Lombardy has earned the first position among the Italian regions for wood furniture, in terms of turnover, exports, number of companies and employees also in the furniture sector. Its turnover amounts to 10.8 billion euros, divided between wood (3.9 billion) and furniture (6.9 billion). There are just over 8,600 companies of which over 4,600 in furniture (54%) and almost 4,000 in wood (46%), while there are more than 53,000 employees, of which almost 33,000 in furniture and just over 20,000 for wood.
But Veneto also accounts for the lion’s share.
For the Wood-Furniture Supply Chain, Veneto takes second place among the regions, both in terms of turnover of 8.2 billion euros, of which 6 for furniture and 2.2 for wood, and for number of companies (6,400) and employees (45,000). The trade balance is 2.3 billion euros. While it achieved first position for Mobile, both in terms of turnover (5.5 billion euros) and number of employees (over 28,100 employed). Second, behind Lombardy, in terms of number of companies (3,166). As regards the export of the LA supply chain, Veneto is at 3.9 billion euros (equal to 23% of national exports) of which 3.5 billion for furniture and just under 418 million euros for wood. The largest contribution is made by the Furniture sector, exporting 3 billion euros, with a trade balance of 2.7 billion euros.
55% of Mobili in Veneto’s turnover is destined for foreign countries, reaching more than 170 countries. Among the destinations, France confirms itself as the main reference market, growing by +3.4% on 2023. Despite a contraction of 13% on 2022, Germany, in second place, represents the first furniture supplier for Veneto with a share of 40%. Exports also decreased towards the United States (-13.4%), the leading non-EU country, and above all towards the United Kingdom (-17.9%) and China (-18%). Veneto, after Lombardy, is the second region in terms of exported value of wood: 418 million euros. If we consider only the initial processes (cut and planed wood) it is first in terms of exported value equal to 150 million euros.
In 2023, Treviso confirms itself as the first province in Italy for exported value both at the supply chain level (2.2 billion euros) and for furniture (1.8 billion euros). It has 1,639 companies and 20,505 employees for an overall supply chain turnover of 4.5 billion euros, of which approximately 3.6 billion in furniture and 921 million in wood. The export trend is decreasing (-8.4%) determined by all the main markets: in particular Germany (-15.7%), United States (-19%) and United Kingdom (-23.5% ). Among the top ten destinations, the only positive country is Spain (+4.1%) and, outside the top 10, the Netherlands (+11.5%) in 13th place. Followed at a distance in terms of exported value of Furniture, Vicenza is stable (551 million euros) and Padua (328 million euros) is growing (+2.4%). Venice is the province with the highest decline (-11.6%) while Belluno is the one that grows the most (+15.6%).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with a production of approximately 4.9 billion euros, is the third region in terms of turnover in the Wood-Furniture Supply Chain, of which approximately 1.3 billion for wood and 3.6 for furniture. There are 1,709 companies of which 958 in the furniture sector, while the employees are 19,382, the majority employed in the furniture sector (14,588).
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