Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- March 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 July 2017 issue of Stone World.

March 2017 | 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
 31,208 76 21,012 31      
Argentina
 35,989 65          
Belgium
 34,298 52 82,009 66   4,986 1
Brazil
 29,353,290 46,448 350,537 393 433,374 488,471 660
Bulgaria
     108,783 111      
Canada
 915,188 2,826 1,537,747 2,446 114,100 1,360,276 8,533
China
 11,598,246 14,582 10,813,526 7,730 2,103,096 894,939 2,587
Colombia
     57,677 25      
Dominican Republic
     226,038 465   3,813 1
Ecuador
     89,687 7      
Egypt
 58,842 53 354,430 811 6,039    
Finland
           6,348 80
France
 9,264 24 1,012,560 777 22,423 131,882 1,023
Germany
 5,940 6 433,044 271   154,624 1,437
Greece
 6,807 22 871,829 804   4,594 24
Hong Kong
     132,960 76      
India
 13,252,755 18,372 2,116,337 1,764 1,191,437 1,067,598 2,566
Indonesia
     236,444 168   14,449 5
Israel
 13,218 20 410,107 294      
Italy
 6,827,986 5,677 9,500,898 5,502 58,168 432,587 1,787
Japan
 8,988 2 9,640 1      
Jordan
     12,600 40      
Korea
           20,367 112
Lebanon
     147,820 62      
Mexico
 55,909 23 3,043,238 5,112   273,255 1,489
Morocco
     51,465 83      
Namibia
     45,395 46      
Netherlands
     4,500 1   6,352 170
Norway
           16,228 203
Pakistan
 22,939 27 114,480 34      
Peru
     445,725 399   5,625 84
Philippines
     36,049 60      
Portugal
 25,275 10 1,528,727 1,575   56,533 418
Romania
     66,215 72      
Saudi Arabia
 13,587 19          
Singapore
     29,200 15      
South Africa
 295,280 158       72,937 264
Spain
 2,629,814 5,852 1,151,302 1,458 234,735    
Sweden
           30,240 11
Switzerland
           7,641 6
Syria
     44,694 108      
Taiwan
 150,468 123 170,106 73      
Thailand
     8,184 5 2,905    
Tunisia
     32,266 20      
Turkey
     15,562,916 29,744      
United Kingdom
 4,766 2 146,516 93 231,890 12,608 53
Vietnam
 34,096 138 262,607 230 87,678 46,310 59
Zimbabwe
           12,977 27
OTHER
     56,767 83      
TOTAL- March 2017
 65,384,153 94,577 51,326,037 61,055 4,485,845 5,125,640 21,600
TOTAL- March 2016
 79,672,370 106,933 57,551,660 64,174 5,369,046 3,831,752 34,510

*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

March 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
Antigua
     7,096 122      
Arab Emirates
           34,600 41
Argentina
           13,816 40
Aruba
 31,236 595          
Bahamas
 172,489 74 217,056 66 3,631    
Barbados
 2,700 10 27,560 3      
Belgium
 18,928 43          
Bermuda
 16,794 4 11,228 73      
British Virgin Islands
     10,176 8      
Canada
 1,634,094 3,221 1,990,923 18,535 65,915 4,192,882 10,350
Cayman Islands
 16,626 15 127,381 75   38,800 53
China
 79,141 754 115,276 170   60,648 20
Colombia
         8,960    
Curacao
     6,839 5      
Denmark
 135,802 8          
Dominican Republic
     18,699 3   33,946 71
Gabon
     16,281 50      
India
 7,428 24          
Ireland
           35,321 9
Italy
 524,215 1,462 1,700,848 1,700      
Jamaica
 9,786 3 33,981 15   16,972 39
Japan
     3,979 1   5,852 1
Korea
           20,647 6
Lebanon
     3,902 1      
Malaysia
 7,164 1          
Mexico
 105,953 175 90,872 146 13,770 82,473 246
Netherlands
 30,607 38          
New Zealand
     14,584 7      
Panama
         21,984    
Philippines
           7,315 19
Poland
 21,629 73          
Russia
     2,850 1      
Saint Kitts
 30,594 4 40,617 13      
Saudi Arabia
     11,614 2      
Singapore
           10,000 20
South Africa
           121,343 118
Switzerland
     12,311 1      
Taiwan
 5,676 4          
Thailand
           52,073 19
Trinidad
     96,553 46      
Turkey
     16,296 27   9,906 1
United Kingdom
 3,200 45 14,562 3 36,025 137,698 63
Venezuela
     5,008 1      
Vietnam
           4,590 20
OTHER
 51,658 27 20,225 19      
TOTAL- March 2017
 2,905,720 6,580 4,616,717 21,903 149,795 4,884,732 11,175
TOTAL- March 2016
 4,092,964 7,730 3,805,773 23,127 243,970 4,321,199 11,423

*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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