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

May 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
 6,032 8 12,374 10      
ARGENTINA
     18,417 60      
AUSTRALIA
           2,640 1
AUSTRIA
 6,726 2          
BELGIUM
 91,167 39 272,213 183   9,710 21
BRAZIL
 39,362,524 63,132 339,454 479 891,762 1,216,467 1,282
BULGARIA
     106,442 108 4,239    
CANADA
 1,395,668 5,382 1,820,326 12,981 559,134 3,240,048 216,982
CHINA
 13,678,265 45,523 13,745,511 9,109 2,131,256 706,213 1,822
COLOMBIA
     20,000 8      
CROATIA
     57,595 107      
CZECH REPUBLIC
 79,213 32          
DENMARK
     2,690 1      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     371,214 1,040   42,838 66
ECUADOR
     108,478 8      
EGYPT
 40,807 66 319,498 852      
FINLAND
           2,874 36
FRANCE
 6,700 1 819,856 506   14,634 6
GERMANY
 156,902 49 142,110 130   51,593 1,301
GREECE
     1,821,387 1,020 8,098 9,871 81
HONG KONG
 104,366 97 4,897 1   6,359 16
INDIA
 14,329,663 23,974 2,979,958 3,413 786,052 1,190,229 4,217
INDONESIA
     605,594 477 4,998 17,609 29
ISRAEL
 26,194 40 475,096 332      
ITALY
 3,139,854 1,802 10,623,095 3,773 62,598 407,076 3,736
JORDAN
     41,994 49      
KOREA
     18,104 25      
LEBANON
     260,226 29      
MALAYSIA
 74,748 50          
MEXICO
 25,500 7 2,697,335 5,019   152,485 223
MOROCCO
     218,659 265      
NAMIBIA
 50,852 44 22,587 18      
NETHERLANDS
     25,348 3      
NORWAY
 10,684 19       6,108 12
PAKISTAN
     100,845 37   7,359 2
PERU
     297,390 342      
PHILIPPINES
     63,229 152      
POLAND
 26,410 9       23,700 139
PORTUGAL
 66,798 175 1,374,466 1,144   36,265 22
ROMANIA
     26,957 40      
RUSSIA
         18,971    
SAUDI ARABIA
 22,570 50          
SOUTH AFRICA
 305,341 314 27,636 24   57,485 200
SPAIN
 2,985,221 6,862 1,106,496 1,156 573,486 54,213 54
SYRIA
     100,760 150   42,750 12
TAIWAN
     430,267 177      
THAILAND
     18,519 2      
TUNISIA
     83,708 54      
TURKEY
 34,048 50 13,401,695 28,047 13,191    
UNITED KINGDOM
 55,251 35 169,855 34 58,171 21,112 19
VIETNAM
 118,911 140 537,300 651 34,839 136,707 150
OTHER
     116,143 52 17,073    
TOTAL MAY 2019
 76,200,415 147,902 55,805,724 72,068 5,163,868 7,456,345 230,429
TOTAL MAY 2018
 80,744,829 123,737 68,875,133 76,777 5,498,013 7,576,618 163,022

*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

May 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
ARGENTINA
           7,982 41
ARUBA
     18,947 6      
AUSTRALIA
         12,883 9,114 15
AUSTRIA
     2,682 9      
BAHAMAS
 213,312 105 59,656 44 35,800    
BARBADOS
 3,950 2          
BELGIUM
 18,755 49     22,620    
BERMUDA
     16,017 115      
BRAZIL
     2,507 1      
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 21,844 31 33,855 581 13,193 14,354  
CANADA
 1,459,072 3,051 3,563,742 16,111 156,176 2,294,992 8,905
CAYMAN ISLANDS
     20,324 4      
CHINA
 978,660 2,507 72,469 135   9,699 37
COSTA RICA
         7,189 22,482 19
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     20,640 3      
FRANCE
     6,888 2   8,367 5
GERMANY
     22,514 2 15,430 9,337 17
GUYANA
     5,263 3      
INDIA
 47,117 207          
ISRAEL
     65,700 30      
ITALY
 108,370 365 925,229 1,180   88,000 37
JAMAICA
     48,288 14 64,060    
JAPAN
     155,646 385      
JORDAN
     4,013 1      
MEXICO
 30,145 22 212,435 4,509 5,851 22,768 106
NETHERLANDS
 9,786 1 7,994 48      
NEW ZEALAND
           4,630 1
NICARAGUA
     26,013 11      
NORWAY
 3,250 1          
PERU
     2,790 15      
RUSSIA
     3,924 1      
SINGAPORE
     2,665 1   7,800 9
SPAIN
 9,309 47          
TAIWAN
     15,314 95      
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
     9,684 1   5,628 6
UNITED KINGDOM
 7,503 1 35,951 12 54,907 6,750 4
OTHER
 5,560 2 36,256 12   3,457 2
TOTAL MAY 2019
 2,916,633 6,391 5,397,406 23,331 388,109 2,515,360 9,204
TOTAL MAY 2018
 3,290,297 5,040 6,301,972 25,738 628,615 7,021,180 19,346

*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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