China exported $839m of mattresses and bedding products in December 2019, compared with $845m in November.

China exported 4.48m refrigerators in December 2019. This is up by 14.2% compared with December 2018.

China exported 420kT of footwear in December 2019. This is up by 9.1% compared with December 2018. 

Polyurethane production in Japan fell by 8.9% in November 2019, compared with the same month in 2018.

In the first 1 months of 2019, the US imported 6.46m refrigerators. This is down by 9.60m units.

Car sales in the Asean trading area in November were 213,000 units. This is a rise of 6% compared with the same month last year. 

The number of US building permits issued in 2019 was almost unchanged from 2018, at 16.03 m.

In November 2019, the US imported 1.48m mattresses. This is up by 9% or 128,000 more than were imported in November 2018.

West European car registrations the whole of 2019 reached 14.29m units, a 0.7% rise on 14.19 m units in 2018, according to data from LMC Automotive.