Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- April 2017

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 2017 issue of Stone World.

April 2017 | 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
Argentina
 74,437 145          
Austria
 28,578 2          
Belgium
 5,326 15 71,922 26   20,149 183
Brazil
 44,076,286 65,793 410,805 524 338,567 975,252 2,894
Bulgaria
     97,532 76 8,471    
Canada
 1,047,534 2,496 1,364,605 1,988 248,248 1,896,209 32,673
China
 17,304,784 23,599 12,805,752 9,151 1,685,658 1,283,785 3,437
Croatia
     11,752 23      
Dominican Republic
     219,073 446   17,120 30
Ecuador
     69,972 10      
Egypt
 31,800 43 85,676 241      
Finland
           3,156 39
France
 22,429 23 952,059 597 43,577 93,305 116
Germany
 153,428 61 519,136 235   87,470 1,035
Greece
     1,530,588 804   3,042 24
Hong Kong
     176,179 58      
India
 12,774,834 17,283 1,882,444 1,567 972,806 850,400 3,675
Indonesia
 11,281 18 240,183 231   2,381 7
Israel
     371,566 249      
Italy
 6,872,145 4,844 10,747,549 4,261 128,141 465,242 3,716
Jordan
     64,270 71      
Korea
 23,100 10       24,823 148
Lebanon
     233,377 162      
Mexico
 53,207 38 2,849,515 4,395   96,855 195
Morocco
     140,597 167      
Norway
 63,729 96          
Pakistan
     64,763 37      
Peru
     329,842 289      
Philippines
     133,278 170      
Portugal
 2,629 1 1,735,427 1,602      
Romania
     14,043 25      
Saudi Arabia
 123,866 254          
South Africa
 527,531 865       3,722 22
Spain
 2,871,816 6,260 1,108,482 1,392 258,361 14,400 56
Switzerland
 17,099 42          
Syria
     188,452 216      
Taiwan
 107,439 62 331,685 101      
Thailand
         16,587    
Tunisia
     25,558 19      
Turkey
     16,283,881 33,096   17,244 26
United Kingdom
     37,023 28 299,260    
Uruguay
 25,912 49          
Vietnam
 20,654 42 258,337 383 86,939 45,805 46
Other
     37,374 82      
TOTAL- April 2017
 86,239,844 122,041 55,392,697 62,722 4,086,615 5,900,360 48,322
TOTAL- April 2016
 89,684,638 123,120 63,448,086 71,231 5,001,609 4,583,559 69,799

*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 2017 | 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
Arab Emirates
     98,173 27   38,338 43
Aruba
 39,821 863 5,775 12      
Australia
         65,251    
Bahamas
 117,752 55 323,030 76   6,260 1
Belize
 4,620 1 9,888 2 7,547    
Bermuda
     73,544 82 3,915 4,225 19
Bolivia
     77,622 21      
Canada
 1,703,291 2,898 1,703,174 16,631 105,985 3,868,217 10,622
Cayman Islands
 10,076 3          
Chile
     8,650 3      
China
 582,336 2,090 26,792 460   5,440 1
Columbia
     7,700 1   127,417 218
Denmark
 114,349 7       7,036 1
France
         8,550 7,413 2
Germany
     5,830 1 109,500    
Guyana
 16,361 14          
Hong Kong
     9,210 1      
India
 10,488 18       5,280 1
Israel
           9,241 3
Italy
 373,508 1,232 766,233 661   59,275 20
Jamaica
 7,162 4          
Japan
           21,484 5
Korea
     23,214 5 12,375 270,301 102
Malaysia
 10,746 7          
Mexico
 62,191 91 40,018 32 2,579 47,352 187
New Zealand
     8,862 52      
Nicaragua
     7,122 3 5,610    
Norway
         12,794    
Panama
     4,000 1   13,793 1
Philippines
           53,928 18
Russia
     82,307 32      
Saint Kitts
           22,092 16
Saudi Arabia
 7,875 1          
Spain
 30,600 92 41,250 708      
Sweden
 286,100 25          
Taiwan
 7,056 1          
Thailand
           4,688 1
Trinidad
 42,375 85       65,586 23
United Kingdom
     26,480 11 116,238 153,049 66
Venezuela
     37,285 28      
OTHER
 29,328 30 29,395 35      
TOTAL- April 2017
 3,456,035 7,517 3,415,554 18,885 450,344 4,790,415 11,350
TOTAL- April 2016
 3,766,451 7,322 4,495,232 17,358 173,234 3,798,466 10,533

*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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