Vast market views cloud 2009 results

摘要

Manufacturers sold 912 million dollars of laminate flooring in the U.S. last year at a record-low 1.00 dollars average square-foot price, a respective 13.9-percent and 12.2-percent decline in category value and volume, according to government and industry data compiled by Catalina Research and FCW (Chart 18). Bill Dearing, president of the North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA), estimated 2009's U.S. laminate flooring market value ranged between 890 million dollars and 900 million dollars.