The Furniture Industry in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico

Table of Contents

Executive summary

• production, consumption, trade, distribution, perspectives

Key statistics

• Macroeconomic data (population, area, total GNP, per capita GNP, total household consumption expenditure, data at purchasing power parity, total GNP at PPP, per capita GNP at PPP)

Forestry and wood working statistics

• Basic data: land area, forest cover
• Woodworking data (production, consumption and trade of sawnwood and wood based panels)
• Imports of woodworking machinery by country and geographical area

Furniture statistics

• Trends in the furniture sector
  • production, consumption, imports, exports
• Consumption of furniture
  • real growth of furniture consumption, two year forecast
  • domestically and imported furniture consumption
• Furniture imports and exports by country of origin/destination for the following products:
  • upholstered furniture, non upholstered seats, parts of seats, bedroom furniture, kitchen furniture, office furniture, parts of furniture excluding parts of seats
• Furniture market potential
  • population growth, trends and projections
  • population broken down by province, state or region
  • private consumption expenditure
  • disposable income
  • the construction sector
• Key manufacturers and retailers in the furniture sectors
  • Information provided (if available): company headquarter (address and telephone, e-mail address and website), year of establishment, activity, furniture products portfolio, furniture products materials, specialization, employees, sales destination, export markets, company facts

Annex 1: methodological notes

Annex 2: detailed furniture trade statistics

• Exports and Imports of furniture by country and geographical area for:
  • total furniture, furniture parts, furniture excluding parts, upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, bedroom furniture, kitchen furniture, office furniture, furniture parts exluding parts of seats, parts of seats, other furniture