The data displays the total annual expenditure on furniture and furnishings in the UK from 2005 to 2017, based on volume. In 2017, UK households purchased approx. 17.7 billion GBP worth of furniture and furnishings, an increase on the previous year of roughly 1 billion GBP.
Over the past seven years there has been a decline in the number of furniture manufacturing enterprises in the UK, with a decrease of nearly 400 manufacturing enterprises since 2008.
It seems now that the UK is importing its furniture from outside of the European Union instead of manufacturing it dosmetically, with imports reaching 3.
