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Indonesian wooden homeware

Indonesia makes boards, bowls, trays and serving pieces in teak, acacia, suar and mango wood. They carry the same legality paperwork as furniture, and anything that touches food is also a food contact article, which is a separate regime most buyers discover late.

How it leaves the country.

Boards and blocks
End grain and edge grain, in several timbers. Construction and glue matter as much as the species.
Turned and carved
Bowls, plates and serving pieces, usually from a single block. Wall thickness and drying decide whether they crack.
Mixed material
Wood with resin, marble or metal. Each additional material brings its own compliance question.

How it is graded.

There is no grade table. What protects an order is a specification that names the timber, the construction, the finish and the moisture, plus a clear position on whether the piece is intended for food contact.

Food contact is separate
A board sold for serving food is a food contact article in most destinations, with its own rules on finishes and adhesives. Establish this before production.
The finish is the risk
Oils and waxes used in Indonesia are not always the ones your market permits for food contact. Name the finish system in the contract.
Legality
V-Legal document under SVLK, required for every wood product leaving Indonesia, for every destination1

How it is packed.

Moisture
Small solid wood pieces crack when they dry in a heated interior. A moisture check before loading is the cheapest insurance on this product.
Wood packaging
Crates, pallets and dunnage are treated and marked under ISPM 15, separately from the goods2

Where it grows.

  • Central Java

    Java

    The main production base, working alongside the furniture clusters.

  • Bali

    Bali

    Design-led production aimed at retail and hospitality, often in mixed materials.

  • East Java

    Java

    Volume production close to Surabaya and the export routes.

Who buys this.

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.1
EUDR due diligence statement
For the EU only. Wood is a listed commodity and homeware is a derived product.3
Food contact declaration
Where the piece is intended for food, a declaration covering the timber, the adhesive and the finish against your market's rules.
ISPM 15 treatment mark
On the packaging around the goods, separate from the goods themselves.2

What a shipment needs depends on the product, the producer and the market it is going to. We map the documents against your destination before anyone quotes a price.

Questions buyers ask.

Do I need a food contact declaration for a serving board?

In most destinations yes, if it is sold for use with food. It covers the timber, any adhesive and the finish. Establish the requirement before production, because a finish applied in Indonesia cannot be removed on arrival.

Why do bowls crack?

Drying. A piece turned from wood that was not dried to the moisture it will settle at in your market will move and split. It is preventable and it is the most common complaint on turned goods.

Which timber should I choose?

Teak and acacia are the workhorses, suar gives figure, mango is cheap and light. What matters more than the species is that it is named in the contract, because substitution is easy once a piece is oiled.

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.

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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.

One line is enough to start. The more exact you are, the faster the answer comes back.

What you want back

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We answer within one working day, from Indonesia on UTC+7. Wholesale orders from $10,000 per shipment.

Sources

  1. 1SVLK, Indonesia's timber legality assurance system. FLEGT licence information service. Checked 3 August 2026.
  2. 2ISPM 15, regulation of wood packaging material in international trade. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), FAO. Checked 3 August 2026.
  3. 3Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). European Commission. Checked 3 August 2026.