Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- August 2019

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 December 2019 issue of Stone World.

August 2019 | 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
     141,780 60      
ARGENTINA
 63,080 130     69,563    
AUSTRALIA
           31,399 32
AUSTRIA
 7,474 1          
BELGIUM
     184,019 195      
BRAZIL
 33,703,710 56,798 590,315 350 701,492 646,961 526
BULGARIA
     84,852 81      
CANADA
 1,180,645 2,517 835,063 9,061 516,426 4,019,848 298,938
CHINA
 12,813,992 23,455 15,584,836 21,452 2,246,566 699,451 2,106
COLOMBIA
     6,177 13      
CROATIA
     7,927 18      
CZECH REPUBLIC
           8,700 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     179,870 344   7,505 10
ECUADOR
     20,589 3      
EGYPT
     247,109 509      
FINLAND
           5,925 33
FRANCE
 6,573 1 812,152 614   28,844 9
GERMANY
 12,040 2 266,962 156   6,956 87
GREECE
 10,397 1 1,509,673 691 7,448    
HONG KONG
 21,600 20 42,967 49      
INDIA
 12,867,733 24,454 3,842,955 3,443 796,619 1,189,829 4,769
INDONESIA
     212,220 138 5,172 10,545 8
ISRAEL
 55,951 110 342,841 328      
ITALY
 4,281,100 1,831 11,118,731 3,706 27,460 349,723 3,224
JAPAN
 15,006 3       62,138 97
JORDAN
     114,330 143      
KOREA
 3,000 4 4,748 1      
LEBANON
     317,313 43   9,454 23
MALAYSIA
     7,743 3      
MEXICO
 66,148 41 2,696,552 4,758   349,521 359
MOROCCO
     169,840 184      
NAMIBIA
 304,828 243 288,419 266      
NETHERLANDS
     5,597 1      
NORWAY
 18,689 56       10,066 21
PAKISTAN
     209,026 117      
PERU
     232,479 263      
PHILIPPINES
     57,498 121      
POLAND
 15,712 4 2,210 19      
PORTUGAL
     1,339,173 1,259   91,967 75
ROMANIA
     40,332 60      
RUSSIA
         22,570    
SAUDI ARABIA
 55,938 102          
SOUTH AFRICA
 512,965 433 34,374 18   44,818 410
SPAIN
 2,813,823 7,295 1,923,419 1,296 591,247 17,752 20
SWITZERLAND
 109,718 190          
SYRIA
     59,595 99      
TAIWAN
     397,267 167      
THAILAND
 9,917 7 3,108 2 2,701    
TUNISIA
     125,555 71      
TURKEY
 80,037 90 13,300,472 21,644 6,734 18,760 31
UNITED KINGDOM
     85,778 28 30,922 41,118 36
VIETNAM
 384,936 234 731,869 470 11,039 90,567 135
ZIMBABWE
     4,115 1      
OTHER
     114,123 76      
TOTAL AUGUST 2019
 69,415,012 118,022 58,295,973 72,321 5,035,959 7,741,847 310,950
TOTAL AUGUST 2018
 80,346,807 136,595 74,860,223 73,457 5,451,758 9,034,703 248,377

*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

August 2019 | 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
     51,998 16      
ARGENTINA
           2,552 20
ARUBA
 25,428 7          
AUSTRALIA
 19,802 35 3,328 1   8,500 50
BAHAMAS
 125,926 26 326,102 461 15,293 74,342 108
BARBADOS
 4,278 5     5,181    
BELGIUM
 31,460 73       6,200 5
BERMUDA
     19,040 11      
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 61,948 20 11,369 97   8,262 1
CANADA
 1,323,883 2,351 2,433,723 19,684 152,361 3,597,577 8,881
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 32,403 4 76,612 31   82,662 25
CHILE
 6,176 2       10,285 2
CHINA
 476,873 1,047 23,834 3   99,179 35
COSTA RICA
 10,471 1          
CZECH REPUBLIC
         4,146    
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     24,949 15   8,757 8
FRANCE
     8,625 2      
GERMANY
     29,826 136      
GUYANA
     3,190 12      
HONG KONG
     4,595 2   15,693 24
INDIA
 15,468 20 2,741 47   3,800 1
ITALY
 481,707 1,471 1,447,219 1,334      
JAMAICA
     11,740 32      
JAPAN
     21,086 183   3,719 18
KOREA
 2,790 1          
KUWAIT
           7,384 2
MALAYSIA
 13,262 2       37,260 8
MEXICO
 73,534 58 200,699 208   16,826 19
NETHERLANDS
 15,403 1 47,712 384      
NEW ZEALAND
         4,522    
NICARAGUA
         11,071    
NORWAY
 62,000 45          
PANAMA
 10,097 1          
PHILIPPINES
 4,300 1          
PORTUGAL
 45,220 219          
QATAR
         6,760    
RUSSIA
 5,700 11 20,492 352      
SAINT LUCIA
 3,585 1 2,849 1      
SAUDI ARABIA
 3,960 1          
SINGAPORE
     2,606 1      
SOUTH AFRICA
           47,998 60
SPAIN
     9,300 2      
SWEDEN
         69,888    
TAIWAN
           32,356 330
THAILAND
           11,190 28
TRINIDAD
 5,795 2 6,190 10 22,808    
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
     22,037 10 80,000    
UNITED KINGDOM
 26,700 2 49,629 10 74,356 31,834 26
OTHER
 60,537 19 81,278 36 7,428 13,868 55
TOTAL AUGUST 2019
 2,948,706 5,426 4,942,769 23,081 453,814 4,120,244 9,706
TOTAL AUGUST 2018
 3,264,286 5,505 6,064,835 32,850 534,412 5,527,218 15,530

*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