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ume respectively. In terms of value Italy remained the largest exporter to the U.S. comprising 34.6 of U.S. value imports. China was second with a 26 share and Mexico took third with a 14.3 share. The dollar value per square foot of tile imports including freight insurance and duty rose slightly from 1.06 in 2014 to 1.07 in 2015. There is a growing trend towards returning production back to the U.S. In fact 2015 was a record year for U.S. manufacturers as an all-time high of 857.2 million sq. ft. up 10.4 from 2014s 779.1 million sq. ft. were shipped domestically. 2015 exports were up 10.1 to 40.7 million sq. ft. up from 2014s revised total July 2015 of 37 million sq. ft. The vast majority of these exports in sq. ft. were to Canada 57.1 and Mexico 18.8. In dollar value 2015 domes- tic shipments minus exports were 1.26 billion up 9.4 vs. 2014s 1.15 billion. The dollar valuesquare foot of domesti- cally produced tile fell slightly from 1.48 in 2014 to 1.47 in 2015. There are lots of other great stories in this issue as well with a focus on electric-floor warming how it brings comfort and value to your customer profit to your bottom line and what to keep in mind when you are considering an electric-floor warming instal- lation. Happy reading God bless Lesley lesleytile-assn.com EDITORS LETTER We can test per ANSI B101.1 ANSI B101.3 ASTM C1028-07 ANSI A137.1 AcuTest SCOF DCOF Slip Index Meets or Exceeds ADA and OSHA 100 Guaranteed INCREASE YOUR TRACTION UP TO 600 Local testing and installers available Treated over 6000000 sq ft Engineer Tested and Proven We accept all Tile Store or Installers POs with 30 days terms free fast shipping www.slipdoctors.com Toll FREE 888-436-5404 Fax 214-666-3225 infoslipdoctors.com 14 TileLetter May 2016