Furniture exports reach €8 bln – report

The value of furniture exported from Poland increased last year to €8.02 billion from €7.32 billion a year earlier, which is a 9.1 percent growth, Center for Trade Analysis (CAB) said in its report. According to the CAB data, 3.58 million metric tons of furniture were exported from Poland in the whole 2017, 8.2 percent more than in 2016. “Export increased in each of the nine analyzed segments in 2017. The largest increase was recorded by mattress exporters, whose sales increased by as much as 14.3 percent to €652 million,” said CAB analyst Maximilian Miros. According to the CAB, a clear increase in exports testifies to the good condition of the entire furniture industry, which exports over 80 percent of its production. In 2017, furniture from Poland was sold to 178 countries around the world. The largest recipient of Polish furniture is Germany, which bought 36 percent of Polish exports worth €2.89 billion.