,966 274 33
Asia and Pacific 122,584 34,868 11,460 98,853 3,139 31
of which China 71,484 22,030 882 50,337 1,312 38
Japan 11,895 703 4,278 15,470 128 121
Other Asia and Pacific 39,205 12,135 6,300 33,046 1,699 19
Middle East and Africa 3,913 1,003 2,601 4,681 165 28
North America 81,653 9,116 31,557 104,093 436 239
of which United States 66,606 3,583 25,996 89,019 299 298
Canada 11,821 4,178 4,589 12,232 33 376
Mexico 3,226 1,355 972 2,842 104 27
South America 6,357 1,050 499 5,806 244 24
WORLD TOTAL (60 COUNTRIES) 351,375 106,509 107,600 351,312 4,762 74
Table 3 gives an overview of the furniture sector by geographic regions. The 27 members of the European Union,
plus Norway and Switzerland and North America are responsible for 66% of furniture consumption although the
population is only 20% of the total; Asia and the Pacific, on the other hand, have 3 billion inhabitants (66% of the
total) and are responsible for 28% of the total.
The market shares of the leading exporting countries and the opening of furniture markets in the years 1998-2007
are analysed in the next chapter.

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3 Market shares of the leading

furniture exporting countries
The main furniture exporting countries

The main furniture exporting countries in 2007 are China, Italy, Germany, Poland and Canada. The evolution of
exports by the main exporting countries between 1998 and 2007 was as follows:
Figure 7
The main furniture exporting countries, 1998 – 2007.
Current US$ billion
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25 Canada
Poland
20
Germany
15
10 Italy
5
China
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL
The relative positions of the main exporting countries have changed considerably between 1998 and 2007. China
moves to the first position becoming the leading exporter, Italy moves from first to second and Poland from 8th to
4th.

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Table 4
Market shares of the major exporting countries.
Percentages
PRODUCTION EXPORTS
1998 2007 1998 2007
BY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / EMERGING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
France 3.9 3.1 4.5 2.8
Germany 9.5 6.7 9.3 9.4
Italy 9.0 7.9 18.6 11.7
United Kingdom 4.3 3.3 3.0 1.5
Subtotal E4 26.7 21.0 35.5 25.5
Canada 2.7 3.4 7.2 3.9
Japan 7.8 3.4 0.4 0.7
United States 28.3 19.0 5.3 3.4
Subtotal G7 65.5 46.7 48.3 33.4
Other Developed Countries 15.5 14.9 26.5 17.1
Total Developed Countries 81.0 61.6 74.8 50.5
EMERGING COUNTRIES
China 4.7 20.3 4.8 20.7
Poland 1.4 2.8 4.0 6.7
Vietnam 0.2 1.1 0.5 2.9
Malaysia 0.6 1.0 2.4 2.3
Other Emerging Countries 12.2 13.2 13.4 16.9
Total Emerging Countries 19.0 38.4 25.2 49.5
WORLD (60 COUNTRIES) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
European Union (27), Norway and Switzerland 40.8 37.0 65.6 54.9
of which European Union (15) 36.6 30.3 54.3 38.9
New EU Members (12) 3.4 6.0 9.6 14.9
European Union (27) 40.0 36.3 63.8 53.7
Norway and Switzerland 0.8 0.7 1.8 1.2
Central-East Europe outside the EU and Russia 1.3 2.0 0.6 1.8
Asia and Pacific 20.8 34.9 16.9 32.7
of which China 4.7 20.3 4.8 20.7
Japan 7.8 3.4 0.4 0.7
Other Asia and Pacific 8.4 11.2 11.7 11.4
Middle East and Africa 1.6 1.1 1.3 0.9
North America 32.1 23.2 14.7 8.6
of which United States 28.3 19.0 5.3 3.4
Canada 2.7 3.4 7.2 3.9
Mexico 1.1 0.9 2.2 1.3
South America 3.4 1.8 0.9 1.0
WORLD TOTAL (60 COUNTRIES) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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Figure 8
Percentage breakdown of furniture exports, 1998 and 2007
1998
Developed Countries (75%)
Germany
Canada
9%
7% United States
Italy 5%
19% France
5%
Denmark
Other emerging countries Austria 4%
13% 2%
Indonesia Other developed countries

1% 24%
Malaysia
2% Poland
China
4%
5%
Emerging countries (25%)
2007
United States Developed Countries (50%)

3% France
Canada 3%
4% Denmark
Germany
3% Austria
9% 2%
Italy
Other developed countries
12%
15%
Other emerging countries

15% China
Indonesia 21%
2% Malaysia
2% VietnamPoland
7%
Emerging countries (50%) 3%
Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL

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About 50% of exports come from developed countries; however, the share of developed countries decreased by
25 percentage points to the advantage of some emerging countries: from 1998 to 2007 China's share increased
from 5% to 21%. Other major furniture exporting emerging countries are Poland, Vietnam and Malaysia.
If we observe the percentage breakdown by geographic area in 1998 and in 2007, several interesting changes
emerge:
¾ the European Union (15) loses about 15 percentage points
¾ the new EU members gains about 5 percentage points
¾ the Asia and Pacific area gains about 16 percentage points
¾ the surge of imports into the United States (which grew by about US$ 16 billion in current dollars between
1998 and 2007) was accompanied by an increase in exports from China, Canada and Vietnam.
In summary, nine countries have been the main protagonists of international furniture trade over the past decade:
the seven major industrial countries plus China and Poland.
The opening of furniture markets over the past ten years

There has been a noticeable increase in the degree of openness of world markets for furniture. The ratio between
imports and consumption rose from 21.6% in 1998 to 30.6% in 2007. The growth of the ratio was rapid until 2004
and is now levelling off.
The opening of furniture markets to imports in individual countries is in Figure 9.

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Figure 9
The opening of furniture markets, 1998-2007.
Imports/consumption ratios, selected countries
UNITED STATES GERMANY
43% 44% 44% 42%

50% 50% 40% 42%
35% 36%
40% 40% 30% 32%
28% 29% 29%
23% 25% 28%
30% 20% 21% 30%
16% 18%
20% 20%
10% 10%
0% 0%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
UNITED KINGDOM FRANCE
46% 47% 48% 49%

43% 45% 45% 44%
50% 40% 43% 50% 40% 39% 42%
37% 36%
40% 31% 32% 40% 34%
26% 28%
30% 30%
20% 20%
10% 10%
0% 0%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SPAIN ITALY
50% 50%
40% 40%
29%
30% 24% 25% 25% 30%
18% 18% 17% 20%
20% 13% 13% 14%
20% 10% 11% 12%
7% 7% 8% 8% 9% 9%
10% 10%
0% 0%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The US, Germany, the UK and France have opened rapidly, Spain is opening from a closed market status, while
in Italy the opening process is in its initial stage.

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A sizeable percentage of international furniture trade is carried out within the economic regions into which the
world economy can be divided:
¾ in the European Union (15) and Norway and Switzerland about 55% of foreign furniture trade takes place
within the same countries;
¾ in the NAFTA area (US, Canada and Mexico) about 31% of foreign furniture trade is within the three
countries;
¾ in the Asia and Pacific countries more than 39% of total foreign furniture trade is within the region.
On balance, trade within regions amounts to about 46% of total world furniture trade.
Therefore, only one half of world furniture trade can be considered "global" in the sense that it takes place
between countries in geographically distant regions. The most important of these flows are:
¾ from the emerging countries of Asia to the United States (66% of outgoing flows from this area) and to
Europe;
¾ from Europe to the United States, mostly from Italy;
¾ from the new EU members to Western Europe, especially to Germany.
Major furniture trading countries can be classified in three groups:
¾ Large producers for internal consumption, with high per capita income, high labour costs and a structurally
negative balance of trade: the United States, Germany, Japan, France and the United Kingdom.
These countries together account for 46% of world consumption of furniture.
The furniture trade deficit of this group of countries is rising fast, mainly because of the United States, where
the deficit increased from US$ 7.8 billion in 1998 to US$ 22.4 billion in 2007.
¾ Large producers for both internal consumption and exports. Despite high per capita incomes and high
labour costs, they have some specific comparative advantages: Canada and Scandinavia have ample
forestry resources; Italy benefits from the peculiar organisation into productive districts with many small
companies.
The exports/production ratio for these countries together is about 47%: Canada exports 35% of production
(mainly to the United States), Italy 45% and Scandinavian countries an average of 69%.
Italy has a surplus in the balance of furniture trade amounting to US$ 10 billion.
¾ Large emerging producers dedicated to exports, thanks to the low cost of labour: countries in Asia (China,
Malaysia and Vietnam), some of the new EU members (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia) and Latin
America (Mexico, Brazil). All these countries have a furniture trade surplus and a very high propensity for
furniture exports: Poland, Vietnam and Malaysia export about three quarters of their production, and China
increased its degree of openness to the international market (in terms of exports over production ratios)
from 23% in 1998 to 31% in 2007.

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Table 5
Furniture trade balances and degree of openness of the markets.
Current US$ million and percentages
BALANCE IMP/CONS EXP/PROD
1998 2007 1998 2007 1998 2007
BY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / EMERGING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
France -1,007 -4,467 33.9 49.1 25.7 28.0
Germany -2,406 -138 30.4 42.5 21.8 42.2
Italy 7,802 10,084 6.7 13.6 46.2 45.1
United Kingdom -1,297 -6,684 26.1 45.4 15.2 14.1
Subtotal E4 3,092 -1,205 25.3 37.8 29.5 36.8
Canada 1,676 -411 41.8 37.5 59.5 35.3
Japan -1,850 -3,575 11.3 27.7 1.1 5.9
United States -7,849 -22,413 15.5 29.2 4.2 5.4
Subtotal G7 -4,931 -27,604 19.3 33.0 16.4 21.7
Other Developed Countries -741 -11,085 39.4 46.4 38.0 34.7
Total Developed Countries -5,671 -38,689 23.1 36.3 20.5 24.8
EMERGING COUNTRIES
China 2,103 21,148 1.1 1.8 22.7 30.8
Poland 1,530 5,906 22.9 30.1 63.3 71.4
Vietnam 207 3,027 12.6 10.7 68.2 80.1
Malaysia 1,037 2,111 29.4 28.9 89.8 73.5
Other Emerging Countries 2,333 5,406 16.8 31.5 24.5 38.9
Total Emerging Countries 7,209 37,598 13.4 15.7 29.4 39.1
WORLD (60 COUNTRIES) 21.6 30.6 22.2 30.3
BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
European Union (27), Norway and Switzerland 5,266 1,087 31.4 44.6 35.7 45.0
of which European Union (15) 3,529 -6,105 29.6 42.2 32.9 38.9
New EU Members (12) 3,159 10,310 31.6 51.5 62.6 75.3
European Union (27) 6,688 4,204 29.7 43.0 35.4 44.9
Norway and Switzerland -1,422 -3,118 73.7 79.2 50.3 52.6
Central-East Europe outside the EU and Russia -1,007 -2,098 36.2 45.1 11.5 28.3
Asia and Pacific 3,283 23,408 11.2 11.6 18.0 28.4
of which China 2,103 21,148 1.1 1.8 22.7 30.8
Japan -1,850 -3,575 11.3 27.7 1.1 5.9
Other Asia and Pacific 3,031 5,835 16.4 19.1 31.1 31.0
Middle East and Africa -501 -1,598 29.1 55.6 18.1 25.6
North America -5,517 -22,440 17.1 30.3 10.2 11.2
of which United States -7,849 -22,413 15.5 29.2 4.2 5.4
Canada 1,676 -411 41.8 37.5 59.5 35.3
Mexico 656 383 22.0 34.2 44.2 42.0
South America 13 552 5.7 8.6 5.9 16.5
WORLD TOTAL (60 COUNTRIES) 21.6 30.6 22.2 30.3

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4. The international scenario
The world economy in 2008 and 2009

This report assumes that the international scenario will be as follows:
Table 6
Evolution of world GDP.
Annual percentage change in real terms
2008 2009
World 4.1% 3.9%
Advanced economies 1.7% 1.4%
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, July 2008
Prospects of the international furniture sector in 2008 and 2009

As a consequence of the opening of the main furniture markets in the last ten years, international trade of
furniture until 2000 has grown faster than furniture production. 2001 was a year of contraction for international
furniture trade, but growth resumed in 2002 and in subsequent years.
Figure 10
World trade of manufactures.
Current US$ billion
15 000
12847
13 000 11875
11 000 10033
8678
9 000 7739
7 000 6378
5443
4712 4639 4729
5 000 4044 4186
3 000
1 000
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*
Sources: WTO, Prometeia, CSIL

* Projected

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Table 7
World trade of manufactures and world trade of furniture. Current US$ billion
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*
World trade of manufactures 4044 4186 4712 4639 4729 5443 6378 7739 8678 10033 11875 12847
World trade of furniture 45 48 52 51 55 65 77 84 92 107 123 135
Sources: WTO, Prometeia, CSIL * Projected
Figure 11
World trade of furniture. Current US$ billion and annual percentage changes
140 135
130 123
120
110 107
100 92
90 84
77
80
70 65
60 55
52 51
45 48
50
40
30
20
10
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*
annual percentage change

18% 18%
20%
16%
15%
16%
12% 10% 10%

9% 9%
7% 8%
7%
8%
4%
0% -2%
-4%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 2009*
Source: CSIL processing * Projected

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In 2008 the world GDP will grow at a fast pace and so will international trade of manufactures. World trade of
furniture is likely to grow by 15% in 2008 and 10% in 2009 in current dollars. World trade of furniture would then
amount to US$ 123 billion in 2008 and to US$ 135 billion in 2009.
The outlook of furniture markets of individual countries is in Tables W11 and W12 of Part 2 and in the map at the
end of the Summary.

