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Milan, April 08.- (Adnkronos) - The wooden furniture supply chain will end 2025 with a production value of more than 52.2 billion euros, showing an increase of 1.4% compared to 2024, confirming a stabilization phase, after the decline of the last two years.A supply chain that so far includes more than 62,000 companies and more than 292,000 employees, accounting for 4.3% of international trade, 14.5% of companies and 7.6% of employees, and a contribution to GDP of 2.3%.Support for growth in 2025 is across the domestic market, reaching $33 billion (+2%), thanks to the stability of the residential sector and strong strength in the non-residential sector despite housing-related tax cuts.Exports remained stable (+ 0.4%) in the amount of more than 19.3 billion euros.In a complex global situation characterized by unequal behavior between mature markets and new areas, the financial report prepared by the FederlegnoArredo Study Center shows the full strength of the sales chain with the internal market.
"2025 - commented the president of FederlegnoArredo, Claudio Feltrin - therefore marks a return to growth in our supply chains, but most likely this is a fragile and temporary balance. And it could not be otherwise, given that the economic and geopolitical context is so complex and can change suddenly in scenarios that make long-term forecasts or reasoning useless."
For Feltrin, "it should also be emphasized that the overall positive trend in the supply chain is largely supported by the domestic market, which therefore appears to be less affected than expected by the end of fiscal incentives linked to the construction industry. While exports show signs of slowing down in traditional markets, starting with the United States (2 billion) and France (2.9 billion), which close 2025% and -3, representing -1.75% of exportsThe supply chain on the continent, with a share of 10.7% of the total, significantly influences the trend of the entire region.
"If things are resolved in a short period of time, gains will come down. After the news that we all hoped for, we saw oil down 15% tonight. So I would say that if these 15 days bring a little salt to the negotiators to not only achieve a ceasefire, but to achieve peace, that will send a very important signal, in other words, the main driver in the market, which is the main driver of the market," he said."Energy costs are affecting transport," he noted, "and navigational difficulties mean overseas delivery routes have been extended, both for exports and imports. The first increases have been seen on the dashboards, and these are the first signs we're seeing. We're always a downward-thinking supply chain, so we're seeing the full impact of the crisis and we're really seeing the impact of international business."protection of the European market, with a physical role and beyond the conflict itself.
In terms of wood and furniture supply chains, Europe will be confirmed as the first commercial market in 2025, capturing more than 66% of the total: France, although retaining its first place in the top ten, is in a slight decline after several years of strong growth;Germany (1.9 billion people) showed signs of recovery, especially in the second half of the year, allowing it to end 2025 with +2%.Some data published by FederlegnoArredo.Positive trends in Spain (864 million) continued at +1.7%, overtaking Switzerland in the top ten (860 million), while outside the EU the UK (1.3 billion) recorded a strong increase of +3.7%.The United Arab Emirates (497 million) thanks to positive data for 2025 (+5.8%) took seventh place after China (465 million), against China (-5.9%).Finally, Austria and the Netherlands round out the top ten: +0.2% and +7.1%.
“As we see,” highlights Claudio Feltrin, president of FedrlegnoArredo, “exports as a whole are currently able to stop, although the reference geography of our supply chain is changing; historical markets like France and the United States are slowing down, while, for example, Africa (+13.8%), United Arab Emirates (+5.8%), Canada +6% are growing. -28.5% decrease compared to January2024. At the same time, EU imports from China increased by 1.3%, while those from other third countries, excluding China, decreased by 1.6%, signaling the need to further diversify our international presence, successfully intercepting new opportunities in non-traditional markets.allow Made in Italy design to still actively contribute to the trade balance of our country. This transformation is both a challenge and an opportunity. There is no physical or digital alternative, nor a showroom capable of offering the same center of opportunities and visibility, nothing with the same power and the same potential.»
Regarding the area of the Middle East directly or indirectly affected by the war, it should be noted that this area represents 7% of the total exports of the supply chain and at the end of 2025 a total of -1.5% was recorded, although the good performance of the United Arab Emirates and Israel, however, is not enough to balance the reduction of Saudi Arabia (-19.7%).Data from before the start of the war highlights how the region - excluding Saudi Arabia - rose by 3.3%.
The Furniture macro system closes 2025 with a turnover of more than 27,700 million euros (+0.9%).The contribution of the Italian market was positive (+2.7%), equivalent to 13.5 billion euros, while exports (14.2 billion euros) registered a slight decrease (-0.8%), affected by the difficulties of the main markets, especially in the United States and France.These are some of the data disclosed by FederlegnoArredo.France, in first place, closed the year -1.6%, but it was the United States, second and first non-European market, which experienced a significant decline (-4.9% for 83 million euros less than in 2024).Germany, the third, remained stable (-0.1%), while the United Kingdom, the fourth, registered +1.7%.However, the trade balance remains positive and growing, almost reaching 9 billion euros, which confirms the role of the furniture strategy in the trade balance of the supply chain.By 2025, there will be more than 20,200 companies, with more than 138,500 employees.
The bathroom furniture system stands out for a growth of +2.1%, reaching a turnover of less than 4.3 billion euros.This result is supported by the domestic market (+2%) and exports (+2.2%), which are growing again due to European demand and Germany experiencing strong growth.Also a positive performance for the kitchen sector, whose turnover will exceed 3 billion euros (+1.5%) in 2025.In this case, the growth is driven exclusively by the Italian market.(+5%), while a decrease (-5%) was registered in exports, which were particularly affected by the slowdown in the growth of key foreign markets, including France and the United States.In general, both sectors show how domestic demand is the main factor of stability for the sector, in an international context that is still uncertain, but at the same time it is necessary to strengthen the position in foreign markets to support growth in the medium term.
The main timber system (including the timber business) records sales of €24.5 billion (+1.9%), with growth mainly due to higher prices rather than volumes, reflecting still weak demand;exports show a positive trend (+ 3.6%), but are penalized by a large increase in imports (+ 13.6%).
