Memphis, TN., November 19—-Hardwood flooring shipments for October 2004 are reported at 60,493,000 board feet, the highest level since June of this year.
The figures were released today by NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association. The information represents data from hardwood flooring manufacturers in the U.S.
October 2004 represents the second best month for shipments in 2004 and is the third month this year that shipments have topped 60,000,000 board feet.
Prior to 2004 (and excluding the October 2003 anomaly), the 60,000,000-foot figure was last topped in June 2001.
Cumulative shipments for the past 12 months were 667,790,000 board feet,
some 34 million feet, or five per cent, higher than the same 12 month period
one year earlier.
Figures for the same month in 2003 show shipments of 66,107,000 board feet. The October 2003 numbers, however, were a statistical anomaly in that those figures included a significant amount of product from a specific manufacturer that was
reported as October shipments but in reality had shipped earlier in the
year.
Year-to-date shipments for the first 10 months of 2004 are 563,845,000 board
feet, about 6.5% higher than the same period in 2003. Shipments through 10
months of 2003 were 529,169,000 board feet.
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