Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- August 2017

Stone World's statistics page is a monthly list comprised of the U.S. granite, marble, slate, and other stone imports and stone exports with countries around the world. It provides the total dollar amount and tonnage of material for each country's transactions within the month. Featured in the December 2017 issue of Stone World.

August 2017 | Stone Imports to the U.S.

Customers value in dollars does not include insurance or freight

COUNTRY GRANITE
U.S. Dollar		 GRANITE
Tons		 MARBLE*
U.S. Dollar		 MARBLE*
Tons		 SLATE**
U.S. Dollar		 OTHER***
U.S. Dollar		 OTHER***
Tons
ARAB EMIRATES
 4,383 2          
ARGENTINA
 42,101 41          
AUSTRALIA
     5,279 1      
AUSTRIA
     6,527 1      
BELGIUM
     241,265 120   3,049 1
BRAZIL
 39,761,613 61,115 516,513 587 488,900 574,416 443
BULGARIA
     154,355 149 12,799    
CANADA
 1,007,344 2,054 1,786,513 3,841 441,279 3,173,879 184,564
CHINA
 17,981,987 31,220 17,907,443 12,922 2,664,656 1,363,123 3,017
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     238,585 469      
ECUADOR
     76,274 5      
EGYPT
 58,412 55 364,727 792      
FRANCE
 9,796 34 1,211,438 851 18,874 23,806 17
GERMANY
 65,669 23 547,848 406   3,000 1
GREECE
     1,823,836 965 7,118    
HONG KONG
 53,970 105 295,075 138   29,376 102
INDIA
 13,431,893 19,541 3,464,476 2,323 831,133 1,037,849 3,039
INDONESIA
     303,835 229      
IRELAND
     36,289 4      
ISRAEL
     445,081 247      
ITALY
 6,727,949 3,519 14,017,474 5,333 68,625 612,609 1,189
JAPAN
 23,082 14          
KOREA
 13,469 1       138,026 228
LEBANON
     136,391 61      
MADAGASCAR
     4,412 1      
MEXICO
 14,848 10 2,816,693 4,903 18,635 146,176 221
MOROCCO
     120,184 95      
NAMIBIA
 22,189 25 24,015 23      
NEW ZEALAND
           2,795 1
NORWAY
           58,362 76
PAKISTAN
     214,588 131      
PERU
     375,338 320   5,625 84
PHILIPPINES
     80,696 106      
POLAND
     5,500 1      
PORTUGAL
 145,255 201 1,900,694 1,742 27,709    
ROMANIA
     62,115 48      
RUSSIA
           3,954 1
SAUDI ARABIA
 135,426 245          
SINGAPORE
     3,236 2      
SOUTH AFRICA
 342,110 346     16,108 382,017 1,249
SPAIN
 3,590,383 8,361 1,715,903 1,685 300,291 59,310 51
SRI LANKA
 4,500 4       47,250 175
SWEDEN
           70,385 574
SYRIA
     84,404 154      
TAIWAN
 163,302 90 488,378 276      
THAILAND
     8,463 3 4,165    
TURKEY
     18,281,220 35,302   6,347 25
UNITED KINGDOM
 16,042 160 52,471 24 614,548 6,516 13
URUGUAY
 28,147 69          
VENEZUELA
 11,337 23          
VIETNAM
 26,705 106 360,488 430   95,480 104
OTHER
 2,266 1 87,360 684   25,200 68
TOTAL- August 2017
 83,684,178 127,365 70,265,382 75,374 5,514,840 7,868,550 195,243
TOTAL- August 2016
 96,410,775 143,064 69,315,161 71,342 6,313,393 6,483,940 259,201

*includes marble, travertine, alabaster, and other calcareous stone, **tonnage figures not available, ***includes dolomite, sandstone, quartzite, basalt, porphyry and other non-specific monumental or building stone. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce

August 2017 | Stone Exports from the U.S.

Customers value in dollars does not include insurance or freight

COUNTRY GRANITE
U.S. Dollar		 GRANITE
Tons		 MARBLE*
U.S. Dollar		 MARBLE*
Tons		 SLATE**
U.S. Dollar		 OTHER***
U.S. Dollar		 OTHER***
Tons
ANTIGUA
           9,334 7
ARAB EMIRATES
 2,718 1 3,570 1   104,172 113
ARGENTINA
           33,610 151
AUSTRALIA
 4,950 1          
BAHAMAS
 104,989 53 473,533 220   15,456 6
BARBADOS
     43,485 6 14,695    
BELGIUM
           125,700 609
BERMUDA
 2,831 1       3,740 1
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
     3,945 1      
CANADA
 1,566,328 2,293 2,055,198 19,293 147,349 4,544,933 13,057
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 17,953 3 39,952 12   105,206 31
CHINA
 519,741 1,340 397,111 312      
COLOMBIA
           5,580 15
COSTA RICA
     5,616 12      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           9,995 17
ECUADOR
           4,910 5
HONG KONG
     14,243 1   17,700 17
INDIA
 10,842 9 49,859 2 2,609    
ISRAEL
       2,979      
ITALY
 313,874 1,279 1,356,399 1,150   9,298 1
JAMAICA
         31,169 10,855 4
JAPAN
 58,094 116 4,897 17   122,818 38
JORDAN
           111,617 49
KOREA
     6,190 1   6,618 1
MALAYSIA
 3,837 1       16,182 2
MEXICO
 162,867 300 168,426 206 101,434 51,646 132
NEW ZEALAND
     3,900 1 29,954    
PHILIPPINES
           30,312 7
POLAND
 13,717 81          
RUSSIA
           112,577 39
SAINT KITTS
 7,516 5 4,837 1      
SAINT LUCIA
           12,532 2
SINGAPORE
 10,000 1     12,500 9,500 1
SWEDEN
     3,292 1      
TAIWAN
 168,264 702     34,386 15,545 2
TRINIDAD
     2,550 2      
TURKEY
           67,722 19
UNITED KINGDOM
     55,655 434   118,214 60
VENEZUELA
     9,960 14      
OTHER
 16,400 24 62,033 36   30,359 14
TOTAL AUGUST 2017
 2,984,921 6,210 4,764,651 21,723 377,075 5,706,131 14,400
TOTAL AUGUST 2016
 3,683,377 7,503 4,598,427 21,546 312,099 3,479,937 8,672

*includes marble, travertine, alabaster, and other calcareous stone, **tonnage figures not available, ***includes dolomite, sandstone, quartzite, basalt, porphyry and other non-specific monumental or building stone. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce

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