Furniture, wood & rattan
Doors and joinery
Indonesian workshops make doors, windows and frames in teak and other hardwoods, both traditional carved and contemporary. A door is a moving part in a wall, so moisture content and construction matter more here than on any other piece of furniture.
How it leaves the country.
- Solid doors
- One-piece hardwood construction. Heavy, expensive, and the most likely to move if the drying was wrong.
- Engineered and stave core
- A stable core with a hardwood face. Far less movement and what most quality manufacturers use for large doors.
- Carved and traditional
- Javanese and Balinese carved panels and gates. A genuine capability and a slow one.
- Windows, frames and shutters
- The rest of the joinery package, usually made by the same workshops and specified the same way.
How it is graded.
A door either closes for twenty years or it does not, and that is decided by three things before it ever leaves the workshop.
- Moisture content
- Set for the destination climate. A door made at tropical equilibrium in a heated house shrinks, twists and stops latching.
- Construction
- Solid, stave core or engineered. It decides how much the door moves with seasonal humidity, and for a wide door it decides whether it stays flat.
- Joinery quality
- Mortice and tenon versus dowel, and how tight. Joints open first at the bottom rail and it takes a year to show.
- Species and grade
- Teak, merbau and others with different movement and durability. Exterior doors need a species and a grade that suit exposure.
- Finish system
- What was applied, how many coats, and whether it seals the top and bottom edges. Unsealed edges are how a door takes up water.
- Hardware preparation
- Whether it is machined for your hardware. Getting this wrong means site work on every door.
How it is packed.
- Individual crates or full protection
- A door with a damaged edge or a marked face is scrap. Corner protection and face covering are the difference.
- Moisture in transit
- Sealed packing so the door does not take up humidity crossing the tropics and then release it at destination.
- Flat and supported
- Doors stored or shipped on edge without support bow, and a bowed door does not close.
- Wood packaging rules
- Crates and pallets carry their own treatment and marking requirement.
Where it grows.
Jepara and Central Java
Java
The furniture and joinery centre, with both carved traditional and contemporary capability.
East Java
Java
Manufacturers with machinery for engineered construction and a route through Surabaya.
Bali
Bali
Carved gates and doors for the architectural and hospitality trade, at workshop scale.
Choosing between this and something else.
Documentation, where applicable.
- SVLK certificate
- Timber legality, and the basis of what an EU or US buyer needs to see.1
- Lacey Act declaration
- For the United States, naming species, country of harvest, quantity and value.2
- Certificate of analysis
- Moisture content and dimensional tolerance on the shipped lot.
- ISPM 15 mark
- On crates and pallets, regulated separately from the goods.3
Questions buyers ask.
Why did my door stop closing?
Almost always moisture. A door made at tropical moisture content dries in a heated building, shrinks and twists. It is fixed in the specification at ordering rather than with a plane afterwards.
Solid or engineered?
Engineered or stave core for anything wide, anything with a big humidity swing, and anything with fire or acoustic requirements. Solid where the look demands it and the environment is stable.
Can they machine for my hardware?
Usually yes, given the exact hardware specification and templates. Doing it in Indonesia is far cheaper than on site, and getting it wrong is far more expensive.
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.
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.
- 2Guidance on the Lacey Act declaration. US Customs and Border Protection. Checked 5 August 2026.
- 3ISPM 15, regulation of wood packaging material in international trade. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), FAO. Checked 3 August 2026.