Furniture

Stratum 2 · Assembled goods

Furniture

Designs, makes and sells home, office, contract and outdoor furniture, mattresses, kitchens and wardrobes. The world market is worth over US$ 440 billion (CSIL, 2025) and about US$ 178 billion was traded across borders in 2024 (CSIL early estimate). China leads exports, followed by Vietnam, Poland, Italy and Germany, and the US bought about US$ 41 billion, roughly a quarter of world imports, in 2024 (CSIL).¹

India. India's furniture market is about US$ 22 billion, nearly double a decade ago and fourth largest in the world (CSIL)³; most of it is still made by small carpenters and workshops, leaving room for organised brands, modular makers and exporters.

Where ₹100 of furniture output goes

Where ₹100 of furniture output goes Every rupee of sales is paid out to someone along the chain. This splits ₹100 of output by who finally receives it, so you can see how exposed the industry is to commodity, chemical and energy prices. Commodities ₹17.4 Chemicals ₹1.8 Energy ₹10.2 Wages and…

Price links with supplier industries

Price links with supplier industries How the industries this one buys from shape its prices: the share of its costs they make up, and how their prices have moved together. Tap a row for the charts. Hover or tap ? for what each measure means. Supplier industry Cost share Raw-material mix…

Follow one offering through the chain

Follow one offering through the chain 2 Example story · 6 steps · India A modular wardrobe fitted in an Indian flat Follow a factory-made wardrobe from plantation-wood board to the bedroom of a new apartment. 1 / 6 · Materials and components Carcass panels pressed from MDF 21% Greenpanel share of…

Buys directly from

Buys directly from Wood products Metal products Textiles and leather Plastic and rubber products Depends on through its suppliers Water and sanitation Sells directly into Hospitality and tourism

Value chain, from upstream to the customer

Value chain, from upstream to the customer Criticality to the chain: 5 · Chokepoint 4 · Critical 3 · Important 2 · Supporting 1 · Commodity service Stage 1 Materials and components Wood-based panel makers (particleboard, MDF, plywood) 3 · Important Press wood fibre, chips or veneers with resin…

What the whole chain draws on

What the whole chain draws on Every commodity, chemical and energy tile named by the enterprises above; ×n shows how many of them depend on it. Open any tile for its full detail. Commodities (7) St Steel ×4 Tm Timber ×2 Al Aluminium ×2 Ct Cotton Rbr Natural rubber Zn Zinc Ni Nickel Chemicals (14)…

Chokepoints and risks

Chokepoints and risks US tariffs and trade uncertainty cut world furniture trade in 2025, hitting exporters that rely on the US, which takes about a quarter of imports 1 , 2 . Polyurethane foam depends on MDI and TDI from a few global producers (eight firms held all MDI capacity in 2020), so a…

Sources

Sources World Furniture Outlook 2026/2027 CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies, 2026 World trade in furniture expected to drop in 2025 Il Sole 24 Ore (CSIL data), 2025 The Furniture Industry in India (report summary) CSIL via Global Information Inc., 2025 China aims to conquer the global MDI market…

Relationship cards

• Construction and infrastructure: Furniture buys from Construction and infrastructure; furniture depends on construction and infrastructure.
• E-commerce and digital marketplaces: Furniture buys from E-commerce and digital marketplaces; furniture depends on E-commerce and digital marketplaces.
• Education and research: Education and research buys from Furniture; education and research depends on furniture.
• Electrical equipment: Furniture buys from Electrical equipment; furniture depends on electrical equipment.
• Finance: banking, insurance, markets: Furniture buys from Finance: banking, insurance, markets; furniture depends on finance: banking, insurance, markets.
• Hospitality and tourism: Hospitality and tourism buys from Furniture; hospitality and tourism depends on furniture.
• Machinery and equipment: Furniture buys from Machinery and equipment; furniture depends on machinery and equipment.
• Metal products: Furniture buys from Metal products; furniture depends on metal products.
• Paper and packaging: Furniture buys from Paper and packaging; furniture depends on paper and packaging.
• Plastic and rubber products: Furniture buys from Plastic and rubber products; furniture depends on plastic and rubber products.
• Real estate: Furniture buys from Real estate; furniture depends on real estate.
• Software and IT services: Furniture buys from Software and IT services; furniture depends on software and IT services.
• Textiles and leather: Furniture buys from Textiles and leather; furniture depends on textiles and leather.
• Transport and logistics: Furniture buys from Transport and logistics; furniture depends on transport and logistics.
• Wholesale and retail trade: Furniture buys from Wholesale and retail trade; furniture depends on wholesale and retail trade.
• Wood products: Furniture buys from Wood products; furniture depends on wood products.
• ABS: Furniture depends on ABS.
• Adhesives and sealants: Furniture depends on adhesives and sealants.
• Aluminium: Furniture depends on aluminium.
• Biomass combustion and CHP: Furniture depends on biomass combustion and CHP.
• Boilers, furnaces and stoves: Furniture depends on boilers, furnaces and stoves.
• Combustion road vehicles: Furniture depends on combustion road vehicles.
• Cotton: Furniture depends on cotton.
• Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors: Furniture depends on distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors.
• Energy in buildings: Furniture depends on energy in buildings.
• Flame retardants: Furniture depends on flame retardants.
• Formaldehyde: Furniture depends on formaldehyde.
• Natural rubber: Furniture depends on natural rubber.
• Nickel: Furniture depends on nickel.
• Nylon (PA6, PA66): Furniture depends on nylon (PA6, PA66).
• PVC: Furniture depends on PVC.
• Paints and coatings: Furniture depends on paints and coatings.
• Phenol and acetone: Furniture depends on phenol and acetone.
• Polyester fibre: Furniture depends on polyester fibre.
• Polypropylene: Furniture depends on polypropylene.
• Polyurethanes (MDI, TDI, polyols): Furniture depends on polyurethanes (MDI, TDI, polyols).
• Propylene oxide: Furniture depends on propylene oxide.
• Ship propulsion: Furniture depends on ship propulsion.
• Steel: Furniture depends on steel.
• Timber: Furniture depends on timber.
• Titanium dioxide: Furniture depends on titanium dioxide.
• Urea: Furniture depends on urea.
• Zinc: Furniture depends on zinc.