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Obstacles fail to derail wood’s surge

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The winter storms across Texas earlier this year also impacted key components used in wood adhesives and finishes, and that has driven pricing dramatically higher as well.”. That’s impacting overseas even more significantly than the United States, like our Cambodia operations,” Carson stated.

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

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While hardwood flooring imports from South America, Southeast Asia and Europe rose slightly in 2020, hardwood flooring shipments from China to the U.S. Cambodia, Taiwan and Indonesia) also surged, as did shipments from large manufacturers based in South America. Impact of imports. but globally.