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The U.S. ceramic tile market contracted for the second straight year in 2023, as the U.S. housing market continued to struggle due to high mortgage rates, inflation, and labor shortages.<\/p>\n
Based on figures from U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Tile Council of North America,\u00a0total U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 264.5 million m2 (2.85 billion sq. ft.), down 7.3% from the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe volume of\u00a0domestically produced tile<\/strong>\u00a0decreased from\u00a087.3 million sq.m to 83.5 million sq.m<\/strong>, -4.4% from 2022. U.S. manufacturers shipped 78.7 million m2 (847.3 million sq. ft.) of ceramic tile domestically in 2023, down 4.7% from the previous year.<\/p>\nBy volume,\u00a0U.S. shipments\u2019 share of total U.S. consumption was 29.8%<\/strong>\u00a0in 2023, up from 28.9% the prior year, and was much higher than the shares of any individual country exporting to the U.S., with the next highest shares of total consumption belonging to India (14.2%), Spain (12.2%), and Mexico (11.8%).<\/p>\nIn dollars, U.S. FOB factory sales of domestic shipments in 2023 were $1.50 billion, a 1.7% increase from the prior year. U.S. shipments were 36.9% of total 2023 U.S. tile consumption by value, up from 33.4% in 2022. The per unit value of domestic shipments in 2023 was $19.06\/m2 ($1.77\/sq. ft.), up from $17.86\/m2 ($1.66\/sq. ft.) in 2022.<\/p>\n
U.S. ceramic tile exports<\/strong>\u00a0in 2023 were 4.7 million m2 (51 million sq. ft.), up 0.5% from the previous year and the highest total on record. The vast majority of these exports went to Canada (65.8%) and Mexico (19.7%). U.S. exports by value in 2023 were $53.3 million, up 1.4% from 2022.<\/p>\nImports<\/h3>\n According to figures by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce,\u00a0U.S. ceramic tile imports were at 185.8 million m2<\/strong>\u00a0(2.00 billion sq. ft.) in 2023,\u00a0an 8.4% decline<\/strong>\u00a0from the prior year.<\/p>\nWhile many of the largest tile exporters to the U.S. experienced double-digit year-over-year percentage declines,\u00a0imports from India soared 42.6% by volume, from 26.4 in 2022 to 37.6 million m2 in 2023<\/strong>. With a 20.3% share of U.S. imports, India also became the largest exporter to the U.S. on a volume basis for the first time, replacing Spain, which had held the top spot since 2020.<\/p>\nSpain\u00a0<\/strong>was the second largest exporter to the U.S. in 2023 even though its volume fell 19.4% compared to the previous year. Spanish imports held a 17.4% share of 2023 total U.S. imports by volume, down from 19.8% in 2022.<\/p>\nMexico\u00a0<\/strong>remained the third largest exporter to the U.S. by volume in 2023 with a 16.7% share of total U.S. imports. Imports from Mexico by volume declined 7.8% vs. 2022.<\/p>\nWhile\u00a0Italy\u00a0<\/strong>was the fourth largest exporter to the U.S. in 2023 by volume, its exports to the U.S. were down 20.5% vs. the prior year. Italy\u2019s share of imports fell from 17.3% in 2022 to 15.0% in 2023, its lowest import share on record.<\/p>\nBrazil\u00a0<\/strong>replaced Turkey in the fifth spot despite seeing its exports to the U.S. fall 18.6% vs. 2022. Brazilian tile made up 9.2% of U.S. imports in 2023, down from 10.4% the preceding year.<\/p>\nIn 2023,\u00a0the total value of ceramic tile imports decreased by 12.9% to US$ 2.56 billion<\/strong>. On a dollar basis (CIF + duty),\u00a0Italy\u00a0<\/strong>kept its place as the largest exporter to the U.S., making up 28.2% of 2023 U.S imports (US$ 722 million, -18.7%), followed by\u00a0Spain\u00a0<\/strong>with a 25.7% share (US$ 659 million, -16.5%) and\u00a0Mexico\u00a0<\/strong>with an 11.3% share (US$ 290 million, +8.6%).<\/p>\nOnce again in 2023, Italian tiles had the highest average price of $25.94\/sq.m, up 2.3% from $25.36\/sq.m in 2022. Spanish average value also increased by 3.6% from $19.64\/sq.m to $20.35\/sq.m.<\/p>\n
On the contrary, the average price of Indian tiles decreased by 26.3%, from $9,34\/sq.m in 2022 to $6.88\/sq.m in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Total U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 264.5 million sq.m, down 7.3% from the previous year. Imports fell by 8.4% to 185.8 million sq.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[25,58,24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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