Hardwood Flooring Shipments Slow Slightly in Febru
Memphis, TN, March 28--Hardwood flooring shipments for February 2005 are reported at 50,358,000 board feet, a slight drop (2.5%) from the shipments reported for the same period a year earlier, according to NOMFA.
The report on monthly shipments of hardwood flooring products for the month of February 2005 was released by NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association. The information represents data from hardwood flooring manufacturers in the U.S.
Figures for the same month in 2004 show shipments of 51,646,000 board feet. This is the second consecutive month in which shipments lagged slightly behind the torrid pace set in 2004.
Year-to-date shipments for the first two months of 2005 are 102,575,000 board feet, slightly more than 3% less than the same period in 2004. Shipments through two months of 2004 were 106,152,000 board feet. Hardwood flooring shipments for the past 12 months have totaled 720,873,000 board feet, nearly 30 million feet higher than the same 12-month period one year ago.
