U.S. Wood Flooring Imports Down

End-matched, non-coniferous wood flooring imports to the U.S. are down about 1.9 percent, according to a free report from Zepol Corporation, a Minnesota-based market research firm. Imports from August 2009 to July 2010 totaled $34.7 million, slightly down from imports totaling $35.3 million during August 2008 to July 2009. (These figures do not include bamboo flooring.) Specifically, end-matched Brazilian cherry (jatoba) imports dropped 15.1 percent; during August 2008 to July 2009, roughly $32.8 million worth of Brazilian cherry was imported to the U.S., while from August 2009 to July 2010, $27.9 million was imported. The report contains similar figures on ipé, santos mahogany and cumaru, among others.