Furniture, wood & rattan
Indonesian acacia furniture
Acacia is a fast-growing plantation hardwood and the volume alternative to teak. It finishes to look remarkably close to teak indoors, costs considerably less, and behaves differently once it is left outside. Both are timber, so both carry a V-Legal document out of Indonesia.
How it leaves the country.
- Indoor ranges
- Dining, occasional and case goods. This is where acacia competes with teak on level terms and usually wins on price.
- Outdoor ranges
- Widely offered and widely oversold. Acacia outdoors needs maintenance that teak does not, and the difference shows after a season rather than on delivery.
- Solid or engineered
- Acacia also appears as a veneer or a finger-jointed panel. Name which you are buying, because the word acacia covers all three.
How it is graded.
There is no grade table here either. What protects you is a specification that names the construction and the moisture, because acacia moves more than teak does and a piece built wet will show it.
- What to specify
- Solid or engineered, joinery, moisture content on arrival, finish system, colour range, and the tolerance you will accept between pieces.
- Moisture is the one that bites
- Furniture built at Indonesian humidity and shipped to a heated European interior will move. Agreeing the target moisture and checking it before loading is the cheapest insurance on this product.
- Legality
- V-Legal document under SVLK, required for every wood product leaving Indonesia, for every destination1
How it is packed.
- Shipped as
- Knock-down more often than teak, because acacia ranges tend to be simpler in construction and the freight saving is worth more at this price point.
- Wood packaging
- Crates, pallets and dunnage are treated and marked under ISPM 15, separately from the furniture itself2
Where it grows.
Central Java
Java
The same furniture clusters that build teak, running acacia lines alongside it.
East Java
Java
Factory-scale capacity close to Surabaya, and the usual answer for volume programmes.
South Sumatra
Sumatra
Plantation growing rather than furniture making, feeding mills that supply the Javanese workshops.
Choosing between this and something else.
Origins with a protected name.
Names the trade contracts on, most of them on the Indonesian register of geographical indications.
Documentation, where applicable.
- V-Legal document
- Issued under SVLK. Required for wood products to every export destination, not only to Europe.1
- EUDR due diligence statement
- For the EU only. Wood is a listed commodity and furniture is a derived product, so both are in scope. Large operators from 30 December 2026.3
- ISPM 15 treatment mark
- On the wood packaging that travels with the goods: crates, pallets and dunnage.2
- Certificate of origin
- Which form applies depends on the destination and on the preference scheme in force between it and Indonesia.
Questions buyers ask.
Can acacia replace teak?
Indoors, often yes, and the saving is real. Outdoors it is a different material with a different maintenance burden, and a supplier telling you the two are interchangeable in weather is selling rather than advising. Decide by where the furniture will live.
Why does acacia furniture crack after delivery?
Almost always moisture. Wood built at tropical humidity and moved into a heated interior loses water and moves. It is preventable by kiln drying to the right target and verifying it before loading, and it is the first thing to audit at a factory.
Is acacia sustainable?
It is fast-growing and plantation-grown, which helps. The legality question is answered by the V-Legal document that every Indonesian wood shipment carries, and the deforestation question for the EU is answered separately under EUDR.
What does your service cost?
Five per cent of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory. A factory audit starts at $250 depending on location. We work with orders from $10,000 per shipment.
Worth reading.
Tell us what you need.
Give us the specification and the destination port. We come back with producer options and an indicative price. Our fee is 5 % of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory.
Sources
- 1SVLK, Indonesia's timber legality assurance system. FLEGT licence information service. Checked 3 August 2026.
- 2ISPM 15, regulation of wood packaging material in international trade. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), FAO. Checked 3 August 2026.
- 3Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). European Commission. Checked 3 August 2026.