Indonesia Furniture

Indonesia furniture export to global market have growth since 1992. In 2007, export value of furniture is 1,9 billion US $ and 8.688.800 tons. Indonesia exported to 229 countries. USA, Japan and Netherlands are biggest export destination of Indonesia.

Why Indonesia so well known all over the world? It does so because Indonesia have variety of wood material and also many wood carver in Indonesia, especially in Jepara. A lot of furniture style that produce by Indonesia wood carver, classic style, ethnic style, to modern style. Indonesia have many kind of manufacturer, from hand made carving to mass products.

Of course, not all cities in Indonesia furniture have furniture manufacturer. Furniture manufacturer is clustered in few cities Indonesia. It is important for buyers to understand about furniture center city in Indonesia. So they can sourcing with many option without travel to many cities, only suitable cities or furniture center in Indonesia.

Go to furniture center is best decision for furniture sourcing because furniture center have many supplier or manufacturer. So you or buyer have many option to choose style, quality and price. Another reason is furniture center more competitive than non furniture center, because furniture center city . Competitive because furniture center can reduce material sourcing, because they buy at mass scale purchase. They also reduce marketing cost, because the city is famous as furniture center. They have brand. So so many buyer from Indonesia and around the world go to furniture city.

Biggest furniture center in Indonesia is Jepara, Central Java. Because Jepara have 15.000 manufacturer and 400 exporter. Jepara have old tradition in wood carving since 16 century, at Kalinyamat Queen ( 1549 -1579). And the wood carving tradition continued and growth until now as furniture industry. Their talent is more sophisticated and express in very detailed wood carving, like gebyok, relief, classic furniture.

Furniture in Jepara is various: from minimalist to bold classic wood carving, from hand made carving to mass products –machinery- furniture. From teak wood, mahogany, rattan, and synthetic rattan.

Another big furniture center is Cirebon, Surakarta, Semarang, and Probolinggo. Cirebon is wicked rattan furniture center. Surakarta and semarang is furniture center of mass products furniture. Probolinggo is furniture center of mass products and ethnic style furniture.

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