Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- October 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 February 2018 issue of Stone World.

October 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
ARAB EMIRATES
     5,000 1      
ARGENTINA
 42,648 42          
AUSTRALIA
 25,000 250          
BELGIUM
     71,372 43      
BRAZIL
 39,637,012 61,055 723,953 989 461,543 855,763 682
BULGARIA
     74,393 87 11,122    
CANADA
 1,254,090 3,204 1,784,828 3,991 300,494 2,843,762 174,372
CHINA
 17,295,193 28,902 16,215,194 12,719 2,373,745 1,576,862 2,828
CROATIA
     57,287 116      
DENMARK
 7,624 3          
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 10,910 20 161,160 319   3,354 11
EGYPT
     285,560 741      
FRANCE
     1,153,675 660   17,826 28
GERMANY
 13,435 10 856,690 605 2,534    
GREECE
     958,224 395 11,835    
HONG KONG
 91,880 28 330,129 153 2,730    
INDIA
 11,168,181 16,235 5,133,907 3,757 980,314 993,568 2,757
INDONESIA
     316,706 600 10,124 7,100 20
IRELAND
     9,250 9      
ISRAEL
     254,929 776      
ITALY
 6,735,481 3,278 8,136,357 3,310 59,644 653,305 3,691
JAPAN
 19,112 4          
JORDAN
     16,793 24      
KOREA
 31,500 13          
LEBANON
     63,555 16      
LIECHTENSTEIN
 9,129 21          
MEXICO
 20,540 24 3,050,919 4,963   157,776 226
MOROCCO
     335,296 368      
NETHERLANDS
     6,800 1      
NORWAY
         3,662    
PAKISTAN
     68,748 25      
PERU
     168,116 165   7,500 112
PHILIPPINES
 2,650 1 57,067 88      
PORTUGAL
 58,645 71 1,305,922 1,135 3,192    
ROMANIA
     46,380 79      
SAUDI ARABIA
 61,909 106          
SOUTH AFRICA
 770,432 1,053 25,487 1 11,012 367,850 1,025
SPAIN
 2,615,865 6,356 965,289 1,008 315,960    
SWITZERLAND
 19,815 19          
SYRIA
     91,724 145      
TAIWAN
 64,049 62 396,805 176      
THAILAND
     7,849 1      
TUNISIA
     127,272 95      
TURKEY
 22,729 9 14,835,545 29,700   3,570 42
UNITED KINGDOM
 10,760 5 96,928 1,246 110,317    
URUGUAY
 18,330 47          
VIETNAM
 35,361 71 328,989 438 11,482 81,152 141
OTHER
     66,300 365      
TOTAL- October 2017
 80,042,280 120,889 58,590,398 69,310 4,669,710 7,569,388 185,935
TOTAL- October 2016
 78,768,721 120,493 56,827,282 59,682 6,037,944 6,210,263 201,844

*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

October 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
     48,577 18      
ARAB EMIRATES
     67,129 7   14,103 15
ARGENTINA
           13,815 45
ARUBA
     12,862 15   3,840 10
AUSTRALIA
     18,083 2   4,660 8
BAHAMAS
 726,362 1,336 304,131 107 12,719 53,459 69
BARBADOS
     25,473 18 2,809    
BELGIUM
 15,900 48       335,356 1,436
BERMUDA
     29,929 19      
BRAZIL
           68,019 300
CANADA
 1,092,782 1,974 2,463,140 20,823 164,988 4,132,769 10,506
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 24,089 8 9,927 2   8,339 2
CHINA
 668,848 1,858 140,852 291   2,983 7
COLOMBIA
           15,741 31
COSTA RICA
         6,938    
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           9,000 1
FINLAND
     6,275 1      
FRANCE
     6,070 1      
HONG KONG
     7,440 1      
INDIA
 56,780 137          
IRELAND
     39,221 2   116,878 44
ITALY
     1,045,007 1,203      
JAMAICA
     10,264 19 5,735    
JAPAN
 65,000 15     7,510 105,468 242
KOREA
     2,681 1   7,400 1
MALAYSIA
 4,280 1          
MEXICO
 195,804 558 182,725 3,977   49,287 171
NEW ZEALAND
     2,736 1      
NIGERIA
 10,000 20          
NORWAY
 3,050 1          
PANAMA
           77,127 16
QATAR
 6,425 7     11,737    
RUSSIA
     41,482 6      
SAINT KITTS
     47,781 750      
SAINT LUCIA
     4,137 2      
SAUDI ARABIA
 4,778 1       16,184 2
SPAIN
 416,393 834          
TAIWAN
 357,488 1,217       219,046 440
THAILAND
           10,790 27
TRINIDAD
           73,864 42
UNITED KINGDOM
     62,750 413   270,408 120
VENEZUELA
     2,945 6      
OTHER
 40,839 28 18,122 8   5,306 1
TOTAL OCTOBER 2017
 3,688,818 8,043 4,599,739 27,693 212,436 5,613,842 13,536
TOTAL OCTOBER 2016
 5,178,475 5,393 5,245,295 22,492 265,744 1,892,749 8,631

*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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