Europe's hotel construction pipeline closed the second quarter of 2026 at 1,736 projects and 255,976 rooms, up 3% year-on-year (Lodging Econometrics, Q2 2026). The number that matters for anyone importing teak root consoles is buried further down the same report: 640 renovation and brand-conversion projects covering 82,841 rooms. A refurbishment buys one console per suite, two side tables per room, and a repeat order eighteen months later when the next floor is stripped out.
We manufacture teak root console tables and teak root side tables in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia, and ship them FOB Semarang in mixed 20-foot containers. Consoles run from USD 85 to 215 per piece at roughly 0.36 to 0.45 CBM; side tables USD 28 to 78 at 0.16 to 0.22 CBM. MOQ is one 20-foot container with mixed models, capacity is 4 x 40'FCL per month, and a first order takes about 12 weeks. EU import duty on wooden furniture under CN 9403.60 is 0%, and the compliance date that will reshape this trade is 30 December 2026.
Last updated: 9 November 2026
What a European refurbishment actually buys
Three different buyers order consoles in Europe, and they want different things from the same container.
- Hotel FF&E purchasers and their procurement agents work from a room schedule: a console or desk in every guest room, a longer console in each suite, two bedside tables per key. The finish must be repeatable on the next phase, which is why they ask for colour continuity across a batch rather than a single hero piece.
- Retail and garden-centre buyers work from a price ladder: one or two sculptural consoles at the top of the band, a spread of side tables at the bottom, and a size step between the two.
- Interior contractors work from a measured wall. Depth and height are fixed by the architect, the length is negotiable, and the piece is often built around a socket or a radiator. That is where custom dimensions earn their premium.
Of those 1,736 projects, 773 (116,172 rooms) are already under construction and 631 (89,472 rooms) sit in early planning, a record high (Lodging Econometrics, Q2 2026). Openings are forecast at 307 hotels and 39,798 rooms in 2026, 303 hotels and 42,729 rooms in 2027, and 304 hotels and 43,099 rooms in 2028. Each opening is preceded by a furniture package that includes the small pieces which get stained and replaced first.
The countries carrying the load, in order: the United Kingdom with 263 projects and 39,011 rooms, Turkey with 156 projects, Germany with 146 projects and 24,821 rooms, France with 117 projects and 11,938 rooms, and Portugal with 115 projects and 13,915 rooms (Lodging Econometrics, Q2 2026). Together they hold 46% of the region's pipeline.
Teak root console table sizes, CBM and FOB bands
A teak root console is not a flat-pack rectangle, so the load plan cannot be calculated from a catalogue page. The CBM figures below are packing volume per piece, carton included — and a root base is wider at the bottom, so the packing case follows the widest point.
| Item |
Typical size |
CBM per piece |
Pieces per 20' (28 CBM) |
FOB USD |
| Teak root console table, solid top | 120 x 35 x 78 cm | ~0.36 | 75 | 85 – 165 |
| Teak root console table, 150 cm | 150 x 40 x 78 cm | ~0.45 | 60 | 130 – 215 |
| Teak root console with glass top | 120 x 40 x 78 cm | ~0.40 | 68 | 110 – 215 |
| Teak root side table, bedside | 45 x 45 x 55 cm | ~0.16 | 170 | 28 – 68 |
| Teak root side table, drum | 50 cm diameter, 55 cm high | ~0.22 | 125 | 45 – 78 |
Four things move a console up or down that band: whether the base is one continuous root or two pieces joined, the thickness of the top slab, whether the top is glass or solid, and the finish. A hand-applied matte natural finish on a single-root base sits at the top; a compact piece with a slice top and a joined base sits at the bottom. Glass adds cost at the workshop and again in packing, because tempered tops travel in separate cradles.
The landed-cost maths: 0% duty, then VAT does the damage
Wooden furniture classified under CN 9403.60 enters the European Union at a most-favoured-nation duty of 0% (EU TARIC, checked November 2026). There is no anti-dumping duty on Indonesian wooden furniture, and Indonesia no longer needs a preferential scheme to reach zero on this line. So freight and VAT do all the work.
| Destination |
Main port |
Duty (CN 9403.60) |
Standard VAT |
VAT on a USD 10,000 CIF load |
| Netherlands | Rotterdam | 0% | 21% | 2,100 |
| Belgium | Antwerp | 0% | 21% | 2,100 |
| Germany | Hamburg | 0% | 19% | 1,900 |
| France | Le Havre | 0% | 20% | 2,000 |
| Spain | Valencia | 0% | 21% | 2,100 |
| Italy | Genoa | 0% | 22% | 2,200 |
| Portugal | Sines | 0% | 23% | 2,300 |
| Poland | Gdańsk | 0% | 23% | 2,300 |
VAT rates are the standard rates published by the European Commission for 2026. If you are VAT-registered in the destination country the VAT is recovered in your return, so it is a cash-flow item rather than a cost — but it is still cash to find at the port, and on a 40'HC of furniture it runs to five figures.
