Undeniably, Indonesia is a renowned country known of being a furniture manufacturer. Derived from the data of the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, furniture export has shown an escalated trend: starting from US$1.6 billion, US$ 1.63 billion, and US$1.69 billion for year 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.
Following the trend several years before, in 2020, furniture export also rose quite significantly. It was said within the seven first months of 2020, an additional US$1.12 billion was obtained or 9.41% from the year before. That’s why Indonesian government was optimist their furniture industry could reach US$2 billion for their export value that year.
It’s not surprising since Indonesia has a lot of furniture manufacturers, as well as private-owned galleries owned by self-employed artisans. It makes the country becomes advanced in terms of furniture trade.
However, not all artisans and manufacturers grow with the mind to produce quality goods and services. That’s why, before purchasing it, it’s important to learn and understand the essentials of Indonesia furniture industry. That way, you can avoid drawbacks or any loses while purchasing your furniture.
For those who never import furniture from Indonesia or who has already experienced. This section may make it clear understanding about what you need to consider and step to buy and import furniture in Indonesia.
Find certified legal company. For wooden furniture, make sure furniture manufacturers and suppliers have legal SVLK certified. It standard procedures of legality from Indonesia governments to export wood furniture.
Arrange properly the goods you will buy/import. In common, importing furniture from Indonesia needs to be 20HC or 40HC containers. You can also do consolidation of mix items within manufacturers to fulfill the containers. But most of them still requested to minimum order of full container.
Considering shipping terms. Common agreement of shipping terms are FOB or exwork. FOB (Free on Board) is a term that manufacturers will give price quote based on delivering cost to the nearest port. It means buyer needs to pay for the shipping cost from port until the destination point. The advantage is buyer can decide own freights carrrier with best prices and has more control of the shipping. This terms is most used by international buyers. EXW (Exwork) is a terms that manufacturer/supplier don’t involve in any transportation cost and risk. Means that buyer needs to pay all of transportation from from warehouse of manufacturer until final destination. This terms is risky if buyer doesn’t have any insurance.
Payments Terms. Most of furniture manufacturers are willing to have 30-50% deposit. And the rest is after copy B/L documents is released.
