Nowadays roofing factories and wholesalers in USA controlling materials market price in close circles, trying not to compete with each other on pricing, which keeps margins high for all competitors. Most of factories producing waterproofing materials launching their private label purchasing lines for most of system accessories, ordering materials from overseas factories and reselling them by domestic wholesalers to roofers.

Roofing and building contractors are the end customers in the construction industry who is paying final price for materials. Many roofers nowadays trying to survive in tough market competition,. meanwhile creating demand roofing manufactures and driving whole supply chain in different industries: from raw materials producers to exporters, shipping companies, warehouses, retailers. Its time to change the game.

Supply from China is an option to get savings?

Nowadays 70% of factories, producing building materials in China, do not have their own export department and rarely understand requirements on ASTM standards. Domestic construction market in China is so huge with stable growth, that most of factory owners outsource export sales trough trading companies.

Nowadays 70% of factories, producing building materials in China, do not have their own export department and rarely understand requirements on ASTM standards. Domestic construction market in China is so huge with stable growth, that most of factory owners outsource export sales trough trading companies.

In the end, sourcing building materials from China are not so attractive as it was even 5 years ago. High cost labor, matured domestic market, growing Chinese yuan, extremely high sea freight cost - all this factors are reducing competitive advantage of supply from China comparing with countries, such as India, Thailand, Vietnam, Poland, etc.