Source: Adbuilder.com
FLOORING/CARPET INDUSTRY FACTS
Total industry shipments totaled 2.057 billion square yards (18.5 billion square feet) or $13.9 billion at mill level. (In 1950 industry shipments were 97 million square yards.)
The United States supplies approximately 45% of the world's carpet.
Most carpet today -- 90% -- is tufted, the process that grew out of the chenille bedspread industry.
The impact of the carpet industry in Georgia (Based on 2007 statistics)
Ninety percent of the U.S. carpet market is supplied by mills located within Georgia (Whitfield, Gordon, Catoosa, Murray, Fannin, Troup, and Bartow counties).
The four largest carpet companies are headquartered in Georgia and eight of the largest 13 carpet companies are headquartered in Georgia.
Source: www.carpet-rug.com
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