Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- November 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 March 2018 issue of Stone World.

November 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
ARGENTINA
 21,169 18          
AUSTRIA
 21,044 2 9,190 1      
BELGIUM
     63,978 42      
BRAZIL
 32,583,518 48,238 327,559 319 534,242 763,805 497
BULGARIA
     45,168 65      
CANADA
 1,090,537 4,087 1,704,330 2,461 269,608 2,930,636 171,863
CHINA
 15,530,767 30,275 16,784,462 11,094 1,782,657 1,084,333 2,438
CROATIA
     34,499 63      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     160,299 325      
ECUADOR
     104,633 7      
EGYPT
 8,253 18 271,432 562      
FINLAND
           3,186 40
FRANCE
 25,675 2 680,059 436   15,673 17
GERMANY
 8,750 1 477,376 374 31,891 88,713 1,671
GREECE
 5,800 3 1,317,487 753   22,942 61
HONG KONG
 16,020 15 209,137 98      
INDIA
 12,598,469 18,579 3,521,372 2,618 729,871 890,554 2,336
INDONESIA
 2,885 5 395,595 288 12,716 2,560 3
ISRAEL
     236,948 145      
ITALY
 7,006,617 4,247 10,653,549 3,886 75,318 831,416 1,477
JAPAN
 36,877 25          
JORDAN
     15,542 23      
KOREA
 6,513 4 33,000 4      
LEBANON
     378,049 63   15,445 30
MEXICO
 24,529 33 2,374,932 4,387 6,127 222,641 193
MOROCCO
     96,661 98      
NAMIBIA
     44,659 40      
NETHERLANDS
     2,767 1      
PAKISTAN
 3,150 1 199,219 157      
PERU
     321,381 310      
PHILIPPINES
     40,017 87   16,805 22
PORTUGAL
 108,833 90 1,506,249 1,511 18,376 8,320 3
ROMANIA
     20,766 24      
RUSSIA
         2,791    
SAUDI ARABIA
 28,611 55          
SINGAPORE
     26,670 2      
SOUTH AFRICA
 314,902 386       105,075 400
SPAIN
 2,230,234 4,981 1,193,185 1,311 554,301    
SWITZERLAND
 21,756 21     14,225    
SYRIA
     40,141 44      
TAIWAN
 148,395 137 510,677 170 4,217    
THAILAND
 2,062 3 12,242 2      
TUNISIA
     75,759 60      
TURKEY
     17,066,086 33,162 15,795    
UNITED KINGDOM
 7,236 14 41,788 26 59,764 7,695 1
URUGUAY
 33,067 73          
VIETNAM
 10,680 40 520,772 547 34,224 44,510 77
ZIMBABWE
 27,666 23          
OTHER
 2,422 8 62,394 197      
TOTAL- November 2017
 71,926,437 111,384 61,580,029 65,763 4,146,123 7,054,309 181,129
TOTAL- November 2016
 68,596,161 94,560 64,214,837 70,615 5,960,811 5,030,252 109,645

*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

November 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
ARAB EMIRATES
     17,037 2   85,301 96
ARGENTINA
           6,908 20
ARUBA
     16,468 14      
AUSTRALIA
     7,050 1   15,424 16
BAHAMAS
 69,761 23 468,308 1,372      
BARBADOS
 6,173 8          
BELGIUM
 57,084 9       227,480 628
BELIZE
 8,500 1          
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 30,846 15     6,077    
CANADA
 1,202,883 2,546 2,045,642 15,401 173,709 4,235,887 10,820
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 8,793 8 26,998 29   14,618 4
CHINA
 168,619 419 271,202 487 18,156 67,859 23
COLOMBIA
         5,663 88,139 266
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           9,995 17
FRANCE
           43,800 213
GREECE
     38,013 14      
IRELAND
           37,605 9
ISRAEL
           26,060 1
ITALY
 330,629 862 1,577,251 1,436   20,911 16
JAMAICA
 8,594 5 19,270 13   25,842 29
JAPAN
           153,528 348
KOREA
     5,866 1   4,500 1
MALAYSIA
 20,370 21       28,950 3
MEXICO
 176,384 396 105,709 205   66,844 345
NETHERLANDS
     44,874 770      
NEW ZEALAND
           3,090 10
PANAMA
     7,000 2      
PERU
     15,432 8      
POLAND
 7,370 25          
RUSSIA
           178,024 107
SAUDI ARABIA
     28,168 1      
SINGAPORE
     3,900 1      
SOUTH AFRICA
     3,366 1      
SPAIN
 13,658 52          
TAIWAN
 118,749 393       28,383 289
TRINIDAD
 7,527 11       64,672 22
UNITED KINGDOM
 13,171 8 70,442 8 64,047 744,911 207
VENEZUELA
     8,832 2      
OTHER
 4,200 2 68,591 16   3,308 1
TOTAL NOVEMBER 2017
 2,253,311 4,804 4,849,419 19,784 267,652 6,182,039 13,491
TOTAL NOVEMBER 2016
 3,643,740 5,993 4,478,951 19,203 162,204 3,042,633 5,750

*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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