by Analysis from investment banking firm Mann Armistead & Epperson shows the wholesale value of furniture shipments to the US totaled $29.6 billion last year
RICHMOND, Va. — Household furniture and bedding imports fell 12.7% last year, according to an analysis provided to Home News Now by investment banking firm Mann Armistead & Epperson.
In what appears to be a direct impact from worldwide tariffs, furniture shipments to the U.S. totaled $29.6 billion, down from $33.9 billion in 2024.
Vietnam was the No. 1 exporter among the group of Top 10 countries shipping to the U.S. market, with $10.6 billion, or 35.9% of the shipments, during the calendar year. This total rose slightly from $10.4 billion in 2024.
It was followed by China, with $6.1 billion in shipments in 2025, down 35.8% from $9.6 billion a year earlier. The double-digit decline likely resulted from tariffs as high as 145% for a brief period during the calendar year, making it one of the more volatile trading scenarios for furniture and other industries.
Mexico was the next largest importer with $2.1 billion in shipments, down 21.8% from $2.7 billion in 2024, followed by Canada, with $1.65 billion in shipments, down 20.1%.
In the No. 5 spot was Italy, which was up slightly at $1.35 billion in shipments compared with $1.33 billion in shipments a year earlier.
This was followed by Indonesia, down 3.7% to $1.3 billion, from $1.29 billion in 2024, and Malaysia, up 1.5% to $1.16 billion, from $1.14 billion in 2024.
India’s shipments to the U.S. totaled $737 million, up 33.5% from $552 million, which was followed by Thailand, which shipped $730 million in furniture to the U.S., up 21.3% from $602 million in 2025.
Taiwan’s shipments, coming in at No. 9 of the Top 10, totaled $589 million, down 9.7% from $652 million in 2024, while Cambodia shipped $434 million, down 27.5% from $599 million in 2024.
Looking at numbers from the past several years dating to 2021, the total estimated $29.6 billion shipped from overseas last year also is down 28.5% from $41.4 billion in household furniture shipments to the U.S. in 2022.
According to the analysis, 2025 wood furniture shipments from overseas totaled $13.2 billion, or 44.7% of the total, followed by $8.1 billion in metal furniture shipments, or 27.5% of the total and $7.4 billion in upholstery shipments representing 25% of the total.
Bedding shipments were estimated at $803.4 million in 2025, compared with $899.9 million in 2024, a 10.7% decrease.
Wood furniture and upholstered furniture shipments from overseas were down 7.9% and 12.2% respectively.
By comparison, metal furniture imports were down nearly 20%, which is likely because of 50% Section 232 tariff on steel and aluminum imports.
The implication from this is that some of the demand may have shifted to domestic product, although the largest beneficiary would be stationary and motion upholstery produced in places such as North Carolina and Mississippi.
While some wood furniture and metal furniture continues to be produced in the U.S., most of that production shifted overseas in the early 2000s.
How much domestic producers have benefited from the imposition of tariffs is unclear as imported product continues to be a value despite the added costs tariffs represent.
