The United Kingdom has two main suppliers for its furniture trade with the world: the European Community and Asia and Oceania. While furniture imported from the countries in Asia and Oceania had the highest value at nearly 3.15 billion British pounds, the EU supplied 2.66 billion British pounds worth of furniture in 2020.
EU: an important import and export partner for the UK
The EU is one of the main trading partners of the UK for furniture, both in imports and exports. In fact, UK exports of furniture to the EU had the greatest value at in 2020. Following the EU, North America was another destination for UK furniture at about half the value of those exported to the EU. The total value of furniture imports into the UK was as high as 6.4 billion British pounds that year.
Manufacture of furniture in the UK
In the United Kingdom (UK), there are over 6,000 enterprises in the business of manufacturing furniture. Turnover generated from these businesses saw fluctuations in the past decade, yet settled at 9 billion British pounds in 2019.
Value of furniture imports into the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by continent of origin
(in million GBP)
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HM Revenue and Customs. (September 13, 2021). Value of furniture imports into the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by continent of origin (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/308566/uk-united-kingdom-furniture-imports-value-by-continent-of-origin/
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Value of furniture imports into the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by continent of origin (in million GBP) [Graph], HM Revenue and Customs, September 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/308566/uk-united-kingdom-furniture-imports-value-by-continent-of-origin/