Blog - Household

In 2020, American purchases of jewelry and silverware from China and France reduced in value terms by -25% y/y and -46% y/y, respectively. By contrast, Indian supplies soared by +56% y/y. In physical terms, imports from India grew more than twofold. 

In 2020, approx. 35K tonnes of metal office furniture were imported into the Netherlands, rising by 30% on the previous year. In value terms, supplies skyrocketed from $108M to $142M.

Global trade volume of metal household furniture soared to $33B, reaching the highest level ever. The U.S. remains the key importer of metal furniture worldwide, accounting for 32% of total supplies in 2020.

The leading importer in the global mattress market, the U.S. ramped up foreign purchases from $295M to $1.6B over the past decade. Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia constitute the major suppliers of mattresses to the U.S. 

In 2020, American imports of wooden furniture for kitchens soared by +22% y-o-y to 52M units or $1.9B in value terms. Supplies from Vietnam and Malaysia offset the dramatic drop in imports from China after the tariffs on Chinese products increased. Among other countries, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Mexico saw the highest spikes in wooden kitchen furniture exports to the U.S. The average wooden kitchen furniture import price dropped by -18.1% against the previous year. 

A spike in the fitness equipment imports in the EU has been recorded during the pandemic year, driven by growing demand from retail consumers while fitness clubs' activity was limited. In 2020, the import value rose by +9.6% y-o-y to $3.4B. Germany, France and the Netherlands remain the largest importers of gym and fitness equipment in the EU.

The pandemic hampers the gym and fitness equipment market with the limitations to public fitness clubs. Not being able to visit fitness clubs, many people keep training at home and therefore buy more equipment online with delivery.

The EU wooden bedroom furniture market amounted to $5.1B in 2019. With exports of $897M, Poland remains the largest producer and exporter in Europe.

The U.S. wood office furniture market rose to $3.9B in 2019, increasing by 2.4% against the previous year. This...

The revenue of the office furniture market in the U.S. amounted to $8.5B in 2018, surging by 4.7% against the previous yea...

The global upright piano market revenue amounted to $352M in 2017, growing by 4.2% against the previous year. This figure ...

The revenue of the metal household furniture market in the U.S. amounted to $10B in 2017, picking up by 11% against the pr...