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.

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

*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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