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In September 2026, the global furniture industry has witnessed significant structural changes. While European and North American markets ushered in price adjustments and intensified trade policy frictions, the Asia-Pacific region continued to advance intelligent transformation and cross-border industrial cooperation. Empowered by world-class international exhibitions, the global furniture sector presents a development trend of “regional differentiation and coordinated upgrading”, with a new round of industrial reshuffling and high-quality development gaining steady momentum.
The European furniture market has rolled out major price adjustments. Recently, Ingka Group, the parent company of global home furnishing giant IKEA, officially announced a comprehensive price cut for a wide range of furniture products across the European market starting from the 2026/2027 new fiscal year, with an average price reduction of 15% to 25%. Covering mainstream civilian furniture categories including home storage units, leisure seating and bedroom furniture, this adjustment marks IKEA’s largest regional price reduction initiative in nearly three years. Industry insiders analyze that the price cuts stem from falling supply chain costs and sluggish consumer demand in Europe, as well as serving as a core strategy for IKEA to cope with competition from local European furniture brands and consolidate its market share in the mass home furnishing segment. The price adjustment will further reshape the mid-to-low-end furniture market in Europe and force traditional local furniture brands to optimize their pricing systems and product cost performance.
Trade frictions in the North American furniture market continue to escalate, putting substantial pressure on cross-border supply chains. In mid-September, Canada officially launched reciprocal tariff countermeasures, imposing equivalent tariffs on approximately 28 billion Canadian dollars worth of U.S. commodities. Furniture, home soft furnishings and wood-based panels are listed as key taxed categories, with tariffs on certain furniture products reaching a maximum of 50%. The prolonged U.S.-Canada trade dispute has stalled bilateral negotiations with escalating warnings from both sides, severely disrupting cross-border furniture supply chains in North America. Affected by the tensions, furniture import and export enterprises in the region face slower inventory turnover and soaring cross-border trade costs, bringing potential fluctuations to product prices at regional distribution and retail terminals and significantly increasing operational pressure on small and medium-sized foreign trade furniture enterprises.
Calls for local industrial protection continue to grow across Europe. The German Furniture Industry Association (VDM) has recently publicly called on the European Union to launch trade safeguard mechanisms and conduct policy reviews on imported furniture products. Statistics show that Poland and China, as two major furniture exporting countries, jointly account for around 60% of Germany’s total furniture imports, with cost-effective imported products continuously squeezing the market space of small and medium-sized local German furniture manufacturers. Industry institutions point out that Europe’s furniture manufacturing sector is currently confronted with three major challenges: overcapacity, declining local competitiveness and import pressure. If the EU introduces new protective tariffs, it will reshape Europe’s furniture import landscape and exert a far-reaching impact on global furniture enterprises’ market layout in Europe.
Industrial cooperation and intelligent transformation continue to advance steadily across the Asia-Pacific and global markets. As the presiding unit of the World Furniture Confederation, the China National Furniture Association has been continuously building a global industrial docking platform. The World Furniture Confederation International Trade and Business Docking Conference previously held in Nankang, Jiangxi Province, has effectively opened up channels for Sino-foreign cooperation in intelligent furniture manufacturing, new material application and cross-border trade, injecting new impetus into the intelligent upgrading and global integration of the furniture industry worldwide. Meanwhile, the 2026 Salone del Mobile Milano has successfully concluded. The exhibition attracted over 310,000 visitors from 167 countries, with international visitors accounting for 68% of the total, further consolidating its position as the global benchmark for furniture design, technology and trade. Minimalist luxury, sustainable eco-friendly furniture and intelligent elderly-friendly home products have become the new mainstream trends in global furniture design.
According to the latest industry research reports, the global market for civilian furniture including mattresses will face mild pressure in 2026. Affected by fluctuating raw material prices, geopolitical trade conflicts and adjusted consumption structures, the overall market scale will witness a slight contraction, with a steady growth trend expected to resume in 2027. Overall, the global furniture industry is phasing out extensive growth and focusing on four core development directions: intelligent manufacturing, green environmental protection, compliant trade and design innovation. Regional industrial collaboration, localized supply chains and high-end differentiated product development will become key tracks for industrial competition in the future.