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PART II
WORLD FURNITURE
INDICATORS 2008

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WORLD TABLES

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS
Table W1
Overview of the world furniture industry (by developed countries/emerging countries)
Apparent
Apparent
Consumption
per Capita
US$ Million US$ Million US$ Million US$ Million Million US$
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
France 10,804 3,029 7,496 15,270 63 241
Germany 23,664 9,975 10,113 23,803 82 289
Italy 27,655 12,482 2,398 17,570 59 300
United Kingdom 11,662 1,639 8,323 18,346 60 304
Subtotal E4 73,784 27,126 28,330 74,989 265 283
Canada 11,821 4,178 4,589 12,232 33 376
Japan 11,895 703 4,278 15,470 128 121
United States 66,606 3,583 25,996 89,019 299 298
Subtotal G7 164,106 35,590 63,194 191,710 724 265
Other Developed Countries 52,313 18,174 29,259 63,074 253 250
Total Developed Countries 216,419 53,764 92,453 254,785 976 261
EMERGING COUNTRIES
China 71,484 22,030 882 50,337 1,312 38
Poland 9,997 7,136 1,230 4,091 38 107
Vietnam 3,895 3,120 93 867 84 10
Malaysia 3,365 2,474 363 1,254 26 49
Other Emerging Countries 46,215 17,986 12,580 39,979 2,326 17
Total Emerging Countries 134,956 52,745 15,147 96,528 3,786 25
WORLD (60 COUNTRIES) 351,375 106,509 107,600 351,312 4,762 74

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Table W2
Overview of the world furniture industry (by geographical regions)
Apparent
Apparent
Consumption
per Capita
US$ Million US$ Million US$ Million US$ Million Million US$
European Union (27), Norway and Switzerland 130,001 58,525 57,438 128,914 505 255
of which European Union (15) 106,558 41,420 47,525 112,663 390 289
New EU Members (12) 21,015 15,828 5,518 10,705 103 104
European Union (27) 127,573 57,248 53,043 123,368 493 250
Norway and Switzerland 2,428 1,277 4,395 5,546 12 455
Central-East Europe outside the EU and Russia 6,867 1,947 4,045 8,966 274 33
Asia and Pacific 122,584 34,868 11,460 98,853 3,139 31
of which China 71,484 22,030 882 50,337 1,312 38
Japan 11,895 703 4,278 15,470 128 121
Other Asia and Pacific 39,205 12,135 6,300 33,046 1,699 19
Middle East and Africa 3,913 1,003 2,601 4,681 165 28
North America 81,653 9,116 31,557 104,093 436 239
of which United States 66,606 3,583 25,996 89,019 299 298
Canada 11,821 4,178 4,589 12,232 33 376
Mexico 3,226 1,355 972 2,842 104 27
South America 6,357 1,050 499 5,806 244 24
WORLD TOTAL (60 COUNTRIES) 351,375 106,509 107,600 351,312 4,762 74

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Table W3 FURNITURE EXPORTS, 60 Countries, alphabetical

Furniture Furniture Exports/
Country Population Per capita GNP Total GNP
Exports Production Production
US$ Million US$ Million % Million US$ US$ Billion
Argentina 53 340 16 39 5150 201
Australia 75 4980 1 21 35990 738
Austria 2172 3380 64 8 39590 326
Belgium 2002 2422 83 11 40178 440
Brazil 971 5527 18 189 4730 893
Bulgaria 239 322 74 8 3990 31
Canada 4178 11821 35 33 36170 1177
Chile 27 491 5 16 6980 115
China 22030 71484 31 1312 2010 2642
Croatia 358 585 61 4 9330 41
Cyprus 10 118 8 1 18430 14
Czech Republic 2179 2872 76 10 12680 130
Denmark 2793 3490 80 5 51700 281
Egypt 193 773 25 75 1350 102
Estonia 291 460 63 1 11410 15
Finland 322 1798 18 5 40650 214
France 3029 10804 28 63 36550 2298
Germany 9975 23664 42 82 36620 3018
Greece 57 1980 3 11 21690 241
Hong Kong, China 369 n.a. n.a. 7 28460 200
Hungary 1028 1477 70 10 10950 110
India 520 10498 5 1110 820 907
Indonesia 1908 2643 72 223 1420 316
Ireland 125 653 19 4 45580 192
Israel 29 1432 2 7 18580 129
Italy 12482 27655 45 59 32020 1876
Japan 703 11895 6 128 38410 4900
Kuwait 54 136 40 3 30630 78
Latvia 192 310 62 2 8100 19
Lebanon 43 295 15 4 5490 22
Lithuania 827 1069 77 3 7870 27
Malaysia 2474 3365 74 26 5490 141
Malta 6 54 12 0.4 13610 5
Mexico 1355 3226 42 104 7870 820
Netherlands 1451 3199 45 16 42670 699
New Zealand 73 962 8 4 27250 112
Norway 509 1250 41 5 66530 309
Philippines 258 815 32 85 1420 120
Poland 7136 9997 71 38 8190 312
Portugal 1104 1887 58 11 18100 192
Romania 1509 2053 73 22 4850 104
Russia 340 2932 12 142 5780 822
Saudi Arabia 48 164 29 24 12510 289
Serbia 163 228 71 7 3910 29
Singapore 179 271 66 4 29320 129
Slovakia 981 1108 89 5 9870 53
Slovenia 1429 1175 122 2 18890 38
South Africa 516 1113 46 47 5390 255
South Korea 616 6671 9 48 17690 857
Spain 2012 10620 19 44 27570 1201
Sweden 2256 3344 67 9 43580 394
Switzerland 768 1178 65 8 57230 426
Taiwan 1246 2621 48 23 15848 371
Thailand 1297 2483 52 65 2990 194
Turkey 867 2120 41 73 5400 394
Ukraine 220 1002 22 47 1950 91
United Arab Emirates 120 n.a. n.a. 5 23770 103
United Kingdom 1639 11662 14 60 40180 2425
United States 3583 66606 5 299 44970 13446
Vietnam 3120 3895 80 84 690 58
Sources: United Nations, World Bank, Eurostat, CSIL n.a.: not available
Population and GNP data are for 2006 (from the World Development Indicators 2007)
The exports/production and the imports/consumption ratios may exceed 100% for countries where there are large amounts of imports for
re-export

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Table W4 FURNITURE EXPORTS, 60 Countries, ranking

Furniture Furniture Exports/
Country Population Per capita GNP Total GNP
Exports Production Production
China 22030 71484 31 1312 2010 2642
Italy 12482 27655 45 59 32020 1876
Germany 9975 23664 42 82 36620 3018
Poland 7136 9997 71 38 8190 312
Canada 4178 11821 35 33 36170 1177
United States 3583 66606 5 299 44970 13446
Vietnam 3120 3895 80 84 690 58
France 3029 10804 28 63 36550 2298
Denmark 2793 3490 80 5 51700 281
Malaysia 2474 3365 74 26 5490 141
Sweden 2256 3344 67 9 43580 394
Czech Republic 2179 2872 76 10 12680 130
Austria 2172 3380 64 8 39590 326
Spain 2012 10620 19 44 27570 1201
Belgium 2002 2422 83 11 40178 440
Indonesia 1908 2643 72 223 1420 316
United Kingdom 1639 11662 14 60 40180 2425
Romania 1509 2053 73 22 4850 104
Netherlands 1451 3199 45 16 42670 699
Slovenia 1429 1175 122 2 18890 38
Mexico 1355 3226 42 104 7870 820
Thailand 1297 2483 52 65 2990 194
Taiwan 1246 2621 48 23 15848 371
Portugal 1104 1887 58 11 18100 192
Hungary 1028 1477 70 10 10950 110
Slovakia 981 1108 89 5 9870 53
Brazil 971 5527 18 189 4730 893
Turkey 867 2120 41 73 5400 394
Lithuania 827 1069 77 3 7870 27
Switzerland 768 1178 65 8 57230 426
Japan 703 11895 6 128 38410 4900
South Korea 616 6671 9 48 17690 857
India 520 10498 5 1110 820 907
South Africa 516 1113 46 47 5390 255
Norway 509 1250 41 5 66530 309
Croatia 358 585 61 4 9330 41
Russia 340 2932 12 142 5780 822
Finland 322 1798 18 5 40650 214
Estonia 291 460 63 1 11410 15
Philippines 258 815 32 85 1420 120
Bulgaria 239 322 74 8 3990 31
Ukraine 220 1002 22 47 1950 91
Egypt 193 773 25 75 1350 102
Latvia 192 310 62 2 8100 19
Singapore 179 271 66 4 29320 129
Serbia 163 228 71 7 3910 29
Ireland 125 653 19 4 45580 192
Australia 75 4980 1 21 35990 738
New Zealand 73 962 8 4 27250 112
Greece 57 1980 3 11 21690 241
Kuwait 54 136 40 3 30630 78
Argentina 53 340 16 39 5150 201
Saudi Arabia 48 164 29 24 12510 289
Lebanon 43 295 15 4 5490 22
Israel 29 1432 2 7 18580 129
Chile 27 491 5 16 6980 115
Cyprus 10 118 8 1 18430 14
Malta 6 54 12 0.4 13610 5
re-export

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Table W5 FURNITURE IMPORTS, 60 Countries, alphabetical

Furniture Imports/
Furniture
Country Apparent Apparent Population Per capita GNP Total GNP
Imports
Consumption Consumption
Argentina 99 386 26 39 5150 201
Australia 1811 6716 27 21 35990 738
Austria 2363 3570 66 8 39590 326
Belgium 3506 3927 89 11 40178 440
Brazil 202 4758 4 189 4730 893
Bulgaria 212 295 72 8 3990 31
Canada 4589 12232 38 33 36170 1177
Chile 197 661 30 16 6980 115
China 882 50337 2 1312 2010 2642
Croatia 438 666 66 4 9330 41
Cyprus 188 297 63 1 18430 14
Czech Republic 1187 1880 63 10 12680 130
Denmark 1666 2364 70 5 51700 281
Egypt 55 636 9 75 1350 102
Estonia 128 297 43 1 11410 15
Finland 569 2046 28 5 40650 214
France 7496 15270 49 63 36550 2298
Germany 10113 23803 42 82 36620 3018
Greece 833 2757 30 11 21690 241
Hungary 630 1079 58 10 10950 110
India 359 10336 3 1110 820 907
Indonesia 124 859 14 223 1420 316
Ireland 827 1354 61 4 45580 192
Israel 335 1739 19 7 18580 129
Italy 2398 17570 14 59 32020 1876
Japan 4278 15470 28 128 38410 4900
Kuwait 162 243 67 3 30630 78
Latvia 197 315 63 2 8100 19
Lebanon 56 309 18 4 5490 22
Lithuania 201 442 45 3 7870 27
Malaysia 363 1254 29 26 5490 141
Malta 61 109 56 0.4 13610 5
Mexico 972 2842 34 104 7870 820
Netherlands 2962 4710 63 16 42670 699
New Zealand 310 1199 26 4 27250 112
Norway 1693 2434 70 5 66530 309
Philippines 94 651 14 85 1420 120
Poland 1230 4091 30 38 8190 312
Portugal 748 1532 49 11 18100 192
Romania 551 1096 50 22 4850 104
Russia 2294 4886 47 142 5780 822
Saudi Arabia 563 679 83 24 12510 289
Serbia 132 197 67 7 3910 29
Singapore 564 656 86 4 29320 129
Slovakia 270 397 68 5 9870 53
Slovenia 662 409 162 2 18890 38
South Africa 479 1076 45 47 5390 255
South Korea 1358 7414 18 48 17690 857
Spain 3518 12126 29 44 27570 1201
Sweden 2201 3289 67 9 43580 394
Switzerland 2702 3112 87 8 57230 426
Taiwan 350 1725 20 23 15848 371
Thailand 182 1368 13 65 2990 194
Turkey 629 1882 33 73 5400 394
Ukraine 551 1334 41 47 1950 91
United Kingdom 8323 18346 45 60 40180 2425
United States 25996 89019 29 299 44970 13446
Vietnam 93 867 11 84 690 58
re-export

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Table W6 FURNITURE IMPORTS, 60 Countries, ranking

Furniture Imports/
Furniture
Country Apparent Apparent Population Per capita GNP Total GNP
Imports
Consumption Consumption
United States 25996 89019 29 299 44970 13446
Germany 10113 23803 42 82 36620 3018
United Kingdom 8323 18346 45 60.4 40180 2425
France 7496 15270 49 63 36550 2298
Canada 4589 12232 38 33 36170 1177
Japan 4278 15470 28 128 38410 4900
Spain 3518 12126 29 44 27570 1201
Belgium 3506 3927 89 11 40178 440
Netherlands 2962 4710 63 16 42670 699
Switzerland 2702 3112 87 8 57230 426
Italy 2398 17570 14 59 32020 1876
Austria 2363 3570 66 8 39590 326
Russia 2294 4886 47 142 5780 822
Sweden 2201 3289 67 9 43580 394
Australia 1811 6716 27 21 35990 738
Norway 1693 2434 70 5 66530 309
Denmark 1666 2364 70 5 51700 281
South Korea 1358 7414 18 48 17690 857
Poland 1230 4091 30 38 8190 312
Czech Republic 1187 1880 63 10 12680 130
Mexico 972 2842 34 104 7870 820
China 882 50337 2 1312 2010 2642
Greece 833 2757 30 11 21690 241
Ireland 827 1354 61 4 45580 192
Portugal 748 1532 49 11 18100 192
Slovenia 662 409 162 2 18890 38
Hungary 630 1079 58 10 10950 110
Turkey 629 1882 33 73 5400 394
Finland 569 2046 28 5 40650 214
Singapore 564 656 86 4 29320 129
Saudi Arabia 563 679 83 24 12510 289
Ukraine 551 1334 41 47 1950 91
Romania 551 1096 50 22 4850 104
South Africa 479 1076 45 47 5390 255
Croatia 438 666 66 4 9330 41
Malaysia 363 1254 29 26 5490 141
India 359 10336 3 1110 820 907
Taiwan 350 1725 20 23 15848 371
Israel 335 1739 19 7 18580 129
New Zealand 310 1199 26 4 27250 112
Slovakia 270 397 68 5 9870 53
Bulgaria 212 295 72 8 3990 31
Brazil 202 4758 4 189 4730 893
Lithuania 201 442 45 3 7870 27
Latvia 197 315 63 2 8100 19
Chile 197 661 30 16 6980 115
Cyprus 188 297 63 1 18430 14
Thailand 182 1368 13 65 2990 194
Kuwait 162 243 67 3 30630 78
Serbia 132 197 67 7 3910 29
Estonia 128 297 43 1 11410 15
Indonesia 124 859 14 223 1420 316
Argentina 99 386 26 39 5150 201
Philippines 94 651 14 85 1420 120
Vietnam 93 867 11 84 690 58
Malta 61 109 56 0 13610 5
Lebanon 56 309 18 4 5490 22
Egypt 55 636 9 75 1350 102
re-export

