Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- March 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 July 2019 issue of Stone World.

March 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
     22,743 23      
ARGENTINA
 20,752 22     32,372    
BELGIUM
 32,660 621 71,666 27   10,026 41
BRAZIL
 33,098,042 57,715 555,683 427 650,788 826,521 766
BULGARIA
     37,030 47      
CANADA
 1,014,554 2,127 904,770 8,683 301,209 1,884,240 10,153
CHILE
           20,160 60
CHINA
 8,193,330 13,405 9,161,680 6,304 1,797,001 488,804 1,751
COLOMBIA
     252,000 20      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     400,085 579   38,737 68
ECUADOR
     9,754 1      
EGYPT
     299,745 603      
FINLAND
 4,299 4       8,590 107
FRANCE
 35,693 19 866,337 1,053   8,095 1
GERMANY
 232,496 42 97,332 36   36,294 838
GREECE
     1,369,127 600      
HONG KONG
 71,923 99          
HUNGARY
           34,014 113
INDIA
 9,759,318 15,954 3,365,747 2,764 993,881 835,004 3,437
INDONESIA
     287,674 173 2,494    
ISRAEL
     365,495 263      
ITALY
 3,177,114 2,228 11,766,912 4,127 44,436 456,790 2,566
JAPAN
 14,650 3 7,065 1      
JORDAN
     18,009 26      
KOREA
 41,000 138 65,895 84   11,640 6
LEBANON
     382,359 67      
MEXICO
 33,022 30 2,723,910 5,056   96,749 137
MOROCCO
     255,399 263      
NAMIBIA
 27,242 19       108,456 91
NORWAY
 45,065 64       9,474 17
PAKISTAN
 95,366 21 119,145 64 6,560    
PERU
 2,123 2 241,873 371   14,877 3
PHILIPPINES
     136,958 206      
POLAND
 23,880 7 15,133 3   77,184 593
PORTUGAL
 33,781 31 1,918,186 1,197   58,202 40
ROMANIA
     178,263 211      
RUSSIA
         18,931    
SAUDI ARABIA
 19,946 42          
SOUTH AFRICA
 183,827 197          
SPAIN
 3,355,854 8,048 1,344,627 1,311 523,581 14,274 30
SWEDEN
     14,145 1      
SWITZERLAND
 3,562 1 14,500 1      
SYRIA
     44,917 52      
TAIWAN
 2,003 2 313,161 153      
THAILAND
     26,576 7      
TUNISIA
     132,407 80      
TURKEY
 53,113 73 16,399,362 34,481 5,568 57,502 41
UNITED KINGDOM
     148,806 23 102,255 19,512 16
URUGUAY
 24,296 58          
VIETNAM
 140,504 76 429,239 452 31,362 118,432 204
ZIMBABWE
           2,338 11
OTHER
     46,359 25      
TOTAL MARCH 2019
 59,739,415 101,048 54,810,074 69,865 4,510,438 5,235,915 21,090
TOTAL MARCH 2018
 58,922,619 99,069 63,092,010 65,319 4,472,973 5,516,327 29,029

*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

March 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
     31,774 14      
ARUBA
           12,782 3
AUSTRALIA
     5,495 1      
BAHAMAS
 60,662 60 162,315 41 4,290 31,131 18
BAHRAIN
           4,347 7
BELIZE
           2,600 1
BERMUDA
 17,933 3 3,600 1   16,844 46
BRAZIL
           8,175 8
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 6,966 2 73,406 31 6,647 2,640 1
CANADA
 1,495,837 3,239 1,528,030 14,257 56,226 3,677,101 10,081
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 32,987 12 6,438 5 27,888 31,347 6
CHILE
           2,775 1
CHINA
 88,472 539 147,418 121 5,280 139,586 110
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 4,524 1       8,757 18
FINLAND
 2,891 25          
FRANCE
           5,520 2
GERMANY
 8,656 55       17,530 49
HONG KONG
     21,333 8 13,860 4,675 19
IRELAND
           14,464 58
ISRAEL
 10,070 47          
ITALY
 292,662 994 1,575,270 1,245      
JAMAICA
 6,162 1 8,500 1 5,296    
JAPAN
     22,240 128 3,900    
KOREA
 3,742 2 10,180 175   6,226 1
MACAO
         17,037    
MEXICO
 74,021 69 177,976 299   68,018 148
NETHERLANDS
     113,838 1,142   38,200 10
OMAN
     45,464 5      
QATAR
     36,743 14      
RUSSIA
 6,948 14 7,920 1      
SAINT KITTS
     10,671 4      
SAINT LUCIA
     5,660 2      
SAUDI ARABIA
     4,059 1      
SINGAPORE
 75,812 21          
SWEDEN
 2,937 5          
SWITZERLAND
     150,000 14      
TRINIDAD
           23,652 10
TURKEY
           2,719 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 15,638 2 15,394 4   46,230 49
UNITED KINGDOM
     28,549 6 21,483 13,662 5
VENEZUELA
     5,414 2      
VIETNAM
     2,900 1   4,675 20
OTHER
 77,861 19 7,500 1   6,630 9
TOTAL MARCH 2019
 2,284,781 5,110 4,208,087 17,524 161,907 4,190,286 10,681
TOTAL MARCH 2018
 2,906,318 8,044 4,459,310 25,299 475,437 5,829,672 15,546

*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