Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- May 2017

Stone World's statistics page is a monthly list comprised of the U.S. granite, marble, slate, and other stone imports and 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 September 2017 issue of Stone World.

May 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
ALBANIA
     11,739 21      
ARAB EMIRATES
 15,630 44          
ARGENTINA
 58,492 124 13,907 30      
AUSTRIA
 7,280 1          
BELGIUM
 42,939 115 82,960 46      
BRAZIL
 49,106,428 72,222 641,423 800 601,633 658,115 2,008
BULGARIA
     162,601 116 16,052    
CANADA
 1,328,979 3,334 2,707,320 6,013 440,545 2,304,371 131,318
CHINA
 19,958,545 31,415 19,665,325 17,165 3,371,699 1,666,091 4,893
COLOMBIA
     59,799 15      
DENMARK
 16,556 3 7,335 1      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     323,063 649   39,899 37
ECUADOR
     80,006 5      
EGYPT
     281,767 649      
FINLAND
           6,257 78
FRANCE
     1,058,908 715 3,447 13,993 22
GERMANY
 12,653 25 451,213 536   17,318 419
GREECE
     1,799,315 1,104   9,704 44
HONG KONG
 52,883 28 146,988 51 22,781    
INDIA
 15,035,573 22,452 2,222,404 2,040 1,442,259 1,368,830 4,329
INDONESIA
 7,650 1 379,363 302 2,446 50,400 240
IRELAND
 3,210 1 50,439 14      
ISRAEL
     258,328 211      
ITALY
 6,325,287 5,122 10,996,877 8,232 88,024 514,190 7,278
JAPAN
 2,508 1          
KOREA
 12,750 3       7,211 3
LEBANON
     3,387 1   186,221 42
MEXICO
 35,542 26 3,151,717 4,427   192,682 297
MOROCCO
     187,321 230      
NAMIBIA
 117,192 147 177,589 219      
NETHERLANDS
     18,053 3   2,826 1
NORWAY
           12,000 5
PAKISTAN
 2,268 1 145,333 102      
PERU
     570,147 519   5,625 84
PHILIPPINES
     79,806 148   2,020 1
PORTUGAL
 18,154 53 1,147,873 1,227   6,245 4
ROMANIA
     57,072 47      
SAUDI ARABIA
 128,178 240          
SINGAPORE
     116,365 22      
SOUTH AFRICA
 343,385 329       64,834 248
SPAIN
 3,389,364 7,255 1,245,004 1,752 734,384 90,533 817
SWEDEN
     3,391 2      
SWITZERLAND
           2,109 1
SYRIA
     10,000 26      
TAIWAN
 96,707 46 373,482 157      
THAILAND
     10,492 2 3,800    
TUNISIA
     90,112 42      
TURKEY
     21,469,966 43,578      
UNITED KINGDOM
 2,181 1 54,545 30 239,228 3,000 1
VIETNAM
 20,242 13 256,907 431 10,970 25,284 65  
OTHER
 23,462 27 152,122 665      
TOTAL- May 2017
 96,164,038 143,029 70,721,764 92,345 6,977,268 7,249,758 152,235
TOTAL- May 2016
 104,275,360 158,481 65,061,241 78,875 6,895,248 7,193,399 234,109

*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

May 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
     3,478 2   23,257 11
ARAB EMIRATES
     21,531 2   42,561 47
ARGENTINA
           27,631 60
BAHAMAS
 183,410 87 216,201 81 27,648 38,382 12
BARBADOS
 9,525 16       4,674 2
BELGIUM
 70,843 161       209,500 1,014
BELIZE
         8,400    
BERMUDA
 4,012 1 6,829 2      
BOLIVIA
           3,136 1
BRAZIL
     10,000 1      
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 3,742 1          
CANADA
 1,644,478 2,855 1,985,957 19,121 53,459 4,803,318 13,638
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 12,453 3 53,310 26   38,659 21
CHILE
           14,416 14
CHINA
 761,162 1,990 160,908 244      
COSTA RICA
     5,778 1      
CURACAO
     2,776 2      
FIJI
         9,021    
FINLAND
 8,700 26          
FRANCE
     5,157 1      
HONDURAS
     9,216 20      
ISRAEL
           4,084 120
ITALY
 264,976 841 2,116,268 2,208      
JAMAICA
           6,435 17
JAPAN
 3,450 1 8,580 2   5,327 5
KOREA
           13,412 3
MALAYSIA
 16,119 2          
MEXICO
 105,547 143 200,558 219   77,175 179
NETHERLANDS
 14,256 1 48,258 828      
NEW ZEALAND
 7,104 2          
PANAMA
     4,968 1 4,476 66,574 11
PHILIPPINES
           7,155 2
POLAND
 15,849 54 14,847 1      
RUSSIA
 4,275 1       104,340 39
SAINT KITTS
     8,541 7      
SAINT LUCIA
     20,459 13      
SINGAPORE
     6,042 1   2,700 12
SPAIN
     3,300 5      
SWEDEN
 529,740 29          
SWITZERLAND
     3,234 1      
TAIWAN
 40,546 195          
TRINIDAD
 66,748 20          
TURKEY
     58,715 112   21,593 8
UNITED KINGDOM
 17,352 28 37,990 499 86,895    
VENEZUELA
     2,760 4      
OTHER
 118,757 20 3,521 1   56,727 39
TOTAL MAY 2017
 3,903,044 6,477 5,019,182 23,405 189,899 5,571,056 15,255
TOTAL MAY 2016
 4,771,041 9,857 3,411,491 20,167 198,119 3,445,012 9,352

*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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