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Table W7
THE OPENING OF FURNITURE MARKETS. Growth of exports, 1998-2007,
40 major exporting countries
Furniture Exports
Country US$ Million
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
China 2,189 2,705 3,560 3,953 5,350 7,278 10,133 13,451 17,059 22,030
Italy 8,509 8,160 8,189 8,213 8,492 9,531 10,650 10,338 10,663 12,482
Germany 4,268 4,487 4,530 4,540 4,819 5,793 6,970 7,375 8,440 9,975
Poland 1,847 1,885 2,105 2,386 2,756 3,698 4,730 5,310 5,929 7,136
Canada 3,279 3,796 4,465 4,068 4,027 4,091 4,269 4,419 4,457 4,178
United States 2,426 2,380 2,826 2,403 2,138 2,351 2,662 2,908 3,204 3,583
Vietnam 221 304 398 431 580 856 1,293 1,931 2,385 3,120
France 2,063 2,117 2,084 1,926 1,935 2,206 2,464 2,445 2,634 3,029
Denmark 1,887 1,843 1,728 1,681 1,863 2,224 2,537 2,443 2,493 2,793
Malaysia 1,088 1,361 1,552 1,344 1,452 1,577 1,851 1,973 2,198 2,474
Sweden 1,224 1,213 1,209 1,074 1,132 1,327 1,549 1,620 1,834 2,256
Czech Republic 612 721 750 877 1,028 1,205 1,515 1,782 1,860 2,179
Austria 965 1,084 1,065 1,259 1,406 1,819 1,961 1,778 1,781 2,172
Spain 1,428 1,326 1,402 1,395 1,381 1,592 1,694 1,724 1,703 2,012
Belgium 1,576 1,497 1,402 1,415 1,444 1,595 1,736 1,710 1,703 2,002
Indonesia 354 1,231 1,508 1,414 1,502 1,558 1,651 1,835 1,843 1,908
United Kingdom 1,350 1,324 1,226 1,144 1,079 1,129 1,311 1,336 1,456 1,639
Romania 433 419 441 497 610 776 1,015 1,099 1,205 1,509
Netherlands 746 787 739 651 742 937 1,071 1,177 1,286 1,451
Slovenia 553 601 574 618 701 860 1,084 1,214 1,298 1,429
Mexico 1,020 1,124 1,240 1,073 1,121 1,182 1,322 1,463 1,438 1,355
Thailand 597 756 913 828 912 993 1,149 1,203 1,151 1,297
Taiwan 1,533 1,666 1,699 1,254 1,143 1,135 1,185 1,194 1,191 1,246
Portugal 324 321 323 386 461 729 921 851 868 1,104
Hungary 447 522 525 586 649 782 871 865 944 1,028
Slovakia 187 172 199 272 357 477 572 645 721 981
Brazil 335 383 486 478 531 661 939 988 942 971
Turkey 80 98 130 143 213 341 465 558 642 867
Lithuania 74 83 113 136 205 340 452 520 631 827
Switzerland 515 541 535 450 405 487 566 617 642 768
Japan 170 195 282 257 287 327 422 506 574 703
South Korea 169 166 197 174 175 207 270 410 577 616
India 102 137 164 179 208 262 354 395 433 520
South Africa 434 438 396 388 435 530 620 529 475 516
Norway 288 297 297 285 291 320 383 387 451 509
Hong Kong, China 785 910 1,030 964 1,061 910 749 498 426 369
Croatia 102 99 100 120 139 169 211 231 291 358
Russia 49 59 83 91 91 132 191 222 264 340
Finland 281 238 229 207 232 277 311 268 262 322
Estonia 102 108 113 143 167 211 234 233 251 291
Source: CSIL processing of official data

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Table W8
THE OPENING OF FURNITURE MARKETS. Growth of imports, 1998-2007,
40 major importing countries
Furniture Imports
Country US$ Million
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
United States 10,275 12,604 14,970 14,624 16,781 18,718 21,406 23,763 25,440 25,996
Germany 6,674 6,487 6,286 6,134 6,309 7,874 8,819 9,011 9,555 10,113
United Kingdom 2,646 2,932 3,245 3,411 4,284 5,375 6,772 6,730 7,232 8,323
France 3,070 3,318 3,396 3,393 3,629 4,572 5,560 6,079 6,380 7,496
Canada 1,603 1,739 2,061 2,068 2,258 2,551 3,046 3,482 4,068 4,589
Japan 2,021 2,252 2,801 2,817 2,760 3,145 3,773 3,899 4,062 4,278
Spain 671 696 847 886 983 1,470 2,035 2,315 2,501 3,518
Belgium 1,987 1,994 1,899 1,914 1,892 2,222 2,612 2,883 2,961 3,506
Netherlands 1,795 1,808 1,737 1,664 1,704 1,992 2,282 2,443 2,570 2,962
Switzerland 1,523 1,585 1,490 1,431 1,502 1,748 1,970 2,115 2,250 2,702
Italy 707 831 861 859 924 1,163 1,498 1,701 1,968 2,398
Austria 1,278 1,369 1,367 1,472 1,420 1,800 2,025 1,888 1,862 2,363
Russia 801 492 553 614 638 783 1,064 1,297 1,682 2,294
Sweden 763 852 851 822 978 1,224 1,400 1,450 1,648 2,201
Australia 422 522 654 530 679 872 1,192 1,342 1,520 1,811
Norway 702 670 658 653 752 884 1,048 1,200 1,345 1,693
Denmark 672 648 648 619 688 924 1,014 1,136 1,330 1,666
South Korea 102 150 219 233 366 485 554 798 1,113 1,358
Poland 317 349 349 382 403 592 704 826 932 1,230
Czech Republic 288 317 313 328 386 506 700 824 973 1,187
Mexico 364 395 528 558 513 542 560 677 843 972
United Arab Emirates 280 229 279 288 306 368 465 575 676 951
China 86 96 151 174 194 347 457 479 596 882
Greece 209 235 242 220 259 365 584 541 615 833
Ireland 241 265 282 271 307 374 499 579 718 827
Portugal 295 326 302 306 348 430 544 552 579 748
Hong Kong, China 978 1,120 1,243 1,155 1,180 1,042 930 783 698 692
Slovenia 122 131 116 125 147 187 283 432 533 662
Hungary 189 223 249 239 312 397 492 502 547 630
Turkey 172 143 177 107 109 149 258 335 471 629
Finland 236 263 259 251 270 325 363 403 460 569
Singapore 327 368 420 338 305 318 309 376 440 564
Saudi Arabia 257 233 288 280 311 326 366 446 503 563
Ukraine 200 143 140 164 178 205 251 270 362 551
Romania 51 48 64 78 95 134 186 277 364 551
South Africa 68 99 100 105 122 151 227 345 431 479
Croatia 117 99 105 135 185 244 276 296 366 438
Malaysia 51 64 95 97 162 186 281 303 330 363
India 11 23 41 41 45 79 116 159 229 359
Taiwan 251 253 275 217 203 213 281 317 315 350
Source: CSIL processing of official data

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Table W9
WORLD FURNITURE TRADE. Destination of Exports
Furniture
Destination 1 Destination 2 Destination 3 Destination 4 Destination 5
Country exports
US$ million
China 22030 USA 42% UK 7% Japan 6% Hong Kong 5% Canada 4%
Italy 12482 France 14% UK 12% Germany 11% USA 8% Russia 8%
Germany 9975 Netherlands 13% France 12% Austria 10% Switzerland 10% UK 8%
Poland 7136 Germany 35% France 9% UK 6% Czech Rep. 6% Belgium 5%
Canada 4178 USA 95% Mexico 2% UK 1%
USA 3583 Canada 54% Mexico 8% UK 5% Japan 3% China 3%
Vietnam 3120 USA 40% Japan 11% UK 8% France 7% Germany 6%
France 3029 Spain 19% Germany 11% Belgium 9% UK 8% USA 7%
Denmark 2793 Germany 20% Norway 15% Sweden 11% UK 11% France 9%
Malaysia 2474 USA 27% Japan 9% Australia 8% UK 7% Singapore 5%
Sweden 2256 Norway 31% Denmark 12% Finland 9% UK 8% Germany 8%
Czech Rep 2179 Germany 43% UK 10% Belgium 8% Slovakia 6% Poland 5%
Austria 2172 Germany 35% Italy 11% Switzerland 8% UK 5% Russia 4%
Spain 2012 France 30% Portugal 13% UK 7% Italy 6% Germany 5%
Belgium 2002 Netherlands 34% France 32% Germany 10% UK 7% Spain 2%
Indonesia 1908 USA 29% Japan 10% Netherlands 7% France 6% UK 6%
UK 1639 Ireland 34% USA 12% France 9% Germany 6% Belgium 4%
Romania 1509 France 19% Germany 18% Italy 12% UK 8% Austria 6%
Netherlands 1451 Germany 26% Belgium 23% UK 11% France 7% Switzerland 3%
Slovenia 1429 Germany 39% Austria 7% Slovakia 7% Croatia 6% Russia 6%
Mexico 1355 USA 83% Canada 12% Spain 1% Germany 1% Colombia 1%
Thailand 1297 USA 26% Japan 23% UK 12% Australia 5% Italy 3%
Taiwan 1246 USA 38% Japan 16% UK 6% Germany 5% China 3%
Portugal 1104 Spain 38% France 33% Angola 8% Sweden 6% Czech Rep. 2%
Hungary 1028 Germany 61% Austria 10% UK 4% Italy 3% Poland 3%
Slovakia 981 Germany 34% UK 10% Czech Rep. 9% France 7% USA 6%
Brazil 971 USA 27% France 10% Argentina 8% UK 8% Spain 6%
Turkey 867 Germany 10% Iraq 9% France 7% Netherlands 6% Greece 6%
Lithuania 827 Sweden 16% Germany 14% UK 14% France 8% Denmark 8%
Switzerland 768 Germany 39% Italy 16% Austria 8% France 7% Netherlands 4%
Japan 703 China 27% UK 14% Thailand 9% Mexico 7% South Korea 4%
South Korea 616 China 46% USA 16% Japan 7% Kazakhstan 3% Uzbekistan 2%
India 520 USA 28% UK 12% France 11% Italy 7% Spain 6%
South Africa 516 Germany 65% UK 6% USA 4% Spain 4% Canada 4%
Norway 509 Germany 16% Sweden 15% USA 13% Denmark 12% UK 9%
Hong Kong 369 USA 33% China 17% Japan 14% Australia 4% UK 4%
Croatia 358 Germany 33% Italy 15% Slovenia 14% France 8% UK 5%
Russia 340 Kazakhstan 39% Germany 16% France 6% Ukraine 6% Italy 4%
Finland 322 Sweden 28% Russia 13% Germany 8% USA 7% Norway 6%
Estonia 291 Finland 35% Sweden 19% Denmark 9% Norway 8% Germany 7%
Philippines 258 USA 62% Japan 9% Australia 3% UK 2% Italy 2%
Bulgaria 239 Germany 13% Italy 13% UK 12% USA 11% France 11%
Ukraine 220 Russia 37% Germany 9% Kazakhstan 7% France 6% Moldova 5%
Egypt 193 Saudi Arabia 33% Un Ar Emir 9% Jordan 7% Libya 5% Morocco 4%
Latvia 192 Germany 17% Denmark 16% UK 10% Sweden 9% Russia 8%
Singapore 179 Indonesia 19% Malaysia 12% India 10% USA 8% Japan 6%
Serbia 163 Montenegro 20% Bosnia Herz 16% Slovenia 10% Croatia 9% Italy 8%
Ireland 125 UK 87% USA 4% Spain 2% Czech Rep. 1% Germany 1%
Australia 75 NewZealand 34% USA 16% Singapore 7% UK 5% Hong Kong 4%
New Zealand 73 Australia 71% USA 12% Fiji 3% Hong Kong 2% West. Samoa 2%
Greece 57 Cyprus 30% Bulgaria 14% Germany 13% Romania 7% Albania 5%
Kuwait 54 Saudi Arabia 64% Qatar 12% Bahrain 6% Lebanon 4% Syria 3%
Argentina 53 Chile 22% USA 21% Colombia 10% Uruguay 8% Spain 5%
Saudi Arabia 48 Sudan 15% Qatar 12% Sri Lanka 8% Bahrain 7% Un Ar Emir 6%
Lebanon 43 USA 27% Un Ar Emir 17% Saudi Arabia 16% Qatar 6% Syria 5%
Israel 29 USA 43% UK 11% South Korea 5% France 4% Russia 4%
Chile 27 USA 77% Argentina 6% Peru 4% Ecuador 3% Canada 2%
Cyprus 10 UK 25% Greece 21% Saudi Arabia 21% Un Ar Emir 6% Romania 4%
Malta 6 UK 39% Libya 35% France 11% Belgium 9% Germany 4%
Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL - Data are for the last available year (normally 2007)
Destinations of exports from the United Arab Emirates are not available

