Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- January 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 May 2019 issue of Stone World.

January 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
     74,740 51      
ARGENTINA
     7,830 2      
AUSTRALIA
 6,562 1          
AUSTRIA
 227,831 306          
BELGIUM
     118,099 94      
BRAZIL
 37,110,426 68,470 567,764 513 948,753 1,644,453 1,284
BULGARIA
     56,743 57 20,139    
CANADA
 941,376 10,850 492,899 5,554 405,795 1,761,144 9,665
CHINA
 13,749,743 25,560 16,582,204 11,447 2,811,821 893,992 2,055
COLOMBIA
         24,936    
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     169,995 291   7,720 19
ECUADOR
     8,612 1      
EGYPT
     203,059 395      
FINLAND
           8,386 104
FRANCE
 45,783 26 749,078 458 2,555 144,283 63
GERMANY
     252,664 162 4,099 68,315 1,826
GREECE
     1,939,036 924   8,125 80
HONG KONG
 70,428 117 49,579 10      
INDIA
 11,350,872 19,362 3,742,319 3,180 1,072,045 577,783 2,086
INDONESIA
     212,873 153 10,988 40,792 44
IRELAND
     6,228 214 3,675    
ISRAEL
     388,143 283 3,570    
ITALY
 4,815,847 2,409 11,356,173 5,257 74,319 621,398 1,660
JAPAN
 11,688 1 26,000 1      
JORDAN
     39,327 57      
KOREA
 2,024 1          
LEBANON
     190,832 42      
MEXICO
 19,723 16 2,021,822 3,789   173,418 481
MOROCCO
     391,261 372      
MOZAMBIQUE
           3,300 16
NAMIBIA
 173,173 120       85,756 69
NETHERLANDS
     2,699 2   3,165 1
NORWAY
           65,844 105
PAKISTAN
     204,771 75      
PERU
     231,387 242      
PHILIPPINES
     42,544 66 2,810    
POLAND
 11,125 1 63,092 4      
PORTUGAL
 173,531 115 1,611,360 1,283 17,405    
ROMANIA
     113,320 150      
RUSSIA
         2,146    
SAUDI ARABIA
 44,059 80          
SOUTH AFRICA
 440,296 594       20,511 94
SPAIN
 2,771,437 6,330 1,482,177 1,297 492,924 58,783 96
SWITZERLAND
 66,456 47          
SYRIA
     166,833 163      
TAIWAN
     435,892 181      
THAILAND
 10,397 10 10,279 1      
TUNISIA
     91,979 30      
TURKEY
 20,000 15 18,470,975 38,817   186,694 178
UNITED KINGDOM
 47,087 3 145,517 43 173,157 107,568 103
VIETNAM
     357,970 269 80,797 55,990 69
ZIMBABWE
           7,714 18
OTHER
 9,450 12 32,180 5      
TOTAL- JANUARY 2019
 72,119,314 134,446 63,110,255 75,935 6,151,934 6,545,134 20,116
TOTAL- JANUARY 2018
 65,768,294 100,709 64,510,587 64,513 5,072,486 5,468,579 30,702

*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

January 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
 4,919 1     3,522    
AUSTRALIA
     3,507 2 26,204    
BAHAMAS
 127,578 28 168,197 96   297,531 158
BAHRAIN
         6,363    
BARBADOS
           6,245 1
BERMUDA
         4,292 5,300 1
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 7,111 1 17,581 7 15,616    
CANADA
 1,018,795 1,349 1,150,155 13,108 40,838 3,091,216 12,256
CAYMAN ISLANDS
     34,027 17 97,000 32,368 8
CHILE
 210,550 56          
CHINA
 1,441,636 3,352 59,529 132 36,074 140,627 1,156
COSTA RICA
 9,874 3          
FRANCE
     9,125 31 14,920 3,680 1
GERMANY
           6,697 16
GUYANA
     9,487 10 3,748    
HONG KONG
           1,759,700 1,477
INDIA
     2,630 1      
ITALY
 255,395 766     985,715 69,000 24
KOREA
           44,261 444
MALAYSIA
 9,506 7          
MEXICO
 57,462 19 112,112 1,748   31,237 102
MONTSERRAT
           4,905 1
NETHERLANDS
 45,000 44 46,693 802      
PANAMA
 17,535 9          
PERU
           9,366 1
PORTUGAL
 36,724 122          
SAINT KITTS
 2,770 1          
SAUDI ARABIA
     30,677 19      
SINGAPORE
 4,260 2          
SOUTH AFRICA
           10,000 40
TRINIDAD
     3,560 7   76,436 28
TURKEY
     10,000 21      
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
     13,329 3   76,436 28
UNITED KINGDOM
 17,910 3 9,874 1 48,488 12,283 4
VENEZUELA
     204,859 394      
OTHER
 15,115 2 89,618 7   3,862 5
TOTAL JANUARY 2019
 3,282,140 5,765 1,974,960 16,406 1,282,780 5,626,142 15,740
TOTAL JANUARY 2018
 2,117,173 4,778 3,051,147 18,222 118,402 4,980,057 15,484

*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