Both US hardwood flooring and assembled flooring panel imports declined in January. Hardwood flooring imports declined month-on-month to US$3.3 million in January. But US imports were 25% higher than in January 2015.
Indonesia was the only major source of imports with higher shipments to the US in January.
Hardwood flooring imports from Indonesia were worth US$806,440 in January, followed by China with US$743,100. Malaysian shipment fell to US$547,150 in January. Imports from Vietnam halved from December to US$280,950 in January.
US imports of assembled flooring panels declined 12% to US$8.9 million in January, down 22% from January 2015.
The drop was mainly in imports from China. China’s shipments fell 30% from December to US$3.2 million. Imports from Canada and Indonesia increased.
Imports from Indonesia were valued at US$851,767 in January, up 61% from the same time last year.
Higher US moulding imports from Brazil and Malaysia
US hardwood moulding imports were worth US$16.7 million in January, up 3% from the previous month.
US imports from Brazil and Malaysia recovered after declining towards the end of 2015. Imports from Brazil were US$5.2 million in January, up 40% from December and one third higher than the same time last year.
China was the second-largest source of mouldings at US$4.9 million. Imports from China declined month-onmonth as well as compared to January 2015.
Imports from Malaysia were worth US$1.1 million in January, up 21% from December and 10% up from last January. Moulding imports from Indonesia increased to US$748,956 in January.
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