Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- December 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 April 2020 issue of Stone World.

December 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
     18,035 2      
ARGENTINA
 10,488 29     15,885    
BELGIUM
     104,659 73      
BOLIVIA
           2,590 1
BRAZIL
 22,848,127 38,859 268,937 332 621,869 1,018,483 782
BULGARIA
     72,563 41 3,400    
CANADA
 1,039,596 3,966 1,457,924 1,512 470,464 2,130,088 48,999
CHINA
 11,683,493 23,239 14,639,124 10,316 2,000,430 952,260 3,045
CROATIA
     43,845 68      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     153,024 266   61,024 128
ECUADOR
     106,391 17      
EGYPT
 4,520 21 116,925 222   8,326 21
FRANCE
 24,331 5 533,806 2,785      
GERMANY
     219,375 181   70,879 1,766
GREECE
     1,146,266 567   6,650 21
HONDURAS
     5,731 2      
HONG KONG
 17,543 62 60,818 99      
INDIA
 11,759,994 18,255 2,973,163 2,548 584,467 535,884 1,626
INDONESIA
     182,971 126   119,375 99
ISRAEL
     427,317 320   112,735 95
ITALY
 3,338,885 2,446 8,803,186 4,105 55,753 366,452 3,960
JORDAN
     67,239 67   2,700 1
KOREA
     6,600 2 4,490    
MALAYSIA
 30,107 17 4,085 2      
MEXICO
 22,711 8 2,475,923 4,134   116,083 117
MOROCCO
     236,364 241      
NAMIBIA
 145,070 78 465,953 378      
NETHERLANDS
     5,831 3 18,519    
NORWAY
           19,138 28
PAKISTAN
     125,105 81   7,702 2
PERU
     298,026 323      
PHILIPPINES
     89,556 113      
POLAND
 17,615 24       9,281 14
PORTUGAL
 136,729 221 1,845,729 1,438   41,976 18
ROMANIA
     35,278 40      
SAUDI ARABIA
 11,706 26          
SOUTH AFRICA
 232,646 342       269,983 921
SPAIN
 2,444,833 5,872 1,087,626 1,170 628,972 14,567 23
SWEDEN
     2,763 1      
SWITZERLAND
           5,328 1
SYRIA
     119,678 120      
TAIWAN
     236,546 101 3,662    
THAILAND
 2,339 3 20,892 7      
TUNISIA
     71,762 24      
TURKEY
 11,134 27 12,875,011 18,221 3,687 296,258 1,747
UNITED KINGDOM
     122,138 60 39,672 17,976 18
URUGUAY
 39,474 66          
VIETNAM
 339,418 329 615,831 563 35,222 274,786 292
ZIMBABWE
              
OTHER
     44,484 35   2,310 7
TOTAL DECEMBER 2019
 54,160,759 93,895 52,186,480 50,706 4,486,492 6,462,834 63,732
TOTAL DECEMBER 2018
 74,952,178 122,480 71,903,378 76,322 5,995,452 6,472,247 78,918

*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

December 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
ARUBA
 4,493 2 2,829 1   9,006 3
AUSTRALIA
     7,676 1   8,409 16
BAHAMAS
 46,845 21 31,171 15   18,747 9
BAHRAIN
           35,000 1
BARBADOS
 3,003 1          
BERMUDA
 10,037 2 8,314 5 6,028 3,625 19
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 6,233 1       13,160 6
CANADA
 742,910 1,070 1,272,922 12,530 45,457 2,892,660 8,118
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 22,946 8 2,900 1   33,771 7
CHILE
     9,880 3      
CHINA
 719,929 1,687 5,361 2      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
           8,757 18
FRANCE
     21,300 6      
GERMANY
           8,372 4
GUYANA
     27,030 28      
HONG KONG
     5,214 3      
IRELAND
         30,724    
ITALY
 180,889 686 1,149,485 881   111,268 51
JAMAICA
 20,221 3       6,435 17
JAPAN
 3,807 25 10,478 180   77,600 33
KOREA
           2,644 1
MEXICO
 27,952 19 54,590 154   218,057 504
MOZAMBIQUE
     21,745 50      
NETHERLANDS
 3,178 5 103,912 1,783      
NEW ZEALAND
         4,425    
PANAMA
 5,229 1          
POLAND
     2,880 1      
SAUDI ARABIA
 12,936 2          
SINGAPORE
     41,024 28      
SPAIN
 15,966 20          
SWEDEN
 2,990 1     34,692    
THAILAND
         41,300    
UAE
     5,708 1   4,538 5
UK
     63,928 995 31,551 20,000 50
VENEZUELA
           7,763 2
OTHER
 44,295 4 7,987 3   15,812 63
TOTAL DECEMBER 2019
 1,873,859 3,558 2,856,334 16,671 194,177 3,495,624 8,927
TOTAL DECEMBER 2018
 1,950,434 4,042 2,842,337 15,008 171,904 3,338,867 8,482

*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