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Table W10
WORLD FURNITURE TRADE. Origin of Imports
Furniture
Country Origin 1 Origin 2 Origin 3 Origin 4 Origin 5
imports
US$ million
USA 25996 China 54% Canada 14% Vietnam 5% Mexico 4% Italy 4%
Germany 10113 Poland 21% China 11% Italy 10% Czech Rep. 7% Austria 6%
UK 8323 China 29% Italy 15% Germany 10% Poland 5% Vietnam 3%
France 7496 Italy 20% Germany 14% China 10% Poland 8% Belgium 7%
Canada 4589 China 35% USA 31% Mexico 13% Italy 2% Malaysia 2%
Japan 4278 China 49% Thailand 7% Vietnam 6% Mexico 6% Taiwan 6%
Spain 3518 China 21% France 15% Italy 13% Germany 13% Portugal 10%
Belgium 3506 Germany 25% Netherlands 12% China 11% Italy 10% France 9%
Netherlands 2962 Germany 27% China 21% Belgium 16% Indonesia 6% Poland 5%
Switzerland 2702 Germany 41% Italy 20% France 8% Austria 6% Poland 4%
Italy 2398 China 21% Germany 14% Romania 9% Austria 9% Poland 6%
Austria 2363 Germany 50% Italy 13% Poland 5% Hungary 4% Slovenia 4%
Russia 2294 Italy 43% Germany 11% China 11% Poland 5% Austria 4%
Sweden 2201 China 16% Poland 14% Denmark 13% Germany 10% Italy 6%
Australia 1811 China 52% Malaysia 9% Italy 6% Vietnam 4% Indonesia 4%
Norway 1693 Sweden 30% Denmark 21% China 10% Poland 7% Italy 6%
Denmark 1666 China 21% Sweden 18% Norway 12% Germany 8% Italy 7%
South Korea 1358 China 73% Italy 6% Vietnam 5% Germany 4% Japan 2%
Poland 1230 Germany 29% China 15% Italy 8% Czech Rep. 6% France 6%
Czech Rep. 1187 Poland 34% Germany 28% Slovakia 6% Italy 6% China 5%
Mexico 972 USA 45% China 26% Italy 5% Spain 4% Canada 3%
United Ar Emir 951 China 26% Italy 18% Malaysia 13% France 6% USA 5%
China 882 Germany 19% Japan 19% USA 9% Italy 9% South Korea 7%
Greece 833 Italy 35% China 21% Turkey 7% Germany 6% Spain 3%
Ireland 827 UK 41% China 19% Italy 9% Germany 5% Vietnam 4%
Portugal 748 Spain 34% France 24% Germany 11% Italy 11% Netherlands 5%
Hong Kong 692 China 79% Italy 4% Germany 3% USA 2% Malaysia 2%
Slovenia 662 Croatia 29% Bosnia Herz 18% Germany 14% Italy 10% Austria 7%
Hungary 630 Germany 30% Poland 22% Austria 10% Italy 9% Slovenia 5%
Turkey 629 China 23% Italy 16% Germany 10% France 9% Poland 6%
Finland 569 Sweden 32% Estonia 19% China 11% Italy 6% Germany 4%
Singapore 564 Malaysia 28% China 24% Italy 9% USA 6% Germany 5%
Saudi Arabia 563 China 44% Italy 11% USA 6% Malaysia 5% Egypt 3%
Ukraine 551 Italy 43% Poland 18% China 9% Germany 6% Russia 5%
Romania 551 Italy 24% Poland 21% China 10% Turkey 8% Germany 7%
South Africa 479 China 40% Germany 14% Italy 4% Malaysia 4% Indonesia 4%
Croatia 438 Italy 28% Slovenia 17% Poland 9% Bosnia Herz 8% China 7%
Malaysia 363 China 26% Poland 9% Italy 7% Thailand 6% Japan 6%
India 359 Malaysia 28% China 20% Italy 10% Singapore 7% Germany 6%
Taiwan 350 China 49% Vietnam 8% Japan 8% Italy 7% Indonesia 6%
Israel 335 China 24% Italy 24% USA 6% Germany 6% Turkey 6%
New Zealand 310 China 51% Australia 9% Vietnam 8% Malaysia 8% Italy 5%
Slovakia 270 Poland 26% Czech Rep. 18% Slovenia 14% Germany 14% Austria 7%
Bulgaria 212 Italy 22% Poland 22% Germany 12% China 11% Turkey 9%
Brazil 202 Germany 20% USA 17% China 15% France 9% Italy 7%
Lithuania 201 Poland 32% Italy 14% Germany 8% China 7% Sweden 7%
Latvia 197 Poland 23% Italy 15% Lithuania 12% China 9% Estonia 6%
Chile 197 Brazil 28% China 25% Argentina 10% Malaysia 8% Italy 5%
Cyprus 188 Italy 35% China 19% Greece 10% Malaysia 6% Spain 5%
Thailand 182 Japan 35% China 27% Malaysia 6% USA 5% Germany 4%
Kuwait 162 USA 20% Italy 20% China 15% Malaysia 11% Germany 4%
Serbia 132 Italy 23% China 15% Slovenia 10% Bosnia Herz. 10% Croatia 6%
Estonia 128 Finland 17% Poland 12% China 12% Italy 11% Lithuania 8%
Indonesia 124 China 44% Thailand 19% Singapore 12% Japan 11% Malaysia 4%
Argentina 99 Brazil 42% China 25% Uruguay 7% USA 4% Chile 4%
Philippines 94 China 25% Malaysia 13% Thailand 10% South Korea 8% Taiwan 8%
Vietnam 93 China 44% Japan 18% Thailand 12% Taiwan 7% Malaysia 5%
Malta 61 Italy 62% China 14% Germany 3% UK 3% Spain 3%
Lebanon 56 China 25% Italy 20% France 7% Egypt 5% Germany 5%
Egypt 55 China 46% Un Ar Emir 8% Italy 6% Japan 5% USA 5%
Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL - Data are for the last available year (normally 2007)

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Table W11 Furniture market outlook 2008 and 2009, alphabetical order
Change forecasts, in real terms
Furniture consumption
Country 2008 2009
Argentina 5% 4%
Australia 3% 3%
Austria 1% 2%
Belgium 1% 1%
Brazil 4% 3%
Bulgaria 3% 4%
Canada 3% 2%
Chile 4% 4%
China 7% 7%
Croatia 4% 4%
Cyprus 4% 3%
Czech Republic 3% 4%
Denmark 2% 2%
Egypt 5% 5%
Estonia 1% 2%
Finland 2% 2%
France 2% 2%
Germany 1% 1%
Greece 2% 2%
Hong Kong 5% 5%
Hungary 0% 2%
India 6% 6%
Indonesia 4% 4%
Ireland 2% 1%
Israel 5% 4%
Italy 1% 1%
Japan 1% 1%
Kuwait 5% 5%
Latvia 0% 0%
Lebanon 1% 1%
Lithuania 6% 6%
Malaysia 5% 6%
Malta 2% 2%
Mexico 3% 3%
Netherlands 2% 1%
New Zealand 2% 2%
Norway 3% 2%
Philippines 4% 4%
Poland 4% 4%
Portugal 1% 1%
Romania 6% 4%
Russia 9% 9%
Saudi Arabia 5% 5%
Serbia 4% 4% Size of furniture market (at retail prices)
Singapore 4% 4%
Slovakia 5% 4% Above US$ 10 billion
Slovenia 2% 3%
South Africa 4% 5% Between US$ 5 billion and US$ 10 billion
South Korea 3% 3%
Spain 0% 0% Between US$ 2 billion and US$ 5 billion
Sweden 2% 2%
Switzerland 1% 1% Between US$ 1 billion and US$ 2 billion
Taiwan 3% 3%
Thailand 3% 3% Below US$ 1 billion
Turkey 3% 3%
Ukraine 7% 6% Not available
United Arab Emirates 5% 5%
United Kingdom 1% 1%
United States 0% 0%
Vietnam 5% 6%
Source: CSIL

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Table W12 Furniture market outlook 2008 and 2009. Ranking by size of furniture market
Change forecasts, in real terms
Furniture consumption *
Country 2008 2009
United States 0% 0%
China 7% 7%
Germany 1% 1%
United Kingdom 1% 1%
Italy 1% 1%
Japan 1% 1%
France 2% 2%
Canada 3% 2%
Spain 0% 0%
India 6% 6%
South Korea 3% 3%
Australia 3% 3%
Russia 9% 9%
Netherlands 2% 1%
Poland 4% 4%
Belgium 1% 1%
Brazil 4% 3%
Austria 1% 2%
Sweden 2% 2%
Switzerland 1% 1%
Mexico 3% 3%
Greece 2% 2%
Norway 3% 2%
Denmark 2% 2%
Finland 2% 2%
Turkey 3% 3%
Czech Republic 3% 4%
Israel 5% 4%
Taiwan 3% 3%
Portugal 1% 1%
Thailand 3% 3%
Ireland 2% 1%
Ukraine 7% 6%
Malaysia 5% 6%
New Zealand 2% 2%
Romania 6% 4%
Hungary 0% 2%
South Africa 4% 5%
Vietnam 5% 6%
Indonesia 4% 4%
Saudi Arabia 5% 5%
Croatia 4% 4%
Chile 4% 4%
Singapore 4% 4% Size of furniture market (at retail prices)
Philippines 4% 4%
Egypt 5% 5% Above US$ 10 billion
Lithuania 6% 6%
Slovenia 2% 3% Between US$ 5 billion and US$ 10 billion
Slovakia 5% 4%
Argentina 5% 4% Between US$ 2 billion and US$ 5 billion
Latvia 0% 0%
Lebanon 1% 1% Between US$ 1 billion and US$ 2 billion
Estonia 1% 2%
Cyprus 4% 3% Below US$ 1 billion
Bulgaria 3% 4%
Kuwait 5% 5% Not available
Serbia 4% 4%
Malta 2% 2%
United Arab Emirates 5% 5%
Hong Kong 5% 5%
Source: CSIL

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COUNTRY TABLES

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS ARGENTINA

TABLE C1
The furniture sector. Million of US$
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1150 1010 854 773 175 212 222 258 306 340 49
Exports 23 22 25 23 26 33 41 46 52 53 54
Imports 123 124 133 106 8 20 41 58 75 99 55
Consumption* 1250 1112 962 857 158 199 223 270 329 386 50
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Argentina among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Federacìon Argentina de la Industria Maderera y Afines
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Population Million 39 22
Area Thousand Square Km 2780 8
Total GNP US$ billion 201 31
Per capita GNP US$ 5150 48
Household Consumption Expenditure US$ billion 133 27
Data at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Total GNP at PPP US$ billion 602 20
Per Capita GNP at PPP US$ 15390 37
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Argentina among 60 countries, last available year
Real growth of furniture consumption. Forecasts

2008 2009
5% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
ARS per US$ 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.11 2.94 2.94 2.92 3.07 3.12
ARS per EUR 1.06 0.92 0.90 2.94 3.33 3.66 3.64 3.86 4.27
Sources: Bank of Italy, US Federal Reserve
Main furniture trading partners of Argentina

Origin of furniture imports Destination of furniture exports
Brazil 41.7% Chile 22.2%
China 24.6% United States 20.5%
Uruguay 7.3% Colombia 9.8%
United States 4.1% Uruguay 8.4%
Chile 3.9% Spain 5.3%
Italy 3.6% Peru 4.7%
Indonesia 2.4% Venezuela 4.2%
Spain 1.7% Mexico 4.1%
Peru 1.5% Brazil 2.9%
Canada 1.5% Panama 2.4%
Source: CSIL. Data are for the last available year

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS AUSTRALIA

TABLE C2
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2669 2839 2603 2374 2741 3459 3941 4193 4173 4980 14
Exports 53 71 59 66 78 86 83 86 91 75 50
Imports 422 522 654 530 679 872 1192 1342 1520 1811 15
Consumption* 3039 3290 3198 2839 3342 4245 5049 5449 5602 6716 12
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Australia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Australia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
AUD per US$ 1.55 1.72 1.93 1.84 1.53 1.36 1.31 1.33 1.19
AUD per EUR 1.65 1.59 1.73 1.74 1.74 1.69 1.63 1.67 1.63
Source: US Federal Reserve
Main furniture trading partners of Australia

China 51.8% New Zealand 33.8%
Malaysia 9.3% United States 16.4%
Italy 5.5% Singapore 7.0%
Vietnam 4.0% United Kingdom 4.9%
Indonesia 3.7% Hong Kong 3.8%
Thailand 3.4% Japan 3.5%
Germany 2.6% United Arab Emirates 2.6%
New Zealand 2.6% China 2.3%
United States 2.5% Germany 2.1%
Taiwan 2.4% Malaysia 1.7%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS AUSTRIA

TABLE C3
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2295 2201 1912 1857 1954 2365 2687 2691 3039 3380 17
Exports 965 1084 1065 1259 1406 1819 1961 1778 1781 2172 13
Imports 1278 1369 1367 1472 1420 1800 2025 1888 1862 2363 12
Consumption* 2609 2486 2214 2070 1968 2346 2750 2801 3120 3570 18
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Austria among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Central Statistical Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Austria among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Austria

Germany 50.1% Germany 35.2%
Italy 13.1% Italy 10.5%
Poland 4.6% Switzerland 8.0%
Hungary 3.7% United Kingdom 5.3%
Slovenia 3.5% Russia 4.0%
Switzerland 3.1% Poland 3.5%
Romania 3.1% France 3.1%
Czech Republic 3.0% Hungary 2.8%
China 2.8% Japan 2.6%
Slovakia 2.0% Czech Republic 2.5%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS BELGIUM

TABLE C4
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2117 2010 1794 1783 1756 1952 2116 2119 2155 2422 27
Exports 1576 1497 1402 1415 1444 1595 1736 1710 1703 2002 15
Imports 1987 1994 1899 1914 1892 2222 2612 2883 2961 3506 8
Consumption* 2527 2507 2291 2282 2203 2579 2991 3292 3414 3927 17
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Belgium among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat
Furniture Industry data include data for Luxembourg
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Belgium among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Belgium

Germany 24.7% Netherlands 33.8%
Netherlands 12.1% France 31.9%
China 10.5% Germany 9.7%
Italy 9.6% United Kingdom 6.5%
France 8.5% Spain 2.1%
Poland 6.7% United States 1.7%
Czech Republic 4.2% China 1.6%
Indonesia 3.3% South Africa 1.3%
United Kingdom 2.8% Russia 1.2%
Sweden 2.4% Italy 1.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS BRAZIL

TABLE C5
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 5506 3487 4175 3580 2997 3110 3703 4290 5019 5527 13
Exports 335 383 486 478 531 661 939 988 942 971 27
Imports 174 124 124 107 84 75 97 109 135 202 45
Consumption* 5344 3228 3813 3209 2550 2524 2861 3411 4212 4758 14
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Brazil among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Abimovel
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Brazil among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
BRL per US$ 1.82 1.83 2.35 2.92 3.08 2.93 2.44 2.17 1.95
BRL per EUR 1.94 1.69 2.11 2.76 3.48 3.64 3.03 2.73 2.67
Main furniture trading partners of Brazil

Germany 19.8% United States 26.8%
United States 17.0% France 9.9%
China 14.9% Argentina 8.2%
France 9.2% United Kingdom 8.1%
Italy 7.4% Spain 5.9%
Japan 7.4% Angola 4.5%
Spain 6.2% Chile 4.3%
Poland 4.0% Germany 3.8%
Argentina 1.6% Netherlands 3.4%
Taiwan 1.4% Uruguay 2.0%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS BULGARIA

TABLE C6
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 83 89 93 101 139 210 269 271 269 322 50

Exports 36 41 51 56 81 119 164 179 196 239 42
Imports 15 21 24 26 33 48 70 100 135 212 44
Consumption* 63 69 66 72 92 139 175 192 208 295 55
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Bulgaria among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Branch Chamber of Woodworking and Furniture Industry
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Bulgaria among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
BGN per US$ 1.86 2.12 2.18 2.07 1.73 1.57 1.57 1.56 1.43
BGN per EUR 1.98 1.95 1.95 1.96 1.95 1.95 1.96 1.96 1.96
Main furniture trading partners of Bulgaria

