Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- August 2018

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 2018 issue of Stone World.

August 2018 | 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
     4,389 23      
ARAB EMIRATES
 15,023 26          
ARGENTINA
     2,457 1      
BELGIUM
     112,409 55      
BRAZIL
 37,549,896 61,572 384,292 365 783,922 1,429,582 1,142
BULGARIA
     45,497 57      
CANADA
 1,022,308 7,933 1,199,752 2,720 327,588 3,223,876 229,774
CHINA
 16,548,805 28,873 20,335,908 12,542 2,380,044 1,162,824 2,932
COLOMBIA
     139,500 12      
CROATIA
     19,983 44      
CZECH REPUBLIC
     3,771 1   3,469 1
DENMARK
 2,557 1          
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     294,740 657   23,570 42
ECUADOR
     113,105 10      
EGYPT
     189,186 355      
FINLAND
           4,892 61
FRANCE
 38,805 78 990,283 623   165,101 116
GERMANY
 176,955 55 129,685 115 10,068 83,613 1,677
GREECE
     1,124,322 569      
HONG KONG
 173,657 158 372,138 123 21,889 24,976 40
INDIA
 14,953,861 25,316 3,736,149 3,320 1,377,290 1,206,886 7,662
INDONESIA
 80,760 49 296,338 180 2,879 16,684 38
IRELAND
     6,191 2      
ISRAEL
     311,217 312      
ITALY
 5,368,197 3,152 16,948,596 5,676 61,426 995,293 2,576
JAPAN
 3,612 1          
KOREA
     5,688 2   73,000 200
LEBANON
     200,548 33      
MEXICO
 13,074 21 2,757,618 4,897   126,032 238
MOROCCO
     530,960 513      
NAMIBIA
 68,775 80          
NORWAY
 2,819 1       2,862 5
PAKISTAN
     107,024 71      
PERU
     439,949 405   17,500 178
PHILIPPINES
     60,033 107   2,468 1
POLAND
     12,581 2      
PORTUGAL
 196,693 304 2,299,343 2,187      
ROMANIA
     101,752 159      
SAUDI ARABIA
 48,644 94          
SIERRE LEONE
     36,189 2      
SOUTH AFRICA
 338,935 424       249,132 872
SPAIN
 3,614,077 8,230 1,578,458 1,671 414,957 3,042 11
SWEDEN
     2,228 1      
SYRIA
     86,793 122      
TAIWAN
 40,612 42 556,027 222      
TUNISIA
     32,014 7      
TURKEY
 21,808 26 18,756,446 34,739 11,127 86,430 558
UNITED KINGDOM
 36,083 72 70,585 20 60,568 15,801 12
URUGUAY
 19,470 46          
VIETNAM
 11,381 41 442,116 506   56,276 107
ZIMBABWE
           61,394 134
OTHER
     23,963 29      
TOTAL- AUGUST 2018
 80,346,807 136,595 74,860,223 73,457 5,451,758 9,034,703 248,377
TOTAL- AUGUST 2017
 83,684,178 127,365 70,265,382 75,374 5,514,840 7,868,550 195,243

*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

August 2018 | 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
     27,459 6   5,542 1
ARAB EMIRATES
     21,423 5   17,000 1
ARUBA
     5,745 7      
AUSTRALIA
           5,483 8
BAHAMAS
 333,618 145 153,463 136 19,262 32,779 14
BARBADOS
           38,134 500
BELGIUM
 21,242 50       47,332 203
BELIZE
     14,104 21 12,570    
BERMUDA
     8,104 1 10,186 5,342 19
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 3,376 1 8,504 4 30,540 6,245 2
CANADA
 1,585,362 3,118 2,082,864 19,066 220,451 4,244,124 12,068
CAYMAN ISLANDS
     34,261 16   27,872 40
CHILE
     9,036 202      
CHINA
 505,190 1,080 72,526 104 195,619    
COSTA RICA
           10,606 29
CURACAO
     3,270 6      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           12,823 19
ESTONIA
     168,088 2,886      
FRANCE
     21,035 22   184,594 786
GERMANY
           57,554 977
HONG KONG
     12,933 44      
INDIA
 6,900 23 417,305 6,955      
IRELAND
     27,297 261   39,845 19
ISRAEL
           10,000 1
ITALY
 243,663 801 2,387,359 1,705 6,463 82,000 21
JAMAICA
     3,691 2      
JAPAN
     6,800 2   113,759 39
KOREA
 83,800 62 46,900 1   7,278 1
MALAYSIA
 4,753 1          
MEXICO
 57,327 170 228,286 216 7,197 162,861 303
NETHERLANDS
 32,891 3 49,512 850 2,752 18,285 1
NEW ZEALAND
         6,690 10,777 43
PHILIPPINES
           67,810 19
QATAR
     9,140 24      
SAINT KITTS
 5,000 1 5,475 1      
SAUDI ARABIA
     97,402 15      
SINGAPORE
           3,575 16
SOUTH AFRICA
           85,622 90
TRINIDAD
     9,815 19   76,925 40
TURKEY
     9,807 27   29,000 20
UNITED KINGDOM
 336,297 13 11,030 2 22,682 7,677 39
VENEZUELA
           12,000 13
VIETNAM
     4,779 80   51,811 18
OTHER
 44,867 37 107,422 164   52,563 180
TOTAL AUGUST 2018
 3,264,286 5,505 6,064,835 32,850 534,412 5,527,218 15,530
TOTAL AUGUST 2017
 2,984,921 6,210 4,764,651 21,723 377,075 5,706,131 14,400

*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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