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.

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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

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