Wood industry news | China's furniture exports surge 18.3% in the first half of the year!

From a single month in June, the export value of furniture, ceramics, lamps and lighting products fell last month. Among them, the export value of furniture and its parts was 39.27 billion yuan, down 11.4%; Exports of ceramic products were 11.79 billion yuan, down 8.2% from the previous quarter; The export value of lamps, lighting fixtures and their parts was 26.23 billion yuan, down 1.4% from the previous quarter.

 

From the perspective of each month in the first half of the year, from January to April, the export value of home building materials products rose month by month. However, starting from May, exports of furniture and ceramic products declined last month, and the decline gradually expanded. The export of lamps and lighting products is relatively stable.
In terms of trade partnership, in the first half of this year, ASEAN was the largest trading partner, with the total trade value between China and ASEAN reaching 3.36 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.5%, accounting for 15.9% of China's total foreign trade value. The EU is the second largest trading partner, and the total value of trade between China and the EU was 2.72 trillion yuan, down 0.7%, accounting for 12.8%. The United States is the third largest trading partner, and the total value of trade between China and the United States reached 2.29 trillion yuan, up 2.9 percent, accounting for 10.8 percent. South Korea is the fourth largest trading partner, and the total trade value between China and South Korea reached 1.13 trillion yuan, up 7.6%, accounting for 5.3%. In the same period, China's total import and export to countries jointly building the Belt and Road reached 10.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.2%.