Italy 22.0% Germany 13.3%
Poland 21.7% Italy 12.9%
Germany 11.9% United Kingdom 11.9%
Turkey 8.7% France 10.8%
Greece 5.2% Greece 8.4%
Romania 3.1% Sweden 4.9%
France 1.9% Austria 2.8%
Austria 1.7% Netherlands 2.8%
Spain 1.5% Poland 2.8%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CANADA

TABLE C7
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 5508 6771 7819 7733 8128 8978 9405 10117 10608 11821 6
Exports 3279 3796 4465 4068 4027 4091 4269 4419 4457 4178 5
Imports 1603 1739 2061 2068 2258 2551 3046 3482 4068 4589 5
Consumption* 3832 4714 5416 5732 6359 7438 8182 9180 10219 12232 8
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Canada among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Statistics Canada
The increase in production and consumption of furniture in 2007 is mostly due to substantial increases in the office furniture segment (data are from Statistics Canada)
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Canada among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CAD per US$ 1.49 1.49 1.55 1.57 1.40 1.30 1.21 1.13 1.07
CAD per EUR 1.58 1.37 1.39 1.48 1.59 1.62 1.51 1.42 1.47
Main furniture trading partners of Canada

United States 30.8% Mexico 1.6%
Mexico 12.7% United Kingdom 0.8%
Italy 2.4% Japan 0.3%
Malaysia 2.4% Bermuda 0.2%
Vietnam 2.1% Austria 0.2%
Poland 1.9% China 0.2%
Taiwan 1.4% Trinidad and Tobago 0.1%
Indonesia 1.2% Malaysia 0.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CHILE

TABLE C8
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 345 327 326 311 334 357 397 425 445 491 e 47
Exports 52 57 56 58 57 53 56 59 47 27 e 58
Imports 101 61 69 63 67 65 96 108 155 197 e 48
Consumption* 394 331 340 316 345 368 437 473 553 661 e 43
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Chile among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Asimad e: estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Chile among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CLP per US$ 508.78 529.70 634.42 689.24 690.70 609.17 559.57 530.62 522.19
CLP per EUR 542.00 489.02 567.93 651.61 781.52 756.96 696.61 666.61 715.98
Main furniture trading partners of Chile

Brazil 27.8% United States 77.1%
China 24.7% Argentina 6.2%
Argentina 9.5% Peru 3.9%
Malaysia 7.8% Ecuador 2.5%
Italy 5.1% Canada 2.3%
United States 4.7% Mexico 1.8%
Spain 2.9% Venezuela 1.3%
Colombia 2.7% El Salvador 1.0%
Germany 2.6% Panama 0.7%
Denmark 2.1% Spain 0.6%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CHINA

TABLE C9
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 9632 12500 14500 16800 20120 24630 33660 42500 53750 71484 1
Exports 2189 2705 3560 3953 5350 7278 10133 13451 17059 22030 1
Imports 86 96 151 174 194 347 457 479 596 882 23
Consumption* 7529 9891 11091 13021 14964 17699 23985 29528 37287 50337 2
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of China among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of China among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
7% 7%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CNY per US$ 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.19 7.97 7.61
CNY per EUR 8.82 7.64 7.41 7.83 9.37 10.29 10.20 10.02 10.43
Main furniture trading partners of China

Germany 18.7% United States 42.3%
Japan 18.7% United Kingdom 6.5%
United States 9.0% Japan 6.3%
Italy 8.5% Hong Kong 5.3%
South Korea 7.4% Canada 3.8%
Taiwan 4.6% Australia 3.2%
Vietnam 3.4% South Korea 2.2%
France 3.0% France 2.0%
Sweden 2.8% Netherlands 2.0%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CROATIA

TABLE C10
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 277 260 229 242 274 329 373 455 489 585 46
Exports 102 99 100 120 139 169 211 231 291 358 37
Imports 117 99 105 135 185 244 276 296 366 438 37
Consumption* 291 260 234 257 321 404 438 520 564 666 42
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Croatia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Eurostat, Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Croatia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
HRK per US$ 7.11 8.27 8.33 7.85 6.69 6.03 5.96 5.84 5.36
HRK per EUR 7.58 7.63 7.46 7.42 7.57 7.49 7.41 7.34 7.35
Main furniture trading partners of Croatia

Slovenia 16.9% Italy 15.4%
Poland 8.6% Slovenia 14.2%
Bosnia Herzegovina 8.2% France 7.7%
China 7.1% United Kingdom 5.1%
Germany 6.4% Bosnia Herzegovina 4.1%
Austria 6.4% Czech Republic 2.5%
Serbia 3.3% Slovakia 2.4%
France 2.0% Serbia 2.1%
Turkey 1.6% Austria 2.0%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CYPRUS

TABLE C11
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 99 92 84 81 85 113 116 117 111 118 57

Exports 15 12 12 11 10 9 10 11 9 10 59
Imports 42 49 52 58 63 83 110 125 147 188 49
Consumption* 126 130 124 129 138 187 216 230 249 297 54
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Cyprus among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Central Statistical Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Household Consumption Expenditure US$ billion n.a. n.a.
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Cyprus among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CYP per US$ 0.54 0.62 0.64 0.61 0.52 0.47 0.46 0.46 0.43
CYP per EUR 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.58
Main furniture trading partners of Cyprus

China 19.4% Greece 21.3%
Greece 10.0% Saudi Arabia 20.9%
Malaysia 5.7% United Arab Emirates 5.7%
Spain 4.9% Romania 3.8%
Germany 4.0% Bulgaria 3.4%
United Kingdom 2.1% Germany 3.1%
Denmark 2.0% Gibraltar 2.8%
Indonesia 1.9% Israel 2.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS CZECH REPUBLIC

TABLE C12
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1286 1338 1368 1487 1691 1977 2182 2329 2482 2872 23
Exports 612 721 750 877 1028 1205 1515 1782 1860 2179 12
Imports 288 317 313 328 386 506 700 824 973 1187 20
Consumption* 962 934 931 939 1049 1278 1367 1371 1596 1880 27
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Czech Republic among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Czech Statistical Office, Central Bureau of Customs
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Czech Republic among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CZK per US$ 34.57 38.64 38.06 32.70 28.20 25.68 23.97 22.60 20.30
CZK per EUR 36.83 35.67 34.07 30.92 31.91 31.89 29.84 28.39 27.84
Main furniture trading partners of Czech Republic

Slovakia 6.3% Belgium 7.7%
Italy 6.0% Slovakia 6.0%
China 5.3% Poland 4.7%
Austria 4.6% France 4.1%
Slovenia 1.6% Sweden 4.0%
United Kingdom 1.5% Austria 3.6%
Portugal 1.3% Netherlands 2.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS DENMARK

TABLE C13
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2558 2436 2278 2238 2274 2675 3058 3073 3149 3490 16
Exports 1887 1843 1728 1681 1863 2224 2537 2443 2493 2793 9
Imports 672 648 648 619 688 924 1014 1136 1330 1666 17
Consumption* 1343 1242 1198 1176 1100 1376 1534 1767 1986 2364 24
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Denmark among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Danish Furniture Manufacturers Association
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Denmark among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
DKK per US$ 6.99 8.10 8.33 7.89 6.58 5.99 6.00 5.94 5.44
DKK per EUR 7.45 7.47 7.46 7.46 7.45 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.46
Main furniture trading partners of Denmark

Sweden 18.4% Norway 14.7%
Norway 12.1% Sweden 10.9%
Italy 6.7% France 9.1%
Lithuania 4.6% Netherlands 3.4%
Estonia 2.8% Spain 2.4%
Netherlands 2.6% Belgium 2.4%
Vietnam 2.0% Switzerland 2.2%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS EGYPT

TABLE C14
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 473 e 496 e 521 e 510 e 460 e 391 e 411 e 459 e 579 e 773 e 44
Exports 13 e 15 e 15 e 14 e 19 e 19 e 21 e 30 e 79 e 193 e 44
Imports 19 e 20 e 20 e 23 e 26 e 17 e 24 e 28 e 33 e 55 e 60
Consumption* 479 e 501 e 526 e 519 e 466 e 389 e 414 e 456 e 533 e 636 e 46
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Egypt among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN e: estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Egypt among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EGP per US$ 3.40 3.53 4.03 4.62 5.84 6.18 5.79 5.74 5.65
EGP per EUR 3.62 3.26 3.60 4.37 6.60 7.69 7.21 7.21 7.74
Main furniture trading partners of Egypt

China 45.7% Saudi Arabia 32.5%
United Arab Emirates 8.2% United Arab Emirates 8.8%
Italy 6.1% Jordan 7.2%
Japan 5.3% Libya 5.4%
United States 4.5% Morocco 4.0%
Germany 4.1% Lebanon 3.8%
Malaysia 4.0% Kuwait 3.6%
Indonesia 2.2% United States 3.1%
Turkey 2.1% Italy 2.9%
United Kingdom 1.9% Algeria 2.7%

51
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS ESTONIA

TABLE C15
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 178 173 175 212 250 331 386 376 397 460 48
Exports 102 108 113 143 167 211 234 233 251 291 40
Imports 44 35 39 39 44 51 63 74 101 128 53
Consumption* 120 100 101 109 126 171 215 216 248 297 53
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Estonia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Estonian Woodworking Federation
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Estonia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EEK per US$ 14.70 16.99 17.49 16.60 13.86 12.59 12.60 12.47 11.43
EEK per EUR 15.66 15.69 15.65 15.69 15.68 15.65 15.68 15.67 15.68
Main furniture trading partners of Estonia

Finland 16.5% Finland 34.8%
Poland 12.2% Sweden 18.6%
China 12.1% Denmark 8.6%
Italy 10.5% Norway 8.3%
Lithuania 7.7% Germany 6.9%
Russia 5.8% Latvia 4.5%
Sweden 5.6% Russia 3.3%
Latvia 5.6% United Kingdom 3.1%
Denmark 4.8% France 1.8%
Germany 3.7% Italy 1.7%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS FINLAND

TABLE C16
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1107 1077 1064 1028 1048 1305 1514 1540 1567 1798 32
Exports 281 238 229 207 232 277 311 268 262 322 39
Imports 236 263 259 251 270 325 363 403 460 569 31
Consumption* 1061 1102 1094 1072 1085 1353 1566 1675 1765 2046 25
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Finland among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Statistics Finland
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Finland among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Finland

Sweden 32.3% Sweden 27.6%
Estonia 19.1% Russia 12.5%
Italy 6.1% United States 7.1%
Germany 4.4% Norway 5.7%
Denmark 4.2% Estonia 5.5%
Vietnam 3.7% France 5.4%
Poland 2.8% United Kingdom 3.6%
Malaysia 2.4% Poland 3.6%
Austria 1.7% Switzerland 3.2%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS FRANCE

TABLE C17
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 8041 7903 7212 7152 7019 8120 8902 9185 9509 10804 8
Exports 2063 2117 2084 1926 1935 2206 2464 2445 2634 3029 8
Imports 3070 3318 3396 3393 3629 4572 5560 6079 6380 7496 4
Consumption* 9048 9105 8524 8620 8713 10485 11998 12820 13255 15270 7
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of France among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of France among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of France

China 10.4% Belgium 8.8%
Belgium 7.4% United States 7.1%
Spain 7.2% Switzerland 7.0%
Portugal 4.0% Portugal 5.0%
Romania 3.0% Italy 4.7%
Denmark 2.3% Poland 2.5%
Indonesia 2.1% Netherlands 2.3%

54
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS GERMANY

TABLE C18
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 19543 18383 16124 15447 14226 16630 18522 18890 20436 23664 4
Exports 4268 4487 4530 4540 4819 5793 6970 7375 8440 9975 3
Imports 6674 6487 6286 6134 6309 7874 8819 9011 9555 10113 2
Consumption* 21949 20382 17880 17041 15715 18711 20371 20526 21552 23803 3
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Germany among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Verband der Deutschen Möbelindustrie e.V.
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Germany among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Germany

Poland 21.3% Netherlands 12.9%
China 11.0% France 11.5%
Italy 9.5% Austria 9.9%
Czech Republic 6.7% Switzerland 9.9%
Austria 6.1% United Kingdom 8.2%
Denmark 4.7% Belgium 6.4%
Hungary 4.4% Spain 4.0%
Slovenia 4.1% United States 3.7%
Switzerland 3.7% Italy 3.5%
South Africa 2.9% Czech Republic 3.3%

55
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS GREECE

TABLE C19
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 995 1001 890 924 982 1153 1364 1536 1682 1980 30
Exports 33 29 28 23 25 33 36 35 46 57 52
Imports 209 235 242 220 259 365 584 541 615 833 24
Consumption* 1171 1207 1105 1121 1215 1485 1911 2042 2251 2757 22
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Greece among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Greece among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Greece

Italy 35.2% Cyprus 30.2%
China 21.3% Bulgaria 14.4%
Turkey 6.7% Germany 13.1%
Germany 5.9% Romania 7.0%
Spain 2.8% Albania 4.7%
Indonesia 2.5% United Kingdom 3.3%
France 2.4% Serbia 3.2%
Malaysia 2.1% Turkey 2.9%
Vietnam 1.8% Netherlands 2.2%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS HONG KONG, CHINA

TABLE C20
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 52 38 32 27 21 22 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Exports*** 785 910 1030 964 1061 910 749 498 426 369 36
Imports 978 1120 1243 1155 1180 1042 930 783 698 692 27
Consumption* 246 248 245 219 140 154 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Hong Kong, China among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Hong Kong Trade Development Council n.a.:not available
*** Including re-exports (amounting to 367 US$ million in 2007)
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Hong Kong, China among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
HKD per US$ 7.76 7.79 7.80 7.80 7.79 7.79 7.78 7.77 7.80
HKD per EUR 8.27 7.19 6.98 7.37 8.82 9.69 9.68 9.76 10.70
Main furniture trading partners of Hong Kong, China

Italy 4.0% China 16.7%
Germany 3.0% Japan 13.9%
United States 2.4% Australia 4.3%
Malaysia 2.0% United Kingdom 4.1%
Japan 1.2% Macau 3.3%
Taiwan 0.9% India 2.5%
United Kingdom 0.9% Italy 1.7%
France 0.8% Canada 1.6%
Vietnam 0.6% South Korea 1.5%

