Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- December 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 April 2019 issue of Stone World.

December 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
ARAB EMIRATES
 7,814 25          
ARGENTINA
         26,137    
AUSTRIA
     2,475 1      
BELGIUM
     133,487 96      
BRAZIL
 30,906,018 51,879 183,824 217 1,024,726 1,439,913 1,285
BULGARIA
     62,259 86      
CANADA
 1,377,539 1,551 1,021,627 5,821 162,206 2,073,830 70,334
CHINA
 24,307,492 43,429 26,503,016 16,006 3,353,637 1,133,907 2,599
COLOMBIA
     17,241 16      
CROATIA
     64,858 97      
DENMARK
     2,330 1      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     162,733 407   41,356 60
ECUADOR
     96,750 8      
EGYPT
     303,250 542      
FINLAND
           9,377 117
FRANCE
     622,218 568   27,095 19
GERMANY
 100,718 38 339,152 213   45,348 903
GREECE
     1,805,285 848      
HONG KONG
 100,310 154 36,732 22      
INDIA
 10,422,963 16,879 2,715,206 2,082 850,593 469,879 1,389
INDONESIA
     227,301 142 3,848 40,755 29
IRELAND
     5,632 1      
ISRAEL
 14,854 14 221,565 157      
ITALY
 4,509,331 2,020 12,510,957 3,958 34,079 662,134 1,392
JORDAN
     23,020 24      
KOREA
 55,250 37       2,290 3
LEBANON
     99,100 14      
MEXICO
 9,406 5 2,155,473 3,814   93,657 114
MOROCCO
     149,419 167      
NAMIBIA
 96,015 61 53,751 62   81,312 69
NORWAY
 47,653 71       5,760 12
             
PAKISTAN
     185,587 88      
PERU
     265,528 313      
PHILIPPINES
     106,899 155   15,736 3
POLAND
     2,993 1      
PORTUGAL
 124,772 62 1,831,172 1,252 18,248 5,554 5
ROMANIA
     86,544 61      
SAUDI ARABIA
 65,060 133          
SOUTH AFRICA
 380,456 545 20,490 3   48,272 280
SPAIN
 2,395,381 5,542 1,209,602 980 510,073 14,133 19
SYRIA
     226,471 299      
TAIWAN
     395,294 149      
THAILAND
 12,641 17 11,435 2      
TUNISIA
     93,859 49      
TURKEY
 15,870 15 17,256,073 36,639   159,530 142
UNITED KINGDOM
     43,742 36 3,662 8,938 30
VIETNAM
 2,635 3 598,851 672 6,222 93,471 114
OTHER
     50,177 253 2,021    
TOTAL- December 2018
 74,952,178 122,480 71,903,378 76,322 5,995,452 6,472,247 78,918
TOTAL- December 2017
 67,170,705 101,783 62,976,845 60,448 4,251,545 5,244,245 81,444

*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

December 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
ARGENTINA
 7,400 2          
ARUBA
 5,039 3          
AUSTRALIA
     44,159 407   76,400 21
BAHAMAS
 66,992 35 291,059 118   12,540 12
BARBADOS
         4,738    
BERMUDA
     10,739 9 6,307 5,866 4
BRAZIL
           4,948 1
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 9,500 2          
CANADA
 1,031,293 1,897 1,371,060 11,930 93,277 3,035,689 8,008
CAYMAN ISLANDS
     13,584 5   7,319 3
CHINA
 485,365 1,503 271,847 516 2,525 73,070 76
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     3,815 3 11,900 13,037 22
ECUADOR
           5,665 3
FIJI
         10,177    
FRANCE
     50,500 17      
INDIA
     14,000 61      
ITALY
 93,153 307 472,489 362 7,950    
JAMAICA
 6,164 3          
JAPAN
           16,067 19
KOREA
           20,617 128
MALAYSIA
 8,148 2          
MEXICO
 61,928 47 83,662 167   38,424 161
NETHERLANDS
 7,650 2 47,177 810      
NICARAGUA
 8,598 1          
NORWAY
 13,550 27          
PANAMA
     19,870 27      
SAINT KITTS
     17,254 6      
SAUDI ARABIA
 3,000 1 3,930 1      
SINGAPORE
 95,383 177          
SWEDEN
         28,780    
TAIWAN
     5,108 1      
TRINIDAD
           9,360 20
TURKEY
 21,537 9          
UNITED KINGDOM
     38,687 521   12,215 3
OTHER
 25,734 24 83,397 47 6,250 7,650 1
TOTAL DECEMBER 2018
 1,950,434 4,042 2,842,337 15,008 171,904 3,338,867 8,482
TOTAL DECEMBER 2017
 2,231,143 5,630 2,371,416 18,654 280,383 4,796,961 12,702

*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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