Through Thick and Thin, We've Stuck Together Again: 2003 State of the Wood Floor Industry
According to statistics released by NOFMA, the Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association, shipments of strip wood flooring totaled 627.5 million board feet in 2002 -- marking yet another year in which shipments outstripped the previous year. That's not to say that 2001 -- with shipments of 579.6 million board feet -- wasn't a respectable year, particularly when you factor in the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
However, the 2002 tally shows an incredible 8 percent increase over 2001. The 2002 figure reflects the highest modern-day strip wood flooring shipment total since 1966, when 654 million board feet were shipped.