Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- October 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 February 2019 issue of Stone World.

← Statistics Archives | Download pdf | Skip to Stone Exports from the U.S.

October 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			39,416	27
ARGENTINA	19,650	20			12,897
BELGIUM			68,486	29	18,777
BRAZIL	31,406,709	53,162	284,734	392	792,106	1,225,175	1,027
BULGARIA			31,004	15	2,801
CANADA	1,140,302	2,279	1,831,681	4,120	427,670	3,270,031	190,530
CHINA	15,425,674	28,614	19,529,502	12,757	3,235,355	1,489,716	3,838
COLOMBIA			130,000	17
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC			231,818	547		10,339	22
ECUADOR			75,376	7
EGYPT	33,200	24	273,627	724
FINLAND						9,726	121
FRANCE	32,077	3	418,274	286	9,280	30,162	31
GERMANY	32,353	9	234,121	102		35,737	900
GREECE			737,797	328		15,765	88
HONG KONG	141,581	91	167,661	84
INDIA	14,088,822	21,359	4,424,616	3,494	1,249,577	721,406	2,565
INDONESIA	3,366	5	347,681	223	2,898	15,386	14
IRELAND			2,500	1
ISRAEL	12,448	19	575,211	420
ITALY	3,854,082	1,985	10,146,105	3,714	118,847	810,811	4,208
JAPAN	6,143	1
JORDAN			39,080	48
KOREA	31,500	13	11,104	8		21,612	11
LEBANON			4,400	1
MEXICO	20,894	10	2,416,293	4,193		172,266	194
MOROCCO			380,014	352
NAMIBIA	79,754	78
NETHERLANDS					4,589
NORWAY						66,682	107
PAKISTAN			59,518	49
PERU			288,506	298
PHILIPPINES			53,665	88
POLAND	18,416	5
PORTUGAL	162,953	504	1,519,818	1,037		26,272	22
ROMANIA			14,396	21
RUSSIA					17,983
SAUDI ARABIA	45,516	91
SOUTH AFRICA	387,215	607				122,130	293
SPAIN	2,902,216	6,915	1,387,112	1,137	412,456	13,547	45
SYRIA			28,798	38
TAIWAN			517,711	222
THAILAND	17,379	19	3,310	2
TUNISIA			112,453	43
TURKEY	45,342	40	16,574,798	32,831	25,194
UNITED KINGDOM			65,193	41	92,552	30,784	22
URUGUAY	43,548	96
VIETNAM	21,666	8	512,254	402		89,659	134
OTHER			71,564	22
TOTAL- OCTOBER 2018	69,972,806	115,957	63,609,597	68,120	6,422,982	8,177,206	204,172
TOTAL- OCTOBER 2017	80,042,280	120,889	58,590,398	69,310	4,669,710	7,569,388	185,935

*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

October 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	7,629	3	27,722	25		8,220	4
ARAB EMIRATES			2,820	1		28,946	32
ARGENTINA						61,913	222
ARUBA	10,755	22	3,330	2		61,385	10
AUSTRALIA					23,614	14,412	36
BAHAMAS	45,165	6	679,200	205		48,062	49
BARBADOS			13,875	9		117,535	27
BELGIUM					21,322
BERMUDA			11,570	5
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	127,568	12
CANADA	1,499,569	2,790	1,964,363	18,080	140,816	4,770,509	11,552
CAYMAN ISLANDS	7,590	1	40,436	20		17,573	3
CHINA	822,590	1,939	234,841	361	15,569	84,716	77
COSTA RICA			26,412	139		3,510	1
CURACAO			4,320	25
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC						2,803	36
ECUADOR						14,161	3
GERMANY	28,517	17	34,728	26	14,728	14,728	16
GREECE			13,872	26
HONDURAS			12,973	17
HONG KONG	7,050	2	31,861	3		4,434	1
ICELAND						5,000	1
INDIA	22,161	101
ITALY	108,769	339	2,285,763	2,108	13,444	41,000	103
JAMAICA			6,075	8		6,200	1
JAPAN						7,044	21
KOREA						8,821	2
MALAYSIA	6,790	1
MEXICO	59,929	88	166,508	464	3,161	83,820	245
NETHERLANDS	6,161	1	47,276	387
NORWAY	100,710	40
OMAN			132,995	57
PORTUGAL			14,405	26
SAINT KITTS			5,625	1	3,900
SAINT LUCIA	2,528	1
SINGAPORE	12,780	6	6,106	2		3,040	1
SPAIN			7,000	1
SWEDEN					24,064
TAIWAN	8,576	1	5,631	1
TRINIDAD	61,932	20				73,770	20
UNITED KINGDOM	3,400	1	3,040	1
VENEZUELA			20,756	5		3,366	1
OTHER	46,738	13	185,561	138
TOTAL OCTOBER 2018	2,996,907	5,404	5,989,064	22,143	260,618	5,484,968	12,464
TOTAL OCTOBER 2017	3,688,818	8,043	4,599,739	27,693	212,436	5,613,842	13,536

← Statistics Archives | Download pdf | Back to Stone Imports to the U.S. | Back to Stone Exports from the U.S.

Poll

Business During a Pandemic

View Results

Poll Archive

Stone World Magazine

2020 October

For this issue of Stone World magazine we talk to industry veteran Ron Hannah about a product called Black Mamba that adheres a sink to a countertop in 10 seconds. This issue also takes a look at the quartz industry, one of the articles features Quantra and how it continues to invest and strategize to produce high-quality quartz. We also take a look at the top quartz products offering in our quartz roundup.

View More Create Account

Contemporary Stone & Tile Design Magazine

2020 Fall

For this issue of Contemporary Stone & Tile Design decorative porcelain and marble tile modernize an outdated living space in New York. We also see how Italian Porcelain tile contributes to a multi-purpose residential building. Finally we feature our Mosaic and decorative tile roundup.

View More Create Account