Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- September 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 January 2019 issue of Stone World.

September 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
 26,178 49 67,095 45      
AUSTRALIA
 33,169 42 2,160 1      
BELGIUM
 42,110 78 101,371 54   25,536 8
BRAZIL
 33,791,844 65,776 128,541 174 743,637 1,790,804 1,122
BULGARIA
     49,376 110 14,871    
CANADA
 875,209 4,791 1,226,897 3,353 364,342 3,024,479 191,207
CHINA
 14,377,264 25,022 19,739,529 12,640 2,704,646 1,417,006 3,355
COLOMBIA
           2,193 6
CROATIA
     56,793 70      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     264,774 520   46,693 104
EGYPT
     358,637 661      
FINLAND
           5,241 66
FRANCE
     896,411 703   87,088 41
GERMANY
 2,721 3 304,744 199   106,641 2,550
GREECE
 8,450 12 1,730,564 890   31,544 68
GUATEMALA
     16,748 19      
HONG KONG
 183,799 216 448,189 200      
INDIA
 12,150,780 24,783 3,743,066 3,326 1,024,338 960,180 3,715
INDONESIA
 36,293 18 360,463 225   8,194 5
IRELAND
     3,000 1   3,244 18
ISRAEL
     525,896 408   3,325 1
ITALY
 4,607,502 2,245 11,914,390 4,263 45,260 947,800 2,857
JAPAN
 45,110 14          
JORDAN
     31,540 49      
KOREA
           7,800 4
LEBANON
     307,354 65      
MEXICO
 7,933 5 2,267,824 4,135   159,132 156
MOROCCO
     278,388 237      
NAMIBIA
 80,216 85          
NETHERLANDS
     2,627 1      
NORWAY
           4,140 12
PAKISTAN
     99,703 45      
PERU
     250,015 228   5,000 56
PHILIPPINES
     46,751 62      
POLAND
           9,801 2
PORTUGAL
 46,850 64 1,136,799 1,051   27,352 20
RUSSIA
         12,622    
SAUDI ARABIA
 50,873 107          
SOUTH AFRICA
 415,476 614       77,479 295
SPAIN
 2,784,899 5,581 1,020,254 831 367,202 68,753 56
SWITZERLAND
           5,273 1
SYRIA
     57,716 51      
TAIWAN
 30,815 16 411,636 147      
THAILAND
 9,556 6 11,440 2      
TUNISIA
     19,235 2      
TURKEY
 10,400 15 17,904,670 36,316 4,724    
UNITED KINGDOM
 22,916 18 116,999 24 31,841 11,283 10
URUGUAY
 32,412 68          
VIETNAM
 11,179 40 276,156 379 14,984 71,720 174
OTHER
 2,145 3 51,875 40   3,018 21
TOTAL- SEPTEMBER 2018
 69,686,099 129,671 66,229,626 71,527 5,328,467 8,910,719 205,930
TOTAL- SEPTEMBER 2017
 73,946,945 116,245 63,432,620 79,329 4,746,781 7,147,755 195,950

*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

September 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
ANTIGUA
 11,739 4 11,263 9 13,860 15,971 29
ARAB EMIRATES
           2,634  
ARUBA
           7,600 25
AUSTRALIA
 6,325   7,229 58      
BAHAMAS
 108,317 22 208,624 79 3,010 23,264 34
BARBADOS
         3,463    
BERMUDA
 10,755   17,750 14   3,940 2
BRAZIL
         34,568    
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 5,798   32,694 89      
CANADA
 1,382,796 2,862 1,926,804 18,553 120,087 4,328,156 9,922
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 42,604 16 89,849 25 8,557 61,561 31
CHINA
 930,953 2,075 255,495 361 179,119 15,611 14
COSTA RICA
           5,020  
DENMARK
 116,894 11          
FRANCE
     5,900 6   7,913 21
GERMANY
           90,661 761
HONDURAS
 21,604 24          
HONG KONG
           8,165 21
ISRAEL
     23,733 407      
ITALY
 133,029 416 1,053,157 985 15,376 220,633 498
JAMAICA
 20,239 9       5,192 3
JAPAN
 134,224 437       4,842 8
KOREA
           12,503 11
MALAYSIA
 13,580 11          
MEXICO
 93,041 145 178,198 645   62,036 182
NETHERLANDS
     31,131 23 14,049 20,000 50
NEW ZEALA ND
     7,651 6      
NORWAY
         2,969 31,566 6
PANAMA
     2,719        
PERU
           24,084 4
RUSSIA
 205,700 15          
SAINT KITTS
 16,364 4          
SAINT LUCIA
     3,050        
SAUDI ARABIA
 16,811 4       9,553  
SINGAPORE
 4,260   7,555        
SOUTH AFRICA
           37,081 44
TAIWAN
 82,041 170       154,161 25
TURKEY
     56,563 69      
UNITED KINGDOM
 23,873   48,881 312 42,786    
VIETNAM
           4,675 20
OTHER
 26,345 22 10,385 5   108,940 31
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2018
 3,407,292 6,259 3,978,631 21,649 437,844 5,265,762 11,746
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2017
 4,064,869 7,673 4,228,493 21,185 425,087 5,537,523 13,892

*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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