Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- September 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 January 2020 issue of Stone World.

September 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
ALBANIA
     29,999 58      
ARGENTINA
 15,017 54     38,887    
BELGIUM
 3,924 5 15,217 5      
BRAZIL
 35,577,996 60,503 386,361 289 813,965 1,094,403 659
BULGARIA
     32,225 27 2,714    
CANADA
 1,343,412 1,928 1,222,546 2,957 385,218 3,455,294 248,850
CHINA
 12,741,958 20,886 14,707,576 10,189 1,983,246 878,184 2,837
COLOMBIA
     9,595 14   27,647 49
CROATIA
     58,176 79      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     229,272 486   10,339 17
ECUADOR
     100,134 7      
EGYPT
     189,963 334   16,828 42
FINLAND
           3,053 1
FRANCE
 5,753 3 670,343 515   13,566 5
GERMANY
 48,817 17 326,781 177   38,922 7
GREECE
     1,385,639 714      
HONDURAS
     10,397 7      
HONG KONG
 43,719 22 12,238 10      
INDIA
 13,322,632 21,361 3,873,642 3,323 552,582 1,198,928 5,106
INDONESIA
 7,321 6 95,601 60 2,295 18,373 45
IRELAND
     15,767 15      
ISRAEL
 17,117 20 439,500 447      
ITALY
 3,778,699 1,629 9,732,887 3,989 34,639 895,888 3,731
JAPAN
           12,000 3
JORDAN
     49,257 44      
LEBANON
     499,633 113      
MALAYSIA
     11,180 4      
MEXICO
 36,139 11 2,261,195 3,641   791,678 9,649
MOROCCO
 21,311 21 289,289 323      
NAMIBIA
 42,500 28 113,975 82      
NETHERLANDS
     14,856 2      
NORWAY
 20,464 38          
PAKISTAN
     87,636 60      
PERU
     217,503 267      
PHILIPPINES
     55,711 57      
POLAND
 16,609 6          
PORTUGAL
 24,934 34 1,329,911 1,400      
ROMANIA
     57,210 52      
SOUTH AFRICA
 378,916 365     9,988 16,880 75
SPAIN
 2,322,346 5,696 811,686 757 252,941 26,190 24
SYRIA
     84,867 154   10,000 22
TAIWAN
 38,535 26 351,886 151      
THAILAND
 2,979 7 11,404 1      
TUNISIA
     50,226 30      
TURKEY
 48,019 54 6,350,573 14,994   47,372 39
UNITED KINGDOM
 11,938 19 48,210 20 109,268 48,497 63
URUGUAY
 26,368 55          
VIETNAM
 110,084 56 493,470 330   135,873 151
OTHER
     486,820 227   2,785 21
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2019
 70,007,507 112,850 47,220,357 46,411 4,185,743 8,742,700 271,396
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2018
 69,686,099 129,671 66,229,626 71,527 5,328,467 8,910,719 205,930

*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 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
         4,491    
ARGENTINA
           2,643 20
AUSTRALIA
     16,725 2   9,114 14
BAHAMAS
 58,206 17 143,441 44 8,979 5,576 1
BARBADOS
 3,555 1     3,242 63,015 18
BELGIUM
         24,801    
BERMUDA
           9,444 38
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 13,433 12 2,750 1 16,481 76,782 4
CANADA
 1,464,217 3,675 2,088,668 14,652 106,533 3,491,822 11,774
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 19,877 18 47,872 57   2,856 1
CHILE
         22,983 8,570 2
CHINA
 217,343 634 15,811 61   3,855 7
COLOMBIA
     2,898 1   28,836 47
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
         56,943 2,535 4
EGYPT
     3,868 32      
FRANCE
 27,845 14          
GERMANY
     142,088 11   6,697 16
GUATEMALA
         2,517    
HONDURAS
     42,490 17   7,500 1
INDIA
 77,420 17          
ITALY
 167,727 595 1,024,850 728 10,160    
JAMAICA
     5,720 15   12,668 9
JAPAN
 58,718 118       3,524 3
KOREA
     25,026 430   33,916 10
MALAYSIA
           7,560 30
MEXICO
 529,291 746 97,532 279 2,588 26,544 57
NETHERLANDS
         11,544    
PERU
         2,791    
PHILIPPINES
     20,803 357      
QATAR
 5,370 1          
SAINT KITTS
 9,250 1 3,836 1      
SAINT LUCIA
           3,675 1
SAUDI ARABIA
 7,943 1          
SOUTH AFRICA
           51,813 65
SPAIN
     11,969 12      
SWEDEN
         35,517    
TAIWAN
     10,000 5      
THAILAND
         2,844    
TRINIDAD
 36,683 10 2,839 49   65,785 18
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 2,790 1       33,044 38
UNITED KINGDOM
         88,493 35,325 44
VIETNAM
     2,741 47      
OTHER
 66,536 45 8,684 91   22,533 91
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2019
 2,763,414 5,905 3,723,401 16,893 400,907 4,015,632 12,313
TOTAL SEPTEMBER 2018
 3,407,292 6,259 3,978,631 21,649 437,844 5,265,762 11,746

*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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