For 3 months of 2022, the volume of imports of the furniture industry amounted to 97.7 million US dollars, showing an increase of 23.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2021. In physical terms, the volume of consumption of imported products amounted to 44 thousand tons (+35% by 2021.) The main import items are wooden furniture; upholstered furniture; upholstered furniture for sitting with a wooden frame; wooden furniture of the sleeping type.  Among the supplier countries to the domestic market, the bulk of imports are furniture from Russia (40.4% - the country's share in total imports), Belarus (29%), China (11.1%), and Turkey (8.7%). Table - Import volume of the top 10 furniture industry goods for January-March 2022, thousand US dollars

Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan  

3 months were marked by an increase in imports for all items, as well as the appearance of new items such as: seating furniture, except for country or camping, transformed into beds up to 3,659 thousand US dollars, other furniture and its parts up to 3,463.3 thousand US dollars.