Sofa is a piece of furniture for seating two or more persons in the form of a bench, with or without armrests, that is partly or wholly upholstered, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions. Although a couch is used primarily for seating, it may be used for reclining.
In homes, sofas are normally found in the family room, living room, sitting room or the lounge. They are also found in hotels, lobbies of commercial offices, waiting rooms, furniture stores, etc.
Hot keywords of American buyers in sofa industry, from jun. to Aug. 2012
(Data source: Made-in-China.com)
The statistics of Made-in-China.com indicate that from June to August 2012, American buyers concerned leather sofa, fabric sofa, combination sofa and loungers most among all sofa products.
Major cities for Chinese Wood frame sofa (HS: 940161) export and their average export unit price
(Data source: China Customs)
China customs figures show that in the first seven months of 2012, Chinese wood frame sofa export catchments distributed densely in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, among which Guangdong wood frame sofa export value accounted for 44.6% of total export amount (Dongguan, Shenzhen, Huizhou and Foshan accounted for 13%, 11%, 7.3% and 3% respectively), Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai accounted for 26.3%, 11.7% and 9.1% respectively. From the point of average export unit price, Jiangsu had the highest price among the above four provinces, Shanghai exceeded Guangdong slightly while Zhejiang had the minimum. Buyers may choose the supply of goods according to their own needs of product grades.
Major cities for Chinese metal frame sofa (HS: 940171) export and their average export unit price, from Jan. to Jul. 2012
(Data source: China Customs)
It is indicated by China customs statistics that in the first seven months of 2012, major cities for Chinese metal frame sofa export concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Chongqing and Fujian, among which Guangdong metal frame sofa export accounted for 48.1% of total export amount (Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou and Foshan accounted for 21.8%, 4.2%, 3.4% and2.4% respectively), Zhejiang, Chongqing and Fujian accounted for 15.7%, 8.9% and 6.5% respectively. Seen from the average export unit price, Chongqing had higher price than other three among the above four provinces, the second was Guangdong, followed by Zhejiang and Fujian. In combination with the proportion of export value, metal frame sofa made in Shenzhen was most popular in overseas market, taking the biggest share of the export market with its upper-middle price.
