Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- April 2018

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 August 2018 issue of Stone World.

April 2018 | 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
 5,462 25          
BELGIUM
       206,050 68    
BRAZIL
 33,075,612 52,837 367,169 446 775,318 978,598 1,944
BULGARIA
     27,433 22      
CANADA
 980,571 4,716 887,961 1,963 341,997 2,344,361 95,235
CHINA
 9,718,695 16,336 13,135,310 7,587 1,060,420 230,511 555
CROATIA
     28,896 26      
CZECH REPUBLIC
 5,424 1          
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     325,312 532   49,878 311
ECUADOR
     104,223 7      
EGYPT
     180,221 360      
FINLAND
           15,279 191
FRANCE
     719,413 468   20,756 15
GERMANY
 54,732 76 367,497 371   62,567 930
GREECE
     1,284,014 646   8,727 4
HONDURAS
     7,910 3      
HONG KONG
 23,638 48 188,674 158      
INDIA
 13,087,208 20,122 2,405,101 1,746 924,162 1,039,560 2,789
INDONESIA
 8,095 8 376,213 321 15,472 5,546 4
IRELAND
     9,000 1      
ISRAEL
     469,991 477      
ITALY
 5,928,702 2,988 12,355,050 5,346 60,682 740,347 513
JAPAN
 9,102 1          
KOREA
           4,832 2
LEBANON
     302,678 65      
MEXICO
 12,829 9 2,971,954 5,080   59,136 108
MOROCCO
     210,492 199      
NETHERLANDS
         4,750    
NORWAY
           31,315 36
PAKISTAN
 11,692 26 38,674 43      
PERU
     146,033 151      
PHILIPPINES
     25,084 63      
POLAND
 16,419 1,380          
PORTUGAL
 35,384 69 1,563,065 1,451 54,437    
ROMANIA
     153,614 249   14,103 20
SAUDI ARABIA
 42,808 92          
SOUTH AFRICA
 434,713 688       4,565 21
SPAIN
 3,107,564 6,615 1,409,609 1,494 393,942 26,855 43
SWEDEN
 11,127 1          
SWITZERLAND
     52,312 52      
SYRIA
     108,011 116   30,000 67
TAIWAN
 101,620 57 598,380 281      
THAILAND
 9,792 10          
TUNISIA
     104,779 46      
TURKEY
 8,269 34 15,790,584 27,898      
UNITED KINGDOM
 4,939 90 112,340 64 255,743 11,918 4
URUGUAY
 20,388 47          
VENEZUELA
     4,369 23   7,400 34
VIETNAM
     157,950 143 145,310 37,400 45
ZIMBABWE
           4,700 31
OTHER
     41,118 17      
TOTAL- APRIL 2018
 66,714,785 106,276 57,236,484 57,983 4,032,233 5,728,354 102,902
TOTAL- APRIL 2017
 86,239,844 122,041 55,392,697 62,722 4,086,615 5,900,360 48,322

*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

April 2018 | 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
     11,344 3      
ARGENTINA
 6,599 2       34,540 100
AUSTRALIA
 3,444 1 31,730 1   12,626 7
BAHAMAS
 184,082 29 210,052 310 3,604 33,842 41
BARBADOS
 3,865 2          
BELGIUM
 21,600 72       78,090 150
BERMUDA
     29,450 34   2,534 1
BOLIVIA
           3,681 1
BRAZIL
           46,452 60
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
     8,320 3      
CANADA
 1,294,816 3,252 1,901,208 19,922 148,752 4,272,165 15,134
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 5,026 1 6,203 106   11,912 8
CHINA
 110,834 646 197,074 229 11,393    
COLOMBIA
           4,023 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     11,119 18      
EGYPT
     10,931 1      
FRANCE
 31,685 2       3,680 1
GERMANY
 29,250 44          
HONDURAS
     20,258 16      
INDIA
 5,340 20 30,591 2      
ISRAEL
 4,021 1          
ITALY
 257,740 642 1,725,289 1,428 6,133 135,647 252
JAMAICA
     4,320 1   6,435 17
JAPAN
 6,019 1 2,660 1   119,339 34
KOREA
 267,722 599       15,828 13
MALAYSIA
 8,148 6 27,604 6      
MEXICO
 94,622 173 144,260 240   244,318 363
NETHERLANDS
 18,285 1          
NICARAGUA
     4,350 1      
NORWAY
 30,370 45          
PHILIPPINES
           87,892 37
RUSSIA
           55,315 19
SAUDI ARABIA
 3,150 1 75,514 25      
SPAIN
 152,877 304          
SWEDEN
 3,842 1          
SWITZERLAND
     10,585 1   7,391 1
TAIWAN
     3,668 1      
THAILAND
           50,429 19
TRINIDAD
     12,190 14   19,239 100
TURKEY
           53,262 19
UNITED KINGDOM
     40,087 688   789,000 113
VENEZUELA
     3,500 1      
VIETNAM
           9,332 40
OTHER
 6,506 2 18,718 23 3,255 28,000 20
TOTAL APRIL 2018
 2,549,843 5,847 4,541,025 23,075 173,137 6,124,972 16,551
TOTAL APRIL 2017
 3,456,035 7,517 3,415,554 18,885 450,344 4,790,415 11,350

*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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