Run the arithmetic on a real mixed load. Twenty consoles at USD 140 and eighty side tables at USD 48 give a FOB value of USD 6,640. Add freight and insurance of USD 2,600 — an assumption to replace with your forwarder's quote for the week you book — and CIF lands at USD 9,240. Duty is zero. Dutch VAT at 21% adds USD 1,940, so the cash out of your account is about USD 11,180 for 100 pieces, or USD 112 per piece before inland haulage and port charges. Ship the same load to Gdańsk and VAT is USD 2,125 instead: small on one container, serious across four 40'HC a year.
One classification detail belongs in your broker's instructions: a console with a glass top is still classified by its wooden frame, so it stays in 9403.60. Confirm that in writing before the first shipment.
Ready to price a container? Send your item list with sizes, finish and quantities, and we will confirm what fits in one load, the FOB Semarang price and a realistic lead time.
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EUDR from 30 December 2026: what your supplier must hand you
The EU Deforestation Regulation replaces the Timber Regulation, and the dates are now fixed: medium and large operators from 30 December 2026, micro and small enterprises from 30 June 2027 (European Commission, EUDR application dates, November 2026). The date moved twice — December 2024 and December 2025 — which is why so many European buyers spent 2026 asking suppliers for documents nobody had yet been required to produce.
Indonesia is classified as a standard-risk country under the benchmarking regulation (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093, in force since 26 May 2025). Standard risk does not mean exempt. It means the operator placing the goods on the EU market files a due diligence statement in the EU information system, and that statement rests on three things from your supply chain: the geolocation of the plots the timber came from, evidence that those plots were not deforested after 31 December 2020, and evidence of legality.
This is where Indonesian suppliers differ sharply, and where a cheap quotation can become an expensive one. Indonesia has issued FLEGT licences since November 2016, and a valid FLEGT licence is treated as satisfying the legality requirement. It does not replace the due diligence statement, and it does not supply plot coordinates. Any supplier who tells you that a FLEGT licence or an SVLK certificate is "enough for EUDR" is telling you something that will not survive your first customs audit.
Our own position, stated plainly: our FSC and SVLK certification is in process, not held, so we do not describe our pieces as certified. What we can hand a buyer today is the mill and origin documentation behind a batch, the species and the workshop record, and a written statement of what we can and cannot prove. If your EUDR file needs geolocation at plot level, ask for it in the request for quotation, not three weeks before the vessel sails — the answer changes both the price and the supplier you should use.
Loading a mixed 20'FCL: the load plan that keeps freight per piece low
A 20-foot container carries about 28 CBM of packed furniture and a 40-foot high cube about 65 CBM. Because consoles and side tables are small, the load plan decides your freight per piece far more than the negotiation on unit price does. Three plans we quote most often:
| Plan |
Consoles |
Side tables |
Stools |
Packed CBM |
Container |
| Retail first order | 10 | 90 | 20 | ~20.4 | 20' with air |
| Mixed importer load | 20 | 80 | 30 | ~23.6 | 20' |
| 120-room refurbishment | 12 | 240 | 0 | ~42.7 | 40'HC |
The refurbishment plan is the one that catches people out. Two hundred and forty bedside tables sounds like a large order until you divide it by 0.16 CBM and find it fills two thirds of a high cube on its own. Add consoles and glass cradles and the container is full before the dining tables are loaded — which is why we ask for a room list rather than a single SKU.
Stacking matters too. Consoles travel on their feet with corner protection, side tables nest in single-face cartons two or three high depending on base width, and nothing heavy goes on a glass cradle. The load plan is drawn at the workshop before the truck leaves Jepara, and a copy goes to your broker with the packing list.
Measurement, custom sizes and the three mistakes we see
Because the base is a root, a console cannot be stretched like a metal frame. Give us the target length, depth and height, the position of any socket or radiator, and a photograph of the wall; we confirm what the root allows before quoting. Three mistakes come up again and again:
- Ordering to a plan instead of a wall. A 140 cm console does not fit a 138 cm alcove, and the root does not shrink. Measure the finished plaster, not the drawing.
