ITALY - CSIL, the prestigious research center specialized in the global furniture industry recently published “The office furniture market in North America” (United States, Canada and Mexico), showing that this market represents one third of the global office furniture demand.

The market continued to grow strongly posting a +5% increase in 2017, following four years of uninterrupted growth.

Among the study’s findings is the United States’ USD 2 billion negative trade balance, as it is also the largest importer of office furniture in the world. On the other hand, Canada and Mexico are net exporters with a positive trade balance, which progressively improved over the last years.

Canada, in particular, is the second largest office furniture exporter in the world, after China, and represents 51% of the whole export values of North America.

The outlook for the North American office furniture market in 2018 and 2019 remains positive, despite uncertain factors like tariff barriers and the NAFTA negotiations involving the considered countries.

This comprehensive investigation offers an overview of the office furniture sector in North America, with market evolution 2012-2017, market forecasts to 2019, figures by country, historical trends on production and consumption of office furniture, imports and exports data, market share of major office furniture companies operating in North America and distribution system analysis.