57
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS HUNGARY

TABLE C21
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 619 658 653 725 827 955 1144 1174 1298 1477 33
Exports 447 522 525 586 649 782 871 865 944 1028 25
Imports 189 223 249 239 312 397 492 502 547 630 29
Consumption* 361 360 377 379 490 571 765 810 901 1079 37
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Hungary among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Hungary among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
0% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
HUF per US$ 237.15 282.53 286.59 257.82 224.41 202.57 199.77 210.58 183.67
HUF per EUR 252.63 260.84 256.56 243.75 253.92 251.66 248.69 264.56 251.82
Main furniture trading partners of Hungary

Poland 21.9% Austria 9.5%
Austria 10.3% United Kingdom 4.2%
Slovenia 4.8% Poland 2.5%
China 4.1% Sweden 2.4%
Czech Republic 3.2% United States 2.3%
Romania 1.9% Romania 2.3%
Slovakia 1.9% Belgium 1.8%
Portugal 1.6% Netherlands 1.7%

58
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS INDIA

TABLE C22
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 4485 4716 4808 5024 5189 5815 6744 7955 8566 10498 10
Exports 102 137 164 179 208 262 354 395 433 520 33
Imports 11 23 41 41 45 79 116 159 229 359 39
Consumption* 4394 4602 4685 4886 5026 5632 6505 7718 8362 10336 10
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of India among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of India among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
6% 6%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
INR per US$ 43.13 45.00 47.22 48.63 46.59 45.26 44.00 45.19 41.18
INR per EUR 45.95 41.54 42.27 45.97 52.74 56.29 54.78 56.77 56.46
Main furniture trading partners of India

Malaysia 27.6% United States 28.3%
Singapore 6.8% Italy 7.4%
Germany 6.0% Spain 6.1%
Thailand 4.9% Germany 4.5%
Czech Republic 4.5% Netherlands 3.0%
Japan 4.4% Canada 2.8%
Hong Kong 2.0% Belgium 2.2%

59
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS INDONESIA

TABLE C23
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 700 1577 1933 1834 1947 2049 2155 2357 2477 2643 24
Exports 354 1231 1508 1414 1502 1558 1651 1835 1843 1908 16
Imports 10 7 18 8 13 22 40 56 80 124 54
Consumption* 356 353 442 428 457 513 544 578 714 859 40
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Indonesia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Indonesia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
IDR per US$ 7855.15 8380.42 10222.30 9304.92 8564.47 8937.89 9713.63 9170.49 9138.88
IDR per EUR 8368.09 7736.80 9151.00 8796.87 9690.70 11117.80 12092.49 11520.88 12530.32
Main furniture trading partners of Indonesia

Thailand 18.7% Japan 9.7%
Singapore 11.7% Netherlands 6.7%
Japan 10.6% France 6.0%
Philippines 3.4% Germany 5.3%
Taiwan 1.3% Belgium 4.8%
Hong Kong 1.0% Italy 3.2%

60
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS IRELAND

TABLE C24
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 362 373 370 390 432 504 568 547 605 653 45
Exports 122 97 88 80 81 89 99 100 152 125 48
Imports 241 265 282 271 307 374 499 579 718 827 25
Consumption* 481 541 564 581 658 789 968 1026 1171 1354 32
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Ireland among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Central Statistics Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Ireland among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Ireland

United Kingdom 40.5% United Kingdom 86.5%
Germany 5.1% Czech Republic 0.9%
Vietnam 4.0% Germany 0.9%
Malaysia 3.6% Belgium 0.6%
Indonesia 2.2% Switzerland 0.5%
Spain 1.6% France 0.5%
United States 1.6% Sweden 0.3%
Netherlands 1.4% United Arab Emirates 0.3%

61
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS ISRAEL

TABLE C25
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1120 998 1101 958 822 907 1037 1126 1209 1432 34
Exports 37 30 29 18 20 21 36 41 27 29 57
Imports 269 252 284 293 267 221 237 244 267 335 41
Consumption* 1351 1221 1356 1234 1068 1106 1238 1329 1449 1739 28
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Israel among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Central Bureau of Statistics
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Israel among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
ILS per US$ 4.14 4.07 4.20 4.73 4.54 4.48 4.49 4.46 4.11
ILS per EUR 4.41 3.76 3.76 4.47 5.14 5.56 5.59 5.60 5.64
Main furniture trading partners of Israel

United States 6.2% South Korea 4.9%
Germany 6.0% France 4.1%
Turkey 5.7% Russia 4.0%
Sweden 4.3% Germany 3.5%
Poland 3.8% Spain 2.9%
France 3.1% Iceland 2.5%
Hong Kong 2.8% Belgium 2.5%
Taiwan 1.8% Cyprus 1.9%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS ITALY

TABLE C26
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 18427 18486 17630 17572 18414 21212 24056 23692 24507 27655 3
Exports 8509 8160 8189 8213 8492 9531 10650 10338 10663 12482 2
Imports 707 831 861 859 924 1163 1498 1701 1968 2398 11
Consumption* 10625 11157 10302 10218 10846 12844 14904 15056 15812 17570 5
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Italy among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Italy among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Italy

Romania 9.0% Germany 10.5%
Austria 8.6% United States 8.0%
Poland 5.7% Russia 7.9%
Switzerland 4.4% Spain 5.2%
France 4.4% Switzerland 4.2%
Spain 3.8% Belgium 2.9%
Indonesia 3.6% Greece 2.6%
Vietnam 2.0% Austria 2.2%

63
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS JAPAN

TABLE C27
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 16034 16735 16989 14045 12075 13208 13643 13022 12289 11895 5
Exports 170 195 282 257 287 327 422 506 574 703 31
Imports 2021 2252 2801 2817 2760 3145 3773 3899 4062 4278 6
Consumption* 17885 18792 19508 16605 14547 16027 16995 16415 15776 15470 6
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Japan among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Japan among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
JPY per US$ 113.73 107.80 121.57 125.22 115.94 108.15 110.11 116.31 117.76
JPY per EUR 121.16 99.52 108.83 118.38 131.26 134.52 137.08 146.12 161.46
Main furniture trading partners of Japan

China 48.9% China 26.6%
Thailand 6.8% United Kingdom 13.6%
Vietnam 6.3% Thailand 8.9%
Mexico 5.8% Mexico 6.5%
Taiwan 5.7% South Korea 4.4%
Malaysia 4.0% Canada 4.2%
Italy 3.4% Taiwan 2.9%
Germany 3.3% Brazil 2.2%
Austria 1.9% Indonesia 2.2%

64
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS KUWAIT

TABLE C28
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**

Exports 13 e 13 e 15 e 18 e 19 e 28 e 38 e 50 e 54 e 54 53
Imports 131 e 111 e 119 e 118 e 117 e 131 e 141 e 137 e 162 e 162 51
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Kuwait among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN Data in italics are for the previous year e: estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Kuwait among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
KWD per US$ 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28
KWD per EUR 0.32 0.28 0.27 0.29 0.34 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.39
Main furniture trading partners of Kuwait

USA 20.0% Saudi Arabia 63.8%
Italy 19.6% Qatar 11.7%
China 15.4% Bahrain 5.9%
Malaysia 10.9% Lebanon 3.7%
Germany 4.2% Syria 3.0%
Indonesia 3.6% Jordan 3.0%
Spain 2.8% Oman 2.0%
United Kingdom 2.6% USA 1.8%
Sweden 2.3% United Kingdom 0.8%

65
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS LATVIA

TABLE C29
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 80 90 116 136 185 212 252 254 285 310 51

Exports 52 80 83 93 109 135 160 160 177 192 45
Imports 32 30 34 41 51 67 73 92 136 197 47
Consumption* 60 41 68 84 127 144 165 186 245 315 51
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Latvia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Latvia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
0% 0%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
LVL per US$ 0.58 0.60 0.63 0.62 0.57 0.54 0.56 0.56 0.51
LVL per EUR 0.62 0.56 0.56 0.58 0.64 0.67 0.70 0.70 0.70
Main furniture trading partners of Latvia

Italy 14.5% Denmark 15.9%
Lithuania 12.2% United Kingdom 10.2%
China 8.7% Sweden 9.2%
Estonia 6.1% Russia 7.8%
Sweden 5.4% France 6.4%
Germany 5.3% Estonia 6.3%
Denmark 4.5% Lithuania 5.5%
Russia 3.1% Finland 4.1%
Spain 2.4% United States 3.4%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS LEBANON

TABLE C30
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Imports 59 e 54 e 49 e 56 e 56 e 51 e 60 e 55 e 56 e 56 59
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Lebanon among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Economy and Trade Data in italics are for the previous year e:estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Lebanon among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
LBP per US$ 1501.16 1504.86 1508.16 1511.44 1503.21 1512.81 1508.50 1507.42 1507.91
LBP per EUR 1599.19 1389.29 1350.10 1428.92 1700.88 1881.76 1877.93 1893.77 2067.49
Main furniture trading partners of Lebanon

Italy 20.3% United Arab Emirates 16.7%
France 7.3% Saudi Arabia 16.0%
Egypt 5.3% Qatar 6.2%
Germany 4.8% Syria 4.6%
Turkey 4.8% Kuwait 3.7%
Malaysia 4.6% France 3.4%
United States 4.5% Jordan 2.2%
Indonesia 4.2% Iraq 1.8%
Spain 3.2% Cyprus 1.4%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS LITHUANIA

TABLE C31
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 134 132 162 215 298 453 635 711 826 1069 40
Exports 74 83 113 136 205 340 452 520 631 827 29
Imports 28 24 25 32 37 56 82 103 139 201 46
Consumption* 89 73 74 111 130 168 265 293 335 442 47
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Lithuania among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Lietuvos Mediena
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Lithuania among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
6% 6%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
LTL per US$ 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.67 3.06 2.78 2.78 2.75 2.52
LTL per EUR 4.26 3.69 3.58 3.47 3.46 3.45 3.46 3.46 3.46
Main furniture trading partners of Lithuania

Poland 32.2% Sweden 15.5%
Sweden 6.9% Denmark 7.9%
Latvia 5.3% United States 4.7%
Denmark 3.6% Netherlands 4.5%
Ukraine 2.8% Norway 4.4%
Estonia 2.2% Latvia 3.7%
France 2.2% Russia 3.6%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS MALAYSIA

TABLE C32
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1212 1489 1695 1574 1895 1907 2317 2636 2931 3365 18
Exports 1088 1361 1552 1344 1452 1577 1851 1973 2198 2474 10
Imports 51 64 95 97 162 186 281 303 330 363 38
Consumption* 175 192 238 327 605 515 747 965 1062 1254 34
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Malaysia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, DOSM
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Malaysia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 6%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
MYR per US$ 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.79 3.67 3.44
MYR per EUR 4.05 3.51 3.40 3.59 4.30 4.73 4.71 4.61 4.71
Main furniture trading partners of Malaysia

Poland 9.1% Japan 9.1%
Italy 7.2% Australia 8.4%
Japan 5.6% Singapore 4.6%
Lithuania 4.7% India 3.3%
Indonesia 4.2% Canada 3.3%
Vietnam 3.8% China 2.3%
Taiwan 2.8% France 2.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS MALTA

TABLE C33
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 60 62 57 59 58 53 55 46 49 54 58
Exports 7 7 6 5 6 4 4 6 6 6 60
Imports 8 10 13 11 16 32 40 51 47 61 58
Consumption* 61 64 64 65 68 82 92 91 89 109 58
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Malta among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Population Million 0.4 60
Area Thousand Square Km 0.3 60
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Malta among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
MTL per US$ 0.40 0.44 0.45 0.43 0.38 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.31
MTL per EUR 0.43 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43
Main furniture trading partners of Malta

China 14.3% Libya 35.4%
United Kingdom 2.8% Belgium 8.9%
Spain 2.7% Germany 4.0%
Denmark 2.0% Italy 0.4%
Indonesia 1.8% Cayman Islands 0.4%
Turkey 1.8% United States 0.3%
Malaysia 1.6% Albania 0.2%
Thailand 1.4% Cyprus 0.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS MEXICO

TABLE C34
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2307 2560 3007 2880 2649 2747 2913 3097 3191 3226 20
Exports 1020 1124 1240 1073 1121 1182 1322 1463 1438 1355 21
Imports 364 395 528 558 513 542 560 677 843 972 21
Consumption* 1651 1831 2295 2365 2042 2108 2151 2311 2596 2842 21
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Mexico among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Istituto Nacional de Estadistíca Geografia e Informatica
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Mexico among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
MXN per US$ 9.55 9.46 9.34 9.66 10.79 11.29 10.89 10.91 10.93
MXN per EUR 10.18 8.73 8.36 9.14 12.22 14.04 13.56 13.70 14.98
Main furniture trading partners of Mexico

United States 44.6% United States 83.3%
China 26.4% Canada 12.1%
Spain 4.0% Germany 0.5%
Canada 2.8% Colombia 0.5%
Taiwan 2.6% Guatemala 0.5%
Brazil 2.1% Venezuela 0.3%
Malaysia 1.7% Costa Rica 0.2%
Indonesia 1.5% El Salvador 0.2%
Germany 1.2% Dominican Republic 0.2%

71
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS NETHERLANDS

TABLE C35
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2252 2283 1994 1821 1863 2136 2464 2539 2784 3199 21
Exports 746 787 739 651 742 937 1071 1177 1286 1451 19
Imports 1795 1808 1737 1664 1704 1992 2282 2443 2570 2962 9
Consumption* 3302 3304 2992 2835 2826 3191 3676 3805 4068 4710 15
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Netherlands among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Statistics Netherlands
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Netherlands among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Netherlands

China 20.6% Belgium 22.6%
Belgium 15.5% United Kingdom 10.6%
Indonesia 6.2% France 6.7%
Poland 4.8% Switzerland 3.1%
Italy 3.5% Portugal 2.9%
Vietnam 2.9% Sweden 2.4%
Malaysia 2.0% Denmark 2.3%
Romania 1.8% Spain 2.2%
Turkey 1.5% Ireland 1.7%

72
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS NEW ZEALAND

TABLE C36
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 576 650 499 466 490 638 745 840 792 962 42
Exports 34 44 39 40 40 47 61 61 66 73 51
Imports 85 102 93 89 113 154 220 256 264 310 42
Consumption* 626 707 553 515 563 745 904 1035 990 1199 35
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of New Zealand among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, NZ Manufacturers Federation
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of New Zealand among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NZD per US$ 1.89 2.19 2.38 2.15 1.72 1.51 1.42 1.54 1.36
NZD per EUR 2.01 2.02 2.13 2.04 1.94 1.87 1.77 1.94 1.86
Main furniture trading partners of New Zealand

