Tile production prices deflate ...

Tile production prices deflate

The average price paid for ceramic floor and wall tile works by contractors, remodelers and do-it-yourself homeowner during June of this year was 11 percent lower than during June 2000 Prices hew down 0.5 percent between May and June 2001 after posting surprising increases during April and May. Although the athletic construction market of the past several years has kept demand for tile productions at a reasonably high horizontal supply -- increasingly from foreign sources -- has had little difficulty keeping pace. Following the imbrue 2.5 percent decline in