Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics - August 2021


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 2021 issue of Stone World.

Statistics | August 2021 Imports

Customers value in dollars does not include insurance or freight.

COUNTRY GRANITE MARBLE* SLATE** OTHER***
  U.S. $ TONS U.S. $ TONS U.S. $ U.S. $ TONS
ARAB EMIRATES 181,652 113
ARGENTINA 22,844 80 4,507 1 46,952
BELGIUM 231,394 114
BRAZIL 27,868,897 65,349 603,050 633 56,961 1,333,968 1,299
BULGARIA 19,125 18 8,806 24
CANADA 2,095,841 3,799 1,073,435 2,796 281,419 4,030,915 253,004
CHINA 6,310,371 18,118 18,677,356 14,500 70,634 983,723 2,929
CROATIA 126,570 180
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 369,555 592 59,095 111
ECUADOR 160,595 43
EGYPT 360,666 836
FINLAND 5,873 30 2,166 1
FRANCE 5,269 1 484,520 430
GERMANY 572,281 342 108,843 1,795
GREECE 27,581 21 1,612,329 987 38,358 80
HONG KONG 61,004 39
INDIA 16,757,741 28,653 4,556,683 5,712 124,215 960,055 2,511
INDONESIA 12,190 11 429,110 300 11,852 24
IRELAND 3,182 1 15,706 5
ISRAEL 246,572 261 61,628 35
ITALY 4,359,256 2,022 11,210,799 5,705 1,527,345 3,155
KOREA 5,175 4
LEBANON 137,292 20
MALAYSIA 15,262 11
MALTA 10,716 1
MEXICO 45,490 11 3,514,607 6,421 268,743 1,471
MOROCCO 268,889 349 62,787 76
NAMIBIA 136,779 144 75,705 64
NETHERLANDS 32,463 27
NORWAY 162,000 18
PAKISTAN 85,448 76
PERU 271,656 389
PHILIPPINES 6,125 1
POLAND 4,367 18 5,275 1
PORTUGAL 300,546 699 1,650,551 1,291 50,322 26
ROMANIA 29,403 20
RUSSIA 72,060 8
SOUTH AFRICA 710,849 1,361 123,081 419
SPAIN 2,802,430 5,694 1,082,281 997 444,009 11,499 12
SWITZERLAND 5,560 1
SYRIA 54,008 75 20,209 20
TAIWAN 362,834 146
THAILAND 24,753 14
TUNISIA 67,819 23
TURKEY 13,931,680 22,973 5,916 504,865 2,856
UNITED KINGDOM 699,489 82 6,370 34,281 12
URUGUAY 24,624 46
VIETNAM 345,282 984 2,062,768 1,754 115,482 168
OTHER 47,209 30 3,056 1
TOTAL AUGUST 2021 61,875,792 127,074 65,463,988 68,371 1,036,476 10,498,648 270,029
TOTAL AUGUST 2020 69,065,344 122,622 52,152,671 60,036 1,269,316 8,729,611 279,313

*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

Statistics | August 2021 Exports

Customers value in dollars does not include insurance or freight.

COUNTRY GRANITE MARBLE* SLATE** OTHER***
  U.S. $ TONS U.S. $ TONS U.S. $ U.S. $ TONS
ANTIGUA 28,225 6
AUSTRALIA 42,029 45
AUSTRIA 3,790 65
BAHAMAS 13,352 3 239,910 113 79,433 112
BARBADOS 6,930 3
BELGIUM 3,500
BELIZE 1
BERMUDA 16,089 7 12,929 52
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 7,350 1 5,998
CANADA 966,833 1,832 1,818,245 16,902 13,313 4,175,284 9,939
CAYMAN ISLANDS 33,660 8
CHINA 248,738 786 54,563 67
COSTA RICA 8,156 18
CURACAO 4,368 4
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 31,365 110
GUYANA 18,256 18
HONG KONG 108,291 17 16,280 4 4,123 28
INDIA 9,237 40
ITALY 68,893 183 163,975 68 27,000 22
JAPAN 10,496 180 217,905 1,019
KOREA 18,020 309 7,118 1
KUWAIT 4,704 3
MALAYSIA 9,510 5
MEXICO 95,411 78 131,361 119 752,813 909
NETHERLANDS 94,680 1,625
NIGERIA 144,330 105
RUSSIA 4,198 1
SAINT KITTS 2,944 2
SAUDI ARABIA 4,390 1
SPAIN 16,732 50 3,000 1
TAIWAN 58,182 144 30,962 22
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 19,356 6 15,928 7
UNITED KINGDOM 34,955 30
VENEZUELA 7,300 20
OTHER 5,542 2 118,553 1,447 8,500 59,175 23
TOTAL AUGUST 2021 1,636,296 3,147 2,948,447 21,180 27,811 5,493,627 12,235
TOTAL AUGUST 2020 1,308,690 2,770 2,805,431 15,144 14,081 2,916,381 8,026

*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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