China 50.7% Australia 70.6%
Australia 8.9% United States 11.5%
Vietnam 8.3% Fiji 2.5%
Malaysia 7.5% Hong Kong 2.2%
Italy 5.4% Western Samoa 1.6%
United States 3.4% Austria 1.5%
Indonesia 3.3% United Kingdom 1.4%
Taiwan 2.1% Germany 1.1%
Germany 2.0% Cook Islands 1.1%
Thailand 1.5% Singapore 0.7%

73
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS NORWAY

TABLE C37
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 848 780 788 784 824 935 1016 1077 1101 1250 35
Exports 288 297 297 285 291 320 383 387 451 509 35
Imports 702 670 658 653 752 884 1048 1200 1345 1693 16
Consumption* 1262 1152 1150 1153 1285 1498 1680 1890 1995 2434 23
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Norway among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Statistics Norway
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Norway among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NOK per US$ 7.81 8.81 9.00 7.98 7.08 6.74 6.44 6.41 5.86
NOK per EUR 8.32 8.14 8.05 7.55 8.02 8.38 8.02 8.05 8.03
Main furniture trading partners of Norway

Sweden 29.7% Germany 15.8%
Denmark 21.4% Sweden 15.0%
Poland 6.7% Denmark 11.7%
Lithuania 4.2% France 8.3%
Germany 3.7% Netherlands 5.4%
Finland 1.5% Japan 2.8%
Estonia 1.2% Switzerland 2.4%
Malaysia 1.2% Belgium 2.1%

74
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS PHILIPPINES

TABLE C38
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 638 664 766 685 635 646 692 743 777 815 43
Exports 322 353 380 291 310 275 280 303 275 258 41
Imports 51 62 63 45 44 46 42 56 74 94 56
Consumption* 367 372 449 439 370 417 454 496 576 651 45
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Philippines among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, National Statistical Office,
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Philippines among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
PHP per US$ 39.09 44.22 51.00 51.59 54.21 56.04 55.06 51.29 46.07
PHP per EUR 41.64 40.82 45.65 48.77 61.34 69.71 68.54 64.43 63.16
Main furniture trading partners of Philippines

Malaysia 13.1% Japan 8.6%
Thailand 9.6% Australia 2.5%
South Korea 8.4% United Kingdom 2.2%
Taiwan 8.0% Italy 2.2%
United States 7.0% France 1.8%
Hong Kong 5.8% Netherlands 1.7%
Japan 5.8% Germany 1.4%
Indonesia 4.1% Spain 1.4%
Singapore 3.4% Saudi Arabia 1.3%

75
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS POLAND

TABLE C39
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2917 3035 3223 3442 3949 4872 6227 7078 8114 9997 11
Exports 1847 1885 2105 2386 2756 3698 4730 5310 5929 7136 4
Imports 317 349 349 382 403 592 704 826 932 1230 19
Consumption* 1387 1499 1467 1437 1596 1766 2201 2594 3117 4091 16
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Poland among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Poland among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
PLN per US$ 3.97 4.35 4.10 4.08 3.89 3.65 3.24 3.11 2.77
PLN per EUR 4.23 4.01 3.67 3.86 4.40 4.53 4.03 3.90 3.79
Main furniture trading partners of Poland

Czech Republic 6.2% Czech Republic 5.8%
France 6.1% Belgium 5.3%
Sweden 4.1% Sweden 4.6%
Slovakia 3.4% Netherlands 3.6%
Denmark 3.4% United States 2.9%
Spain 2.5% Slovakia 2.8%
Austria 2.2% Hungary 2.2%

76
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS PORTUGAL

TABLE C40
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 976 1216 1164 970 1100 1449 1616 1601 1635 1887 31
Exports 324 321 323 386 461 729 921 851 868 1104 24
Imports 295 326 302 306 348 430 544 552 579 748 26
Consumption* 947 1221 1142 889 987 1149 1239 1302 1346 1532 30
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Portugal among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Portugal among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Portugal

Spain 33.7% Spain 37.9%
Germany 11.2% Angola 8.2%
Italy 11.2% Sweden 6.3%
Netherlands 4.9% Czech Republic 1.6%
China 3.2% Hungary 1.3%
Belgium 1.3% Germany 1.1%
Denmark 1.1% United Kingdom 1.1%
Czech Republic 0.8% Belgium 1.0%

77
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS ROMANIA

TABLE C41
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 677 615 630 699 786 1013 1368 1525 1676 2053 29
Exports 433 419 441 497 610 776 1015 1099 1205 1509 18
Imports 51 48 64 78 95 134 186 277 364 551 35
Consumption* 296 244 253 280 272 370 539 702 835 1096 36
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Romania among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Ministry of Industry and Resources
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Romania among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
6% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* 2006 2007
ROL per US$ 15332.84 21457.60 29051.69 33051.51 33204.52 32617.09 2.97 2.81 2.44
ROL per EUR 16334.07 19809.66 26007.07 31246.90 37570.91 40509.70 3.70 3.53 3.34
* Introduction of New Leu (RON): 1RON=10000 ROL
Main furniture trading partners of Romania

China 10.3% Italy 11.9%
Turkey 8.1% United Kingdom 8.1%
Germany 6.7% Austria 6.4%
Hungary 6.2% Netherlands 5.5%
France 4.6% Hungary 5.2%
Czech Republic 2.4% Belgium 3.9%
Austria 2.3% Sweden 2.9%
Greece 1.6% United States 2.5%

78
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS RUSSIA

TABLE C42
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 721 538 657 740 835 1099 1394 1595 2182 2932 22
Exports 49 59 83 91 91 132 191 222 264 340 38
Imports 801 492 553 614 638 783 1064 1297 1682 2294 13
Consumption* 1473 970 1126 1263 1382 1749 2267 2670 3601 4886 13
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Russia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Eurostat, Association of Furniture Enterprises
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Russia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
9% 9%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
RUB per US$ 24.62 28.12 29.19 31.39 30.67 28.80 28.30 27.19 25.58
RUB per EUR 26.23 25.96 26.13 29.67 34.71 35.81 35.23 34.15 35.07
Main furniture trading partners of Russia

Italy 42.8% Kazakhstan 38.6%
Poland 5.4% Ukraine 6.1%
Austria 3.8% Italy 3.7%
Ukraine 3.6% Poland 3.5%
Spain 3.6% Sweden 2.8%
France 2.3% Netherlands 2.4%
Finland 1.8% United States 2.4%

79
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SAUDI ARABIA

TABLE C43
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Saudi Arabia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN Data in italics are for the previous year e: estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Saudi Arabia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SAR per US$ 3.74 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75
SAR per EUR 3.99 3.46 3.36 3.54 4.24 4.66 4.67 4.71 5.14
Main furniture trading partners of Saudi Arabia

China 43.6% Sudan 15.1%
Italy 11.0% Qatar 11.9%
United States 6.3% Sri Lanka 7.7%
Malaysia 5.3% Bahrain 6.5%
Egypt 3.4% United Arab Emirates 6.0%
Turkey 2.6% India 4.7%
Spain 2.5% Kuwait 4.4%
France 2.5% Jordan 3.8%
United Arab Emirates 2.1% Philippines 3.2%
Jordan 1.5% Pakistan 2.5%

80
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SERBIA

TABLE C44
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 95 119 158 159 148 175 228 54

Exports 26 33 56 61 77 106 163 47
Imports 27 43 50 81 70 84 132 52
Consumption* 96 128 152 179 141 152 197 57
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Serbia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Statistical Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Total GNP at PPP US$ billion n.a. n.a.
Per Capita GNP at PPP US$ n.a. n.a.
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Serbia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CSD per US$ 56.86 58.09 66.97 67.29 58.46
CSD per EUR 64.34 72.28 83.37 84.54 80.16
Main furniture trading partners of Serbia

Italy 23.1% Montenegro 20.3%
China 15.3% Bosnia Herzegovina 15.7%
Slovenia 9.6% Slovenia 9.7%
Bosnia Herzegovina 9.6% Croatia 8.5%
Croatia 5.6% Italy 7.7%
Germany 4.7% Macedonia 4.5%
Spain 2.2% Netherlands 3.4%
France 1.7% Belgium 2.6%

81
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SINGAPORE

TABLE C45
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 327 296 313 272 340 323 304 292 289 271 53
Exports 96 77 91 80 71 67 77 142 157 179 46
Imports 327 368 420 338 305 318 309 376 440 564 32
Consumption* 557 588 642 530 574 575 537 526 572 656 44
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Singapore among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Singapore Economic Development Board, International Enterprise Singapore
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Singapore among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SGD per US$ 1.70 1.73 1.79 1.79 1.74 1.69 1.66 1.59 1.51
SGD per EUR 1.81 1.59 1.61 1.69 1.97 2.10 2.07 2.00 2.07
Main furniture trading partners of Singapore

Malaysia 28.1% Indonesia 18.8%
China 24.1% Malaysia 11.5%
Italy 9.2% India 10.3%
United States 5.7% United States 7.7%
Germany 4.9% Japan 5.9%
Indonesia 4.3% United Arab Emirates 4.6%
Taiwan 2.5% Australia 3.4%
United Kingdom 2.3% France 3.2%
Australia 1.9% China 2.8%
France 1.8% Hong Kong 2.4%

82
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SLOVAKIA

TABLE C46
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 242 251 281 340 425 571 691 786 834 1108 39
Exports 187 172 199 272 357 477 572 645 721 981 26
Imports 68 56 61 77 93 113 156 184 210 270 43
Consumption* 123 135 143 144 161 207 274 325 323 397 49
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Slovakia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Slovakia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 4%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SKK per US$ 41.36 45.47 48.38 45.28 36.76 32.22 31.08 29.69 24.69
SKK per EUR 44.06 41.98 43.31 42.81 41.59 40.02 38.69 37.30 33.85
Main furniture trading partners of Slovakia

Czech Republic 17.6% United Kingdom 9.8%
Slovenia 14.3% Czech Republic 8.6%
Austria 6.8% United States 6.0%
Italy 3.0% Belgium 4.6%
Hungary 1.9% Poland 4.3%
China 1.6% Italy 2.7%

83
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SLOVENIA

TABLE C47
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 600 645 615 662 749 918 1061 1070 1094 1175 37
Exports 553 601 574 618 701 860 1084 1214 1298 1429 20
Imports 122 131 116 125 147 187 283 432 533 662 28
Consumption* 170 175 157 169 195 245 259 288 329 409 48
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Slovenia among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, UN, Statistical Office of Slovenia
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Slovenia among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007*
SIT per US$ 181.77 224.57 243.62 239.60 207.07 192.43 192.88 191.00 174.78
SIT per EUR 193.64 207.33 218.09 226.51 234.30 239.09 240.11 239.95 239.64
Introduction of the EURO (EUR): 1EUR=239.64 SIT
Main furniture trading partners of Slovenia

Croatia 29.1% Germany 38.9%
Bosnia Herzegovina 17.7% Austria 7.0%
Germany 14.1% Slovakia 6.7%
Italy 9.7% Croatia 6.0%
Austria 6.6% Russia 5.6%
Serbia 2.4% Italy 3.6%
Slovakia 1.7% Czech Republic 2.0%

84
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SOUTH AFRICA

TABLE C48
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1058 1040 901 723 698 979 1190 1116 1133 1113 38
Exports 434 438 396 388 435 530 620 529 475 516 34
Imports 68 99 100 105 122 151 227 345 431 479 36
Consumption* 692 702 605 441 385 600 798 932 1089 1076 38
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of South Africa among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Statistics South Africa
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of South Africa among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
4% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
ZAR per US$ 6.12 6.95 8.61 10.52 7.56 6.44 6.36 6.77 7.05
ZAR per EUR 6.52 6.41 7.71 9.94 8.55 8.01 7.92 8.50 9.66
Main furniture trading partners of South Africa

Malaysia 4.4% Spain 4.0%
Indonesia 4.1% Canada 3.9%
Thailand 3.7% Mozambique 2.2%
United States 3.5% Italy 1.8%
Hungary 2.6% Zambia 1.5%
Czech Republic 2.4% Angola 1.4%
Poland 1.9% Australia 0.9%

85
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SOUTH KOREA

TABLE C49
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2243 2923 3503 3887 4339 4657 5175 5899 6457 6671 12
Exports 169 166 197 174 175 207 270 410 577 616 32
Imports 102 150 219 233 366 485 554 798 1113 1358 18
Consumption* 2176 2907 3525 3946 4529 4936 5459 6286 6993 7414 11
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of South Korea among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Korea Furniture Association
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of South Korea among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
KRW per US$ 1189.84 1130.90 1292.01 1250.31 1192.08 1145.24 1023.75 954.32 928.97
KRW per EUR 1267.54 1044.05 1156.61 1182.04 1349.55 1424.45 1274.47 1198.91 1273.71
Main furniture trading partners of South Korea

China 73.2% China 46.2%
Vietnam 4.8% Japan 6.5%
Germany 3.6% Kazakhstan 2.5%
Japan 2.4% Uzbekistan 2.3%
United States 1.9% Venezuela 2.0%
Malaysia 1.1% Canada 1.9%
Thailand 1.0% Russia 1.4%
France 0.5% Colombia 1.4%

86
WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SPAIN

TABLE C50
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 5738 5903 5301 5431 6025 7459 8306 8550 9267 10620 9
Exports 1428 1326 1402 1395 1381 1592 1694 1724 1703 2012 14
Imports 671 696 847 886 983 1470 2035 2315 2501 3518 7
Consumption* 4982 5273 4746 4922 5627 7336 8647 9141 10065 12126 9
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Spain among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Spain among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
0% 0%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EUR per US$ 0.94 1.08 1.12 1.06 0.88 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.73
Main furniture trading partners of Spain

France 15.4% Portugal 12.6%
Portugal 9.5% Germany 4.5%
Poland 3.8% Russia 4.1%
Brazil 1.9% Netherlands 2.7%
Czech Republic 1.9% Mexico 2.5%
Vietnam 1.7% Belgium 2.3%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SWEDEN

TABLE C51
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2094 2071 2058 1872 1957 2355 2698 2808 3004 3344 19
Exports 1224 1213 1209 1074 1132 1327 1549 1620 1834 2256 11
Imports 763 852 851 822 978 1224 1400 1450 1648 2201 14
Consumption* 1633 1710 1700 1620 1803 2252 2548 2638 2818 3289 19
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Sweden among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Eurostat, Statistics Sweden
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Sweden among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
2% 2%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SEK per US$ 8.27 9.17 10.34 9.72 8.08 7.35 7.47 7.37 6.76
SEK per EUR 8.81 8.47 9.26 9.19 9.15 9.14 9.30 9.26 9.26
Main furniture trading partners of Sweden

