Production value in the EU13 group of Eastern European countries increased 50% between 2002 and 2012.   This region now accounts for 20% of total EU production value. Production growth has been particularly rapid in Poland, Romania, Lithuania and Slovakia, ITTO reported.  Furniture production in this region has always been more export-oriented than in Western Europe. By combining 22  relatively cheap labour with proximity to European customers, furniture production in these countries has risen alongside the on-going process of EU eastern expansion and market integration.  Poland is by far the leading furniture exporter ...