Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- April 2019

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 2019 issue of Stone World.

April 2019 | 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
     35,571 25      
BELGIUM
     173,761 111   10,950 11
BRAZIL
 30,462,651 49,347 281,479 369 693,353 630,477 422
BULGARIA
     11,668 36      
CANADA
 1,026,937 8,751 1,123,555 12,450 409,979 2,582,680 79,630
CHINA
 9,996,877 17,198 8,948,965 6,075 1,141,315 530,075 1,325
CROATIA
     19,794 39      
CZECH REPUBLIC
 116,567 104          
DENMARK
 2,702 1          
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     328,318 717      
ECUADOR
     122,849 9      
EGYPT
 7,543 16 293,553 627      
FINLAND
           2,150 9
FRANCE
 16,226 2 754,737 500   4,757 3
GERMANY
 47,580 63 133,951 47   57,485 1,305
GREECE
     1,235,386 543      
GUATEMALA
 53,652 17          
HONG KONG
     126,195 33      
INDIA
 13,143,203 23,108 2,531,762 2,787 1,018,029 979,484 4,615
INDONESIA
     274,547 164   25,435 32
ISRAEL
     363,368 308      
ITALY
 3,667,309 2,550 9,190,690 3,011 41,096 520,498 5,959
JAPAN
 2,499 1          
JORDAN
     20,720 26      
KOREA
     48,038 27      
LEBANON
     128,627 26      
MALAYSIA
     31,007 11 41,998    
MEXICO
 35,578 24 2,346,259 3,961   231,985 198
MOROCCO
     190,463 214      
NAMIBIA
 24,840 18 24,268 22      
NETHERLANDS
 9,896 5 29,488 8      
NORWAY
 20,567 40       24,674 27
PAKISTAN
     152,917 78   9,961 2
PERU
     269,478 279      
PHILIPPINES
     46,231 88      
POLAND
     6,062 1      
PORTUGAL
 21,685 21 1,446,792 1,204   61,921 75
ROMANIA
     8,409 16      
RUSSIA
         11,005    
SAUDI ARABIA
 56,399 105          
SOUTH AFRICA
 636,034 1,094       198,957 695
SPAIN
 2,910,250 6,690 1,308,028 1,093 358,526 29,851 31
SWITZERLAND
 97,624 108       6,911 3
SYRIA
     37,184 49      
TAIWAN
     320,920 147      
THAILAND
     14,378 3   5,000 1
TURKEY
     16,527,726 36,629   73,262 59
UNITED KINGDOM
     76,401 10 271,503 42,107 37
VIETNAM
 81,346 81 454,449 351 120,334 63,789 88
ZIMBABWE
           6,496 24
OTHER
 2,547 2 88,651 42 3,598 13,618 29
TOTAL APRIL 2019
 62,440,512 109,346 49,526,645 72,136 4,110,736 6,112,523 94,580
TOTAL APRIL 2018
 66,714,785 106,276 57,236,484 57,983 4,032,233 5,728,354 102,902

*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 2019 | 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
     15,900 175      
ARGENTINA
           15,741 45
ARUBA
 12,416 1          
AUSTRALIA
     7,461 2   12,185 18
AUSTRIA
     6,200 21      
BAHAMAS
 78,382 69 104,911 139   2,538 1
BELGIUM
 4,000 2          
BERMUDA
     19,929 92      
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 3,330 1 2,755 6      
CANADA
 1,294,972 2,009 1,694,722 17,920 68,480 3,398,842 8,293
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 50,089 6 28,248 25 4,613 12,751 19
CHINA
 449,448 901 118,218 231   70,484 183
COLOMBIA
           6,158 10
GERMANY
           15,769 52
HONDURAS
     43,901 30      
HONG KONG
     14,924 1      
INDIA
 20,757 61 2,741 47      
INDONESIA
 11,626 52          
ITALY
 215,928 726 896,894 834 11,418    
JAPAN
           3,465 1
KOREA
           13,809 44
MALAYSIA
 10,470 2          
MEXICO
 74,839 45 193,487 205   85,339 133
NETHERLANDS
     54,266 812      
NICARAGUA
         17,514    
PERU
 35,299 19          
QATAR
     3,163 1      
SAINT KITTS
     27,693 13      
SAUDI ARABIA
     5,872 10   10,554 3
SINGAPORE
 7,275 3          
SPAIN
     8,120 288      
SWEDEN
         28,800    
SWITZERLAND
     4,848 1      
TAIWAN
 5,671 2          
TURKEY
     4,860 23      
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 18,354 2 48,327 148   57,892 64
UNITED KINGDOM
 4,448 1 256,826 16 80,142 29,059 2
VIETNAM
     3,958 68   4,675 19
OTHER
 33,648 4 56,699 18 98,820 3,433 14
TOTAL APRIL 2019
 2,330,952 3,906 3,624,923 21,126 309,787 3,742,694 8,901
TOTAL APRIL 2018
 2,549,843 5,847 4,541,025 23,075 173,137 6,124,972 16,551

*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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