China 16.4% Norway 30.9%
Poland 13.6% Denmark 12.2%
Denmark 13.0% Finland 8.5%
Norway 5.9% United States 5.3%
Lithuania 5.8% France 5.0%
Finland 4.1% Belgium 2.5%
Estonia 2.6% Switzerland 2.4%
Slovakia 2.1% Netherlands 2.4%

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ORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS SWITZERLAND

TABLE C52
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 748 733 682 685 679 767 884 934 987 1178 36
Exports 515 541 535 450 405 487 566 617 642 768 30
Imports 1523 1585 1490 1431 1502 1748 1970 2115 2250 2702 10
Consumption* 1756 1777 1636 1667 1776 2028 2287 2432 2595 3112 20
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Switzerland among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Switzerland among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
CHF per US$ 1.50 1.69 1.69 1.56 1.35 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.20
CHF per EUR 1.60 1.56 1.51 1.47 1.52 1.55 1.55 1.57 1.65
Main furniture trading partners of Switzerland

Poland 4.4% Netherlands 3.9%
Sweden 3.0% United States 2.6%
Denmark 2.4% Belgium 2.5%
Netherlands 1.4% Japan 2.2%
Belgium 1.0% United Arab Emirates 1.6%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS TAIWAN

TABLE C53
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 2667 2852 2841 2344 2240 2244 2319 2422 2558 2621 25
Exports 1533 1666 1699 1254 1143 1135 1185 1194 1191 1246 23
Imports 251 253 275 217 203 213 281 317 315 350 40
Consumption* 1385 1439 1418 1307 1300 1323 1414 1545 1682 1725 29
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Taiwan among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, Board of Foreign Trade
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Taiwan among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
TWD per US$ 32.32 31.26 33.82 34.54 34.41 33.37 32.13 32.51 32.85
TWD per EUR 34.43 28.86 30.28 32.65 38.95 41.51 40.00 40.84 45.04
Main furniture trading partners of Taiwan

Vietnam 8.4% Japan 16.3%
Japan 7.7% United Kingdom 6.0%
Indonesia 6.0% China 3.2%
Germany 5.1% Canada 2.8%
Thailand 2.4% Australia 2.2%
United States 2.2% Netherlands 1.9%
Poland 1.7% Spain 1.8%
Malaysia 1.5% Sweden 1.8%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS THAILAND

TABLE C54
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1296 1454 1617 1475 1617 1749 1941 2040 2101 2483 26
Exports 597 756 913 828 912 993 1149 1203 1151 1297 22
Imports 19 25 36 55 61 82 129 142 172 182 50
Consumption* 718 723 740 702 766 838 921 978 1122 1368 31
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Thailand among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Thai Customs Department
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Thailand among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
THB per US$ 37.89 40.21 44.53 43.02 41.56 40.27 40.25 37.88 32.20
THB per EUR 40.36 37.12 39.87 40.67 47.05 50.09 50.11 47.58 44.15
Main furniture trading partners of Thailand

Japan 34.7% United States 26.1%
China 27.4% Japan 23.2%
Italy 3.2% Indonesia 2.2%
Taiwan 2.4% Belgium 1.7%
Philippines 1.9% Canada 1.6%
Myanmar (Burma) 1.8% Germany 1.6%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS TURKEY

TABLE C55
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 1191 1165 1098 849 1088 1201 1283 1743 1876 2120 28
Exports 80 98 130 143 213 341 465 558 642 867 28
Imports 172 143 177 107 109 149 258 335 471 629 30
Consumption* 1283 1210 1144 813 985 1008 1077 1519 1705 1882 26
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Turkey among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Igeme
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Turkey among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
3% 3%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* 2006 2007
TRY per US$ 418782.9 621201.6 1234100.4 1515540.6 1501668.2 1429384.7 1.35 1.44 1.31
TRY per EUR 446129.4 573493.4 1104766.7 1432792.1 1699137.5 1777052.0 1.68 1.81 1.79
*Introduction of New Turkish Lira (TRY): 1 TRY=1 million TRL
Main furniture trading partners of Turkey

Italy 15.6% Iraq 8.6%
France 8.7% Netherlands 5.8%
Poland 5.7% Greece 5.7%
United Kingdom 4.8% Iran 4.9%
Spain 3.7% United Kingdom 4.7%
Indonesia 3.6% Cyprus 3.6%
South Korea 2.4% Romania 3.5%
United States 2.0% Russia 3.0%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS UKRAINE

TABLE C56
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 393 315 345 344 382 438 528 673 810 1002 41
Exports 35 35 52 62 60 82 98 133 164 220 43
Imports 200 143 140 164 178 205 251 270 362 551 34
Consumption* 557 423 434 446 500 561 681 810 1007 1334 33
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Ukraine among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, JSC Kiev International contract Fair
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Ukraine among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
7% 6%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
UAH per US$ 4.31 5.45 5.37 5.33 5.33 5.32 5.10 5.04 5.04
UAH per EUR 4.59 5.04 4.81 5.04 6.03 6.62 6.35 6.33 6.91
Main furniture trading partners of Ukraine

Italy 43.2% Russia 37.1%
China 8.9% Kazakhstan 6.6%
Russia 4.7% Moldova 5.3%
Spain 1.9% Poland 4.5%
Lithuania 1.4% United Kingdom 3.3%
South Korea 1.3% Belarus 2.8%
France 1.3% Lithuania 2.8%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

TABLE C57
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 131 e 135 e 172 e 162 e 163 e 181 e 200 e 181 e 237 e n.a. n.a.
Consumption* 351 e 298 e 362 e 367 e 388 e 460 e 573 e 656 e 793 e n.a. n.a.
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of the UAE among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN Data in italics are for the previous year e: estimante
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of the UAE among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 5%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
AED per US$ 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67
AED per EUR 3.91 3.39 3.29 3.47 4.16 4.57 4.57 4.61 5.04
Main furniture trading partners of United Arab Emirates

Origin of furniture imports
China 25.6%
Italy 17.6%
Malaysia 12.6%
France 6.0%
United States 4.9%
Germany 4.6%
Sweden 2.8%
Thailand 2.4%
United Kingdom 2.4%
Austria 2.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS UNITED KINGDOM

TABLE C58
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 8858 8994 8450 8298 8502 9029 10384 10154 10411 11662 7
Exports 1350 1324 1226 1144 1079 1129 1311 1336 1456 1639 17
Imports 2646 2932 3245 3411 4284 5375 6772 6730 7232 8323 3
Consumption* 10155 10602 10470 10564 11707 13275 15845 15549 16187 18346 4
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of United Kingdom among 60 countries, last available year
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of United Kingdom among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
1% 1%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
GBP per US$ 0.62 0.66 0.69 0.67 0.61 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.50
GBP per EUR 0.66 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68
Main furniture trading partners of United Kingdom

China 29.3% Ireland 34.1%
Vietnam 3.0% Belgium 4.2%
Malaysia 2.6% Netherlands 3.5%
Denmark 2.4% Italy 2.4%
United States 2.1% Japan 1.6%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS UNITED STATES

TABLE C59
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 58319 60706 62253 58215 58208 57509 59091 62944 65006 66606 e 2
Exports 2426 2380 2826 2403 2138 2351 2662 2908 3204 3583 6
Imports 10275 12604 14970 14624 16781 18718 21406 23763 25440 25996 1
Consumption* 66169 70930 74398 70436 72851 73875 77835 83799 87242 89019 e 1
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of United States among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, US Census Bureau, AFMA, BIFMA e: estimate
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of United States among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
0% 0%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
USD per EUR 1.07 0.92 0.90 0.95 1.13 1.24 1.24 1.26 1.37
Main furniture trading partners of United States

China 54.0% Canada 54.2%
Canada 14.0% Mexico 8.4%
Vietnam 4.6% United Kingdom 4.6%
Mexico 4.3% Japan 2.9%
Italy 3.6% China 2.5%
Malaysia 3.1% Australia 1.6%
Taiwan 2.5% United Arab Emirates 1.3%
Indonesia 2.4% Bahamas 1.2%
Thailand 1.3% France 1.1%

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WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS VIETNAM

TABLE C60
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Ranking**
Production 325 413 535 653 850 1336 1929 2556 3075 3895 15
Exports 221 304 398 431 580 856 1293 1931 2385 3120 7
Imports 15 9 9 9 13 22 30 52 76 93 57
Consumption* 118 118 146 231 283 503 666 677 767 867 39
* Apparent consumption = Production – Exports + Imports ** Ranking of Vietnam among 60 countries, last available year
Sources: CSIL, UN, Vietnamese Trade Information Centre
Economic indicators
Value Ranking*
Source: World Bank, last available year (normally 2006) * Ranking of Vietnam among 60 countries, last available year

2008 2009
5% 6%
Source: CSIL
Exchange rates
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
VND per US$ 13932.45 13902.62 14525.37 15267.19 15508.94 15737.88 15853.67 15992.16 16084.48
VND per EUR 14842.24 12834.90 13003.11 14433.60 17548.36 19576.20 19736.24 20090.95 22053.43
Main furniture trading partners of Vietnam

Japan 17.7% Japan 10.9%
Taiwan 6.8% France 6.7%
Malaysia 4.7% Germany 5.7%
South Korea 3.0% Netherlands 2.8%
Singapore 2.2% Canada 2.7%
Indonesia 1.7% Australia 2.6%
Germany 1.7% South Korea 2.5%
United States 1.1% Spain 2.5%

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Appendix
Notes, presentation conventions, classification of countries
1. Billion means 1000 million.
2. All dollar figures are in current US$ unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures in italics indicate data that are for years other than those specified.
4. Growth rates for GDP are in real terms.
5. Population and GNP data for all countries except Taiwan are either from the World Development
Indicators, World Bank, or from the World Economic Outlook Database, IMF. Data for Taiwan are from the
Directorate-General of Budget, Taiwan.
6. Eurostat data were converted to US$ using exchange rates from the US Federal Reserve.
7. Furniture trade data were processed by CSIL mainly on the basis of UN and Eurostat data. Other sources
include: US Census Bureau, Industry Canada, Bancomext (Mexico), Ministry of Finance (Japan), Board of
Foreign Trade (Taiwan), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Malaysia), Thai Customs
Department (Thailand).
8. Furniture trade data for all countries except members of the European Union refer either to headings
94.01 and 94.03 of the Harmonized System, excluding seats of a kind used for aircraft and seats of a kind
used for motor vehicles, or to code 821 of SITC Rev. 3, excluding seats of a kind used for aircraft, seats of
a kind used for motor vehicles, mattresses supports, mattresses and similar furnishing.
9. Furniture trade data for European countries are from Eurostat and refer to the following codes of the
Combined Nomenclature: 94.01 and 94.03, excluding seats of a kind used for aircraft and seats of a kind
used for motor vehicles.
10. Discrepancies in data presented in different editions of the World Furniture Indicators reflect updates by
statistical offices, revisions to historical series and changes in methodology. Readers are advised not to
compare data series between different editions of the Indicators. This refers to several European
countries, for which CSIL revised the entire series of furniture data. The change was due to the fact that
more detailed and more standardized statistics for the European countries are now available.
11. Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong (listed separately). Trade data for China should be used
with caution because of discrepancies between Chinese statistics on exports to the US and US statistics
on imports from China. Much of the discrepancy stems from transshipments through Hong Kong which are
classified differently by different countries. The US attributes to China all imports which are shipped
through Hong Kong while China treats this trade as exports to Hong Kong (the last known destination).
Markups in price during transshipment (difficult to estimate, amounting probably to about 30% of value)
result in additional differences. Discrepancies also exist in treatment of insurance and freight. Finally there
are differences due to unrecorded shipments, under-invoicing and misdeclaration of products.

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12. Regarding furniture trade data, there are often discrepancies between the import data recorded by the
importing countries and the export data of the relevant exporting countries. This is due to a variety of
causes: different treatment of insurance and freight, unrecorded shipments, under-invoicing, fraudulent
declarations and time gaps in recording at the end of the year (for example, trade recorded as exports in
December and imports in the following January).
13. The 60 countries covered by the World Furniture Indicators were selected by CSIL on the basis of size of
the economy, importance of the furniture sector and contribution to world furniture trade. The geographical
classification of the 60 countries is as follows:
European Union (27) + Norway and Switzerland: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (i.e. the EU
15 less Luxembourg for which furniture data are listed together with those of Belgium), Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia (i.e. the 12 new members of the European Union), plus Norway and Switzerland (28
countries).
Central and Eastern Europe outside the EU & Russia: Croatia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine
(5 countries).
Asia and Pacific : China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand (14 countries).
Middle East and Africa : Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and
South Africa (7 countries).
North America : Canada, Mexico, US (3 countries).
South America : Argentina, Brazil, Chile (3 countries).
14. The following country groupings are also used:
7 Major industrial countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US.
E4 (Large European economies): France, Germany, Italy, UK.
Major furniture exporting emerging countries: China, Poland, Vietnam, Malaysia.

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WORLD FURNITURE OUTLOOK

July 08 – R2433 COUNTRY REPORTS

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Research prepared by U. Finzi, S. Pelizzari and A. Tracogna

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PART I – THE OUTLOOK 1

PART II – WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS 2008 23

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Table C1 Argentina 38 Table C31 Lithuania 68

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The world furniture market

Other developed countries

Other emerging countries

Emerging Countries (38%)

Source: CSIL processing

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Source: CSIL processing of United Nations, Eurostat and national data

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Source: CSIL processing of United Nations, Eurostat and national data

Source: CSIL from industry and official data

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The world economy in 2008 and 2009

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annual percentage change

12% 10% 10%

Source: CSIL processing

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The “World Furniture Outlook 2008 and 2009” for 60 countries

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WORLD FURNITURE MARKET OUTLOOK 2009

DENMARK +2% LITHUANIA +6% POLAND +4%

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2 The world furniture market

Overview of furniture production and trade

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Developed countries and emerging countries

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Average per capita GNP

*At production prices, excluding markup

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World geographic regions and trade areas

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3 Market shares of the leading

The main furniture exporting countries

Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL

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Indonesia Other developed countries

Emerging countries (25%)

United States Developed Countries (50%)

Other emerging countries

Sources: UN, Eurostat, CSIL

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¾ the European Union (15) loses about 15 percentage points

¾ the new EU members gains about 5 percentage points

¾ the Asia and Pacific area gains about 16 percentage points

The opening of furniture markets over the past ten years