Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- August 2020

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 December 2020 issue of Stone World.

August 2020 | 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
     83,915 52      
ARGENTINA
 10,664 10     21,845    
AUSTRALIA
     4,750 1 62,307    
AUSTRIA
 24,082 2 3,227 1      
BELGIUM
     118,246 72      
BRAZIL
 30,646,093 58,357 401,206 580 69,157 1,641,446 1,418
BULGARIA
 6,902 4 82,728 79      
CANADA
 1,555,661 2,313 1,047,315 2,017 238,248 3,964,503 267,785
CHINA
 11,500,256 21,983 13,838,194 10,864 169,532 634,388 1,775
COLOMBIA
     31,273 78      
CROATIA
     51,559 75     43
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     240,218 473   9,587 16
EGYPT
     203,351 570      
FINLAND
 2,808 8       2,754 34
FRANCE
     856,870 778   8,637 2
GERMANY
 275,376 84 92,961 82   18,325 441
GREECE
     1,367,531 1,310     74
HONDURAS
 2,615 2 116,897 43      
HONG KONG
     3,861 1     2,837
INDIA
 16,544,802 29,304 3,348,435 3,311 74,764 862,111 3,360
INDONESIA
     238,563 217   13,618 13
ISRAEL
     216,368 252     2,644
ITALY
 3,679,900 1,719 9,954,548 3,721   563,102 1,290
KOREA
 18,059 24          
LEBANON
     783,970 120      
MALAYSIA
 72,106 47 4,691 2     489
MEXICO
 100,278 56 2,348,137 4,381   300,870 837
MOROCCO
     392,892 418   15,299 20
NAMIBIA
 339,509 226 396,878 391      
NETHERLANDS
     141,600 10   2,077 1
PAKISTAN
     18,669 32      
PERU
     266,912 309      
PHILIPPINES
     25,551 42   13,854 17
POLAND
 96,803 22       8,810 1
PORTUGAL
 364,721 829 1,770,304 1,648 64,104    
RUSSIA
         2,483    
SINGAPORE
 14,150 2 22,394 21   119,738 217
SOUTH AFRICA
 547,868 668       199,518 804
SPAIN
 2,722,926 6,205 737,681 1,023 671,313 46,455 45
SWITZERLAND
 34,104 56 8,984 3      
SYRIA
     29,402 44      
TAIWAN
     453,909 210      
THAILAND
 2,261 3 12,504 2   326,928 1,810
TUNISIA
     81,906 43   16,288 16
TURKEY
 18,441 15 11,575,152 25,330   142,590 961
UNITED KINGDOM
     28,104 7 21,974 210,418 30
URUGUAY
 61,306 121 39,255 20      
VIETNAM
 421,003 557 735,506 1,411   66,749 161
OTHER
 2,650 5 15,509 12   4,500 23
TOTAL AUGUST 2020
 69,065,344 122,622 52,152,671 60,036 1,269,316 8,729,611 279,313
TOTAL AUGUST 2019
 69,415,012 118,022 58,295,973 72,321 5,035,959 7,741,847 310,950

*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

August 2020 | 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
ARGENTINA
 2,850 1       13,144 18
AUSTRALIA
           12,000 30
AUSTRIA
     3,185 55   2,623 1
BAHAMAS
 35,291 46 76,145 22   2,618 1
BARBADOS
 3,675 1       3,800 1
BELGIUM
 17,851 69     3,341 4,086 2
BERMUDA
     14,498 16   35,113 87
BRAZIL
           3,921 1
CANADA
 771,122 1,475 1,472,058 13,785 14,081 2,623,924 7,464
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 2,800 1 6,019 1   8,011 3
CHINA
 44,400 199 12,064 1   2,898 1
COSTA RICA
     5,412 3 2,975    
CURACAO
     6,000 18   2,596 1
GERMANY
 3,908 1          
GUYANA
     3,155 1      
HONDURAS
     3,076 4   6,790 1
HONG KONG
 10,000 4   22   96,848 23
INDIA
 7,555 16          
ISRAEL
     28,772 18   3,400 14
ITALY
 266,119 849 962,303 685   50,000 39
JAMAICA
     6,715 5   8,382 3
KOREA
           13,034 2
MALAYSIA
           5,848 2
MEXICO
 47,551 38 106,352 378   107,819 321
NEW ZEALAND
           12,700 18
PORTUGAL
     7,218 1   7,481 18
QATAR
     12,000 1   23,379 28
RUSSIA
 18,000 36       3,621 2
SAINT KITTS
     2,805 2      
SAUDI ARABIA
 8,310 1       38,531 13
SPAIN
           4,000 4
TAIWAN
     3,212 55      
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 8,650 6 10,736 2      
UNITED KINGDOM
 8,257 7 24,151 8      
VENEZUELA
     24,000 2      
OTHER
 52,351 20 15,555 81   2,800 2
TOTAL AUGUST 2020
 1,308,690 2,770 2,805,431 15,144 14,081 2,916,381 8,026
TOTAL AUGUST 2019
 2,948,706 5,426 4,942,769 23,081 453,814 4,120,244 9,706

*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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