The suppliers of the furniture industry estimate to close the year 2021 with 22% growth compared to 2020, and become one of the winning sectors of the pandemic, by attracting new buyers from the United States and Canada, after the trade blockade led by that first country with China, said the president of the Mexican Association of Suppliers of the Timber Industry and Cabinet (AMPIMM), Alberto Vazquez.
He affirmed that in 2022 it will remain positive for the production chain of the furniture industry, after the domestic market increased the demand for wooden furniture and the like for the home office, derived from the pandemic, whose inertia continues.
After announcing the 2022 edition of MEM Industrial, the president of the sector’s suppliers reported that in recent days he made visits with businessmen from the United States and Canada to attract business in Mexico and they will come to see the facilities.
“Next year we see it very positive. The following year will be better because the relations of the United States with China and other nations with Asians that are furniture suppliers, have conflicts and continue to benefit Mexican suppliers, who are making contacts to supply furniture to the United States and Canada “, Held.
As economies have reopened and recovered in several countries in the world, the demand for furniture products and supplies grew and many factories reached the production peak, and without being able to meet all that demand.
The problem, he added, were container prices that rose to $ 15,000, a very large figure compared to the $ 2,000 or $ 2,200 per container that it cost prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, so supplies from Asia, now they are beginning to be supplied from Mexico, and in other cases they have become more expensive.
However, it is attractive for North American entrepreneurs to do business in Mexico and to be supplied with furniture and wood supplies.
“Some (entrepreneurs) already have businesses signed to provide furniture and others are waiting to achieve something (next year).”
In Mexico we are interested in providing the quality of the products and the associates we have are international companies, said Alberto Vázquez, maintaining that they have high quality products that help companies to export to the United States.
The director of MEM Industrial, Azul Ogazón, mentioned that the entire value chain of the wood and furniture transformation industry will be supported under six categories: forestry technology; machinery and industry 4.0; supply; upholstery, since the national market has been growing and there is great potential to export, which is the most important.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx