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Stats 2023: Tile flooring price increases buoy dollar sales

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F or the second year running tile flooring experienced sales growth after its 2020 decline, which had been the category’s first decrease in several years. However, while dollar sales were up, much of that came from price increases and inflationary pressures. Volume experienced a slight decrease overall. billion square feet.

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Tile continues downward slide

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ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 2.85 ceramic tile imports were at 2.00 imports, followed by Spain (17.4%) and Mexico (16.7%). The five countries from which the most tiles were imported in 2023 based on volume were: India (42.6%); Spain -19.4%; Mexico -7.8%; Italy -20.5%; Brazil -18.6%. Clemson, S.C.—U.S. Imports U.S.

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Domestic tile manufacturers seek tariffs on imports

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ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. Over the last 10 years, sales of tile from India have increased from a mere 344,000 square feet in 2013 to nearly 405 million square feet by the end of 2023. Clemson, S.C.—U.S. “In fact, U.S.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

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Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. In 2020, the category also represented 21.8%

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

While children everywhere are going back to school, let’s go back to basics and learn about ceramic tile through a few of Architectural Ceramic’s collections: Basics, London, and City Hall. Let’s learn a bit about how ceramic tile is classified. The principles used to create ceramic tile are basic.

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Waterproof: Domestic manufacturing update

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manufacturing and has facilities in Dalton as well as Mexicali, Mexico, to service its North American customers. Our overall goal is to provide stable pricing and readily available stateside inventory while working in tandem with our Chinese manufacturing operations,” said Dick Quinlan, vice president of sales and marketing. “In

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MSI’s Shah outlines his strategy for success

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Today, the company more commonly known as MSI is eclipsing the $2 billion mark in annual sales and leveraging that volume into providing more value to the end consumer. Whether it’s India, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Italy or Spain, we have ultimate flexibility. We saw anti-dumping on quartz, we saw anti-dumping on ceramic tile.