Europe Furniture Import Share
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Source: Eurostat Comext, HMRC UK Trade Info and UN Comtrade furniture trade data for HS 9401, 9402 and 9403, normalized in the Furnilytics European trade table; Eurostat SBS and STS production data with Furnilytics country extensions for the Europe furniture production aggregate.
Source description: Annual Europe furniture import share is calculated as furniture imports divided by apparent furniture consumption. Apparent consumption is production plus imports minus exports. The total series uses all reported non-aggregate partner-country rows for imports and exports. The extra-Europe series excludes partner countries inside the same European coverage, so it isolates imports and exports sourced from or shipped outside the region.
Table ID: industry/trade/europe_furniture_import_share_yearly
Key findings:
- Europe's total furniture import share reached 62.1% of apparent consumption in 2025, up from 57.6% in 2018.
- The extra-Europe import share reached 17.5% in 2025, up from 13.9% in 2018 but still below the 2022 high of 18.0%.
- The gap between the total and extra-Europe lines shows that much of Europe's import footprint is still linked to trade inside the selected European coverage.
- Both series remain useful together: the total line captures the full imported supply footprint, while the extra-Europe line isolates non-European sourcing exposure.
Latest data:
| year | series | value |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | total | 59.7 |
| 2020 | extra_europe | 15.4 |
| 2021 | total | 59.4 |
| 2021 | extra_europe | 17.7 |
| 2022 | total | 60.7 |
| 2022 | extra_europe | 18 |
| 2023 | total | 60.1 |
| 2023 | extra_europe | 14.3 |
| 2024 | total | 62 |
| 2024 | extra_europe | 17.1 |
| 2025 | total | 62.1 |
| 2025 | extra_europe | 17.5 |
Europe Furniture Import Share measures furniture imports against apparent Europe furniture consumption. Apparent consumption is calculated as production plus imports minus exports, so the indicator links trade flows with the regional furniture production base.
This distinction matters because Europe is both a dense internal trading area and a large buyer of furniture from global manufacturing markets. Reading the two lines together helps separate the full import footprint from the part that depends on non-European supplier countries.
Market Context
Import share is a supply-exposure measure rather than a direct retail market-share measure. A rising total import share means imported furniture value is gaining weight against apparent consumption, while a rising extra-Europe share points more specifically to stronger reliance on suppliers outside the selected European coverage.
Use this indicator with Europe furniture imports by year to see whether changes are driven by the import numerator, and with Europe furniture production market size to understand the production base behind the denominator.
Trend Overview
Europe's total furniture import share moved from 57.6% in 2018 to 62.1% in 2025, leaving the full import footprint structurally higher than at the start of the period. The total line was relatively stable around the high-50s to low-60s through most of the series, before stepping up in 2024 and holding close to that higher level in 2025. The extra-Europe line shows a more cyclical pattern: it rose from 13.9% in 2018 to 18.0% in 2022, fell back to 14.3% in 2023, and recovered to 17.5% in 2025. That rebound suggests that non-European sourcing exposure has strengthened again, even though it remains slightly below its 2022 peak.
