Italy Furniture Apparent Consumption
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Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409 imports and exports, HS 9401, 9402 and 9403; Eurostat annual SBS tables sbs_na_ind_r2 and sbs_ovw_act, plus monthly STS_INPR_M and STS_INPP_M for NACE C31 production turnover.
Source description: Annual furniture apparent consumption by EU country, calculated as production plus imports minus exports. Trade values are Eurostat Comext imports and exports for HS 9401, 9402 and 9403. Production is aggregated from monthly nominal production turnover.
Table ID: industry/consumption/eu_furniture_apparent_consumption_yearly
Key findings:
- In 2025, Italian furniture apparent consumption increased versus 2024, pointing to a firmer domestic availability signal.
- The 2025 level is near the upper end of the reported range, showing a comparatively strong market-availability position.
- From 2018 to 2025, apparent consumption increased (31.2%), production turnover increased (23.6%), and retail turnover increased (29%). This separates the production-and-trade availability trend from the factory-value and consumer-facing retail trends.
Latest data:
| x_axis | value |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 14808.4 |
| 2019 | 14413.6 |
| 2020 | 13111 |
| 2021 | 16227.2 |
| 2022 | 18377.6 |
| 2023 | 18054.2 |
| 2024 | 18278.1 |
| 2025 | 19427.7 |
Methodology: Apparent Consumption Methodology
This indicator tracks Italy furniture apparent consumption, estimating the value of furniture available to the Italian market after the country's large production base is adjusted for imports and exports. It is useful for separating Italy's domestic market availability from the broader scale of Italian furniture manufacturing.
Market Context
Italy is one of Europe's major furniture-producing countries, with a manufacturing sector that serves domestic buyers as well as export markets. Apparent consumption is therefore a particularly important complement to production turnover: it deducts furniture shipped abroad and adds imported furniture that supports Italian retailers, distributors, contract buyers and online channels.
The Italian series helps show whether domestic market availability is moving with or against the wider production base. When apparent consumption rises faster than retail turnover, the signal can reflect a stronger production-and-trade value available to the market, price and product-mix effects, or changes in how supply is moving through wholesale and retail channels. It should be interpreted alongside production turnover, retail turnover and import share.
