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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. Retailers and product-based companies in many consumer categories are affected by the new tariffs and countervailing charges implemented on goods from China. Before 2019, the duty for tile imported from China was: 8.5%

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Smith & Fong expands palmwood floor offering

Floor Covering News

San Francisco—Smith & Fong, a company specializing in sustainable interior finishes, has added six new colors to its award-winning Durapalm line of palmwood flooring. “We The new Durapalm flooring colors include: Reef—which expresses the tonal range of palm featuring sunburst patterns, deep notes and dynamic grain.

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Unilin to unveil UniGrout Slim at Domotex Asia

Floor Covering News

Shanghai, China—Unilin Technologies, the IP and technology division of Unilin, has launched Unigrout Slim, a grout imitation bevel that brings the appearance of ceramic tiles to vinyl flooring without the need for actual grout. The shallow bevel makes cleaning easier by allowing floors to stay intact with minimal effort.

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GIMIG signs i4F CeraGrout license agreement

Floor Covering News

CeraGrout is exclusively available via an i4F surface finishing license agreement, and complements GIMIG’s other i4F license agreement for drop-lock floor installation technologies. “We “This time to enter the exciting and fast-growing world of ceramic-looking flooring!

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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

Floor Covering News

hardwood flooring category took a big step back in 2022. Floor Covering News research shows hardwood flooring revenues fell 9.8% As a result of the diminished sales activity in 2022, hardwood flooring saw its total share of flooring sales fall to 8.6% In terms of volume, hardwood flooring represented roughly 4.7%

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

Floor Covering News

flooring industry to post record gains as shoppers continued to spend on home improvements in lieu of lavish vacations. flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. In 2021, the average selling price of all flooring was $1.33. Raw material scarcity.

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

Floor Covering News

Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Resilient flooring manufactured stateside offers excellent quality control, more stable pricing, shorter lead times and lower capital inventory requirements. Moreover, made-in-the-U.S.A.