欧洲的家具工业

本文介绍了欧洲家具工业的生产和市场状况。在欧共体，家具工业的产值约占工业总产值的2％～4％，占GDP的2％左右，吸收了2．2％的劳动力；家具原料供应商及家具零售业还分别提供了约25万和60万个工作职位；欧洲家具业是工业部门最大的行业之一，2001年总营业额为822亿欧元，欧洲家具业的总产量相当于世界的一半。了解欧洲家具业对发展中国的家具工业非常重要。

The Furniture Industry in Europe

In the EU, furniture represents 2%~4% of the production value of the manufacturing sector, around 2% of the GDP and 2.2% of the total workforce. There are about 250 000 persons who work in the supply network and 600 000 persons who work in retail industries. In the year 2001, the furniture industry's turnover reached 82.2 billion EUR. The European furniture industry, as a whole, accounts for about half of the world furniture production. This paper reviewed the production and marketing situation in the European furniture industry, and suggested that China's furniture manufacturers should focus on the EU market instead of only on the US market.