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Stats 2023: Hardwood flooring cedes share

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We’re putting a coating on to take some of the pink out before we’ll do the colorations,” Bondrowski explained. Much like other hard surface categories, hardwood flooring imported from China has also declined measurably in recent years. We’re also experimenting with ash because it doesn’t have that pink tone.”

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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We’re bringing in material from Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, and container rates out of those countries has been increasing. Meanwhile, the 20-foot container rates on rigid core vinyl products out of China and some other places have actually stayed flat or gone down just a tiny bit.