In the past decade, the world trade of furniture has grown faster than furniture production to amount about 1 percent of world trade of manufactures.
The current US$94 billion in 2009 and grew to US$ 135 billion in 2014 before contracting in 2015 with no change in 2016. Forecasts are subject to major uncertainties because of possible effects of Brexit and of international trade policies of the new US administration.