Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- November 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 March 2019 issue of Stone World.

November 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
     42,699 52      
ARGENTINA
 27,681 43 4,200 1      
AUSTRIA
 67,571 6          
BELGIUM
     180,320 103      
BRAZIL
 37,733,562 63,484 589,712 514 825,992 2,415,400 1,687
BULGARIA
 4,526 2 86,011 96      
CANADA
 1,045,079 6,902 1,006,022 3,936 353,526 3,077,322 173,434
CHINA
 17,575,046 29,402 21,389,376 12,883 3,183,520 1,457,607 3,584
COLOMBIA
     204,555 16      
CROATIA
     2,105 1      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     278,740 601   21,664 49
ECUADOR
     44,982 4      
EGYPT
     202,105 422      
FINLAND
           10,803 135
FRANCE
     477,686 270   69,863 35
GERMANY
 105,984 18 70,715 35   6,110 3
GREECE
     2,034,110 932 7,665    
HONG KONG
 16,487 25 29,965 20 6,697    
INDIA
 10,734,216 17,210 5,312,067 4,055 943,461 520,594 1,968
INDONESIA
 19,317 26 359,533 313 13,388 23,163 15
IRELAND
     16,789 19      
ISRAEL
     696,678 505      
ITALY
 5,001,867 2,450 11,215,233 4,497 50,983 1,305,376 3,398
JAPAN
 2,140 1          
JORDAN
     51,301 44      
LEBANON
     376,500 54      
MEXICO
 20,671 9 2,268,914 4,155   204,710 233
MOROCCO
     348,920 381      
NAMIBIA
     41,770 66      
NETHERLANDS
     44,430 18      
NORWAY
           5,736 24
PAKISTAN
     138,445 82      
PERU
     326,491 493      
PHILIPPINES
     27,388 64      
POLAND
     9,918 1   16,893 4
PORTUGAL
 216,603 85 1,123,952 1,128   80,806 69
ROMANIA
     96,982 159      
RUSSIA
         3,078    
SAUDI ARABIA
 99,319 183          
SINGAPORE
     38,000 3      
SOUTH AFRICA
 221,779 205       30,289 138
SPAIN
 2,658,440 6,057 1,106,769 1,052 673,960 26,058 67
SWEDEN
         6,292 30,240 1
SYRIA
 4,725 18 110,714 137      
TAIWAN
     331,254 127   4,350 1
THAILAND
 90,236 24 29,518 6      
TUNISIA
     64,937 7      
TURKEY
 39,456 42 17,084,704 41,371 12,148    
UNITED KINGDOM
     82,042 33 21,292    
URUGUAY
 59,820 123          
VIETNAM
 89,612 68 332,898 412   37,599 89
OTHER
     24,012 3      
TOTAL- NOVEMBER 2018
 75,834,137 126,383 68,303,462 79,071 6,102,002 9,344,583 184,934
TOTAL- NOVEMBER 2017
 71,926,437 111,384 61,580,029 65,763 4,146,123 7,054,309 181,129

*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

November 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
     9,412 8   14,473 16
ARGENTINA
           7,045 45
ARUBA
           7,560 2
AUSTRALIA
 8,360 2       4,267 4
BAHAMAS
 134,871 57 472,836 1,492 8,400 32,784 79
BARBADOS
 7,670 16 33,211 18 8,637    
BELGIUM
         16,708    
BERMUDA
           3,359 1
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
           2,720 1
CANADA
 1,568,131 3,886 1,619,395 17,533 146,123 4,327,563 11,390
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 49,987 18 111,332 23   8,134 1
CHILE
     197,856 16      
CHINA
 647,254 1,708 490,081 1,130      
COSTA RICA
           10,890 7
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           18,750 35
FIJI
         7,579    
FRANCE
 15,633 31     3,805    
GERMANY
     6,332 1   74,202 58
GUATEMALA
     4,091 2      
HONG KONG
 195,927 395          
INDIA
     60,601 126      
ISRAEL
     19,969 343   6,317 1
ITALY
 153,769 639 777,434 697 11,611 52,920 132
JAMAICA
     6,087 6 3,560    
JAPAN
 11,557 7       72,925 125
KOREA
           153,833 60
MEXICO
 67,861 51 110,286 227 42,929 20,729 80
NETHERLANDS
     45,744 785      
NEW ZEALAND
           6,296 4
PANAMA
 51,708 38          
QATAR
     5,800 10      
RUSSIA
 5,044 10 7,972 137      
SAUDI ARABIA
     8,471 51      
SINGAPORE
 25,490 51          
SOUTH AFRICA
 19,268 22          
SWITZERLAND
     3,182 54      
TAIWAN
     15,285 18   83,130 19
TURKEY
 6,254 2          
UNITED KINGDOM
 4,600 1     33,753 16,746 13
OTHER
 193,509 279 37,912 28 7,380 139,149 11,932
TOTAL NOVEMBER 2018
 3,166,893 7,213 4,043,289 22,705 290,485 5,063,792 24,008
TOTAL NOVEMBER 2017
 2,253,311 4,804 4,849,419 19,784 267,652 6,182,039 13,491

*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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