Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- January 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 May 2018 issue of Stone World.

January 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
 5,186 23          
ARGENTINA
 17,106 21 16,636 1      
AUSTRALIA
     14,805 3      
AUSTRIA
 4,025 4          
BELGIUM
 5,708 1 29,360 10      
BRAZIL
 29,585,289 48,724 259,322 283 518,494 453,610 321
BULGARIA
     50,095 49      
CANADA
 811,012 816 909,992 1,359 240,698 1,732,400 20,984
CHILE
     17,774 13      
CHINA
 17,681,468 28,179 21,629,981 14,382 2,408,812 1,567,183 3,993
COLOMBIA
     37,858 9   2,500 3
DENMARK
 20,000 46          
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     300,606 1,139   33,449 102
ECUADOR
     98,038 6      
EGYPT
 2,189 1 165,309 413      
FINLAND
           5,328 67
FRANCE
 10,178 6 909,995 491   18,357 15
GERMANY
 236,516 39 402,020 383   38,215 425
GREECE
     1,359,214 576      
HONG KONG
 32,018 64 293,465 111 4,000 29,230 28
INDIA
 9,760,119 14,364 2,579,820 1,747 1,160,832 892,430 2,676
INDONESIA
 25,050 20 277,924 189 35,845 74,496 74
IRELAND
     3,835 1      
ISRAEL
 11,531 13 371,995 271      
ITALY
 4,788,224 3,175 11,719,986 4,756 18,720 489,120 1,734
JORDAN
     22,262 36      
LEBANON
     276,613 56      
MEXICO
 5,200 2 2,535,586 5,048   33,522 51
MOROCCO
     87,005 79      
NAMIBIA
 198,153 97 68,263 65      
NEW ZEALAND
         3,720    
NORWAY
     3,184 1   2,868 12
PAKISTAN
 4,775 1 114,566 71      
PERU
     275,437 271   7,500 83
PHILIPPINES
     49,685 59      
PORTUGAL
 138,927 124 1,609,690 1,288 11,299    
ROMANIA
     27,698 44      
RUSSIA
         2,896    
SAUDI ARABIA
 42,627 86          
SOUTH AFRICA
 360,011 426     10,593    
SPAIN
 1,854,352 4,373 939,757 744 396,790 6,636 21
SWITZERLAND
     76,826 47   3,600 1
SYRIA
     151,800 200      
TAIWAN
 134,502 92 468,329 184      
THAILAND
     18,486 2      
TUNISIA
     53,933 17      
TURKEY
     15,850,865 29,545 3,274 17,919 16
UNITED KINGDOM
     28,321 7 133,670    
VIETNAM
 34,128 12 350,028 369 77,647 53,537 95
OTHER
     54,223 188 45,196    
TOTAL- JANUARY 2018
 65,768,294 100,709 64,510,587 64,513 5,072,486 5,468,579 30,702
TOTAL- JANUARY 2017
 80,325,914 109,685 64,050,987 69,497 6,084,180 5,499,194 34,098

*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

January 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
ARAB EMIRATES
     23,006 3   14,246 16
ARGENTINA
           13,815 45
AUSTRALIA
     5,484 1   16,364 9
BAHAMAS
 81,775 10 133,012 34 4,599    
BARBADOS
     5,553 1   17,802 9
BELGIUM
 23,291 68          
BRAZIL
 15,206 27       90,693 203
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
     12,763 16      
CANADA
 801,706 1,350 1,591,271 17,038 58,341 3,634,806 14,182
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 9,327 13 38,528 20   11,241 8
CHINA
 933,520 2,830 172,219 215 27,165 17,016 49
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     6,186 5   15,194 36
ECUADOR
     98,038 7      
FRANCE
           2,840 1
GREECE
     43,753 20      
HONDURAS
     6,843 9      
HONG KONG
     10,393 9      
INDIA
     8,657 2 3,436    
ISRAEL
           17,033 1
ITALY
 131,018 324 433,408 393      
JAMAICA
     50,369 35      
JAPAN
         4,711    
KOREA
           5,244 1
MALTA
     3,279 1      
MALAYSIA
 8,148 12          
MEXICO
 67,476 116 332,725 365 10,354 61,079 200
NICARAGUA
           44,563 18
PANAMA
     41,773 22      
PARAGUAY
     7,867 9      
RUSSIA
           207,765 57
SAINT KITTS
           6,480 10
SAUDI ARABIA
     5,620 1   275,316 92
SINGAPORE
 5,982 2       27,247 71
TAIWAN
     7,291 13      
TRINIDAD
           70,148 21
TURKEY
 2,505 1       28,188 4
UNITED KINGDOM
     2,801 1   156,352 61
VENEZUELA
           77,780 94
OTHER
 37,219 25 10,308 2 9,796 168,845 296
TOTAL JANUARY 2018
 2,117,173 4,778 3,051,147 18,222 118,402 4,980,057 15,484
TOTAL JANUARY 2017
 4,844,109 9,893 3,614,670 17,765 244,085 3,786,565 11,517

*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