- Forgetting the glass. Glass tops travel in separate cradles and are marked per piece. If the order mixes glass and solid, say so at quotation stage so the load plan and the packing list carry it.
- Assuming colour matching. Root pieces vary in tone and grain. If a client expects a matched pair for a lobby, that has to be selected at the workshop, and it costs more than two pieces pulled at random.
Where the roots come from: Jepara, Central Java
The pieces are made in Jepara, on the north coast of Central Java, a town whose economy has been built on wood carving for generations. Teak root furniture uses the root mass left after the trunk is harvested — material that would otherwise be burned or left in the ground. That is why the shapes are irregular, and no two consoles are identical: the carver follows a form that already exists.
Production here is seasonal in ways that a purchase order rarely admits. Roots are lifted and washed in the dry months, and drying is the slowest step in the whole process — a thick root section needs weeks in the kiln before it is stable enough to become a table that will not split in a Dutch winter. In the rainy season the yard works more slowly and the kiln queue gets longer. Our capacity of 4 x 40'FCL a month is a dry-season figure we can hold through the wet months only because the drying is planned months ahead.
Since 2016 we have shipped more than 300 containers from this workshop, most of them to Europe and North America. First orders are mixed and cautious. The buyers who stay are the ones who visited the factory or sent an inspector before the first container, and the drying yard is open to both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do teak root consoles from Indonesia pay import duty in the EU?
Wooden furniture under CN 9403.60 enters the EU at 0% MFN duty (EU TARIC, November 2026). VAT is charged on top at the destination rate, from 19% in Germany to 23% in Portugal and Poland.
If my container arrives in January 2027, do I need an EUDR due diligence statement?
Yes, if you are a medium or large operator. The obligation applies from 30 December 2026 and attaches to placing the goods on the market, not to the order date. Micro and small enterprises have until 30 June 2027.
How many teak root side tables fit in a 40-foot high cube?
At roughly 0.16 CBM packed, about 400 side tables fit into 65 CBM of usable space — fewer once consoles and glass cradles take their share of the load plan.
Can you supply plot coordinates for EUDR?
We can supply mill and origin documentation for a batch and will state in writing what is available and what is not. Our FSC and SVLK certification is in process rather than held, so we do not claim certification.
Talk to us about your project
Send the room schedule or the retail plan — item, size, finish, quantity — and we will come back within one working day with what fits in one container, the FOB Semarang price per piece, and a lead time you can put in front of a client. If the project has a fixed opening date, say so at the start: the 12-week production window is the constraint that decides everything else.
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Packing, loading and shipping
Consoles and side tables are wrapped, corner-protected and packed in single-face cartons, with glass tops in separate timber cradles marked per piece. Packing timber is heat-treated to ISPM 15. Every carton is weighed and measured, the packing list is built from those measurements rather than from the quotation, and the stack plan is drawn before loading, so heavy bases sit over the container floor and nothing rests on a glass cradle. That plan reaches your broker in advance, which is usually the difference between a clean clearance and a week of questions at the port.
Where does the container actually leave from? Loading happens at our yard in Jepara, on the north coast of Central Java. From there the container runs 65–70 km to the port of Semarang, roughly two hours on the coastal road, where the cartons are checked against the packing list before the truck enters the terminal. It is then lifted onto a feeder service, usually connecting through Singapore or Tanjung Priok, for the deep-sea leg to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg or the Mediterranean. FOB Semarang is our standard term, so your forwarder controls the ocean leg and you see its real cost.
Our office and factory stand at the same address on every document we issue: Jl. RA Rukmini KM.02 Pekalongan RT.02/V, Tahunan, Jepara 59428, Central Java, Indonesia. Buyers and third-party inspectors are welcome at any stage of production.
MOQ 1x20'FCL mixed · 4x40'FCL per month · 300+ containers shipped since 2016 · export@teakrootfurniture.com
Written by
Mr. August Praymunor — Overseas Marketing Director
CV. Nusantara Sourcing Agent · manufacturer and exporter of teak root and suar wood furniture in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia, with over 300 containers shipped since 2016.
export@teakrootfurniture.com · WhatsApp +62 852 0600 7878 · LinkedIn
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Written by
Mr. August Praymunor — Overseas Marketing Director
CV. Nusantara Sourcing Agent · manufacturer and exporter of teak root and suar wood furniture in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia, with over 300 containers shipped since 2016.
export@teakrootfurniture.com · WhatsApp +62 852 0600 7878 · LinkedIn
