| | | Apr 23, 2024 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | New Home Sales Rose 8.8% in March | | Washington, DC, April 23, 2024—Sales of new single-family houses in March 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 693,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 8.8% above the revised February rate of 637,000 and 8.3 percent% above the March 2023 estimate of 640,000. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | U.S. Ceramic Manufacturers Seeking Tariffs Against Indian Imports | | Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. ceramic tile manufacturing are filing anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with the federal government seeking the imposition of substantial tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India to remedy unfairly low-priced imports that have injured domestic manufacturers and flooded the market with uncertified porcelain tiles. | | |
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| | | | U.S. Ceramic Consumption Declined 7.3% in 2023 | | Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 2.85 billion square feet, down 7.3% from the previous year, according to the Tile Council of North America. | | |
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| | | | Schlüter Family Named Tile Person of the Year by TCNA | | Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024—The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) presented its Tile Person of the Year honor to the Schlüter family—Werner, Barbara, Udo and Marc—at Coverings 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. | | |
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| | | CFI Announces New Board Members, Rod Von Busch Named Chair | | Dalton, GA, April 23, 2024—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) announces the appointment of Rod Von Busch, vice president of operations at CDI Floors, as its new board chair. | | |
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| | | Coverings 2024 Now Underway in Atlanta | | Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2024-Coverings kicks off today in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia World Congress Center. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | Joe Lundgren Discusses Noteworthy Observations from Coverings 2024 | | April 23, 2024—Joe Lundgren, Tile industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss trends that are impacting the tile business here in the U.S. Listen | | |
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