Stone Import and Stone Export Statistics- October 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 February 2020 issue of Stone World.

October 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
 18,453 27 235,054 50      
ARGENTINA
 15,611 40     87,927    
AUSTRIA
     29,352 20      
BELGIUM
     192,036 118      
BRAZIL
 33,707,245 57,042 313,307 276 847,342 1,452,921 894
BULGARIA
     46,268 48      
CANADA
 1,488,490 5,193 1,012,509 2,122 316,969 2,880,678 177,302
CHINA
 10,431,139 16,254 13,577,887 9,482 154,301 728,311 2,166
COLOMBIA
     32,006 51   11,182 17
CROATIA
     7,620 18      
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     218,624 358   43,669 80
EGYPT
 2,370 5 203,998 411   9,002 21
FINLAND
           6,643 36
FRANCE
     366,595 197 16,325 3,463 1
GERMANY
 13,288 7 279,525 267      
GREECE
     978,020 529   33,082 43
HONDURAS
     20,572 14      
HONG KONG
 12,878 200 33,442 58   5,799 1
INDIA
 12,964,292 20,030 4,065,888 3,879 731,456 839,327 2,092
INDONESIA
 3,290 4 133,271 76 15,329 21,963 17
ISRAEL
     347,554 246   21,351 18
ITALY
 4,367,185 5,946 7,216,451 2,928 27,175 504,979 2,978
JORDAN
     58,364 73      
KOREA
 69,966 266       5,174 1
LEBANON
     462,657 56      
LUXEMBOURG
     26,003 19      
MALAYSIA
 31,885 18          
MEXICO
 33,855 11 2,794,475 4,494   759,381 9,473
MOROCCO
 3,500 1 170,376 223   2,800 1
NAMIBIA
 117,847 102 359,707 239      
NORWAY
 43,096 58       64,970 121
PAKISTAN
     134,627 64   14,853 4
PERU
     312,268 282      
PHILIPPINES
     95,773 89      
POLAND
 44,389 8       26,700 3
PORTUGAL
 32,693 40 1,085,248 1,018 19,624    
ROMANIA
     81,876 83      
RUSSIA
         6,074    
SIERRE LEONE
     6,150 1      
SOUTH AFRICA
 166,757 135       176,634 437
SPAIN
 2,288,037 5,090 975,343 1,059 365,931 11,680 27
SWEDEN
     5,854 2      
SYRIA
     69,990 118      
TAIWAN
 3,678 2 672,620 334   450,944 1,794
THAILAND
 3,112 3 13,999 2      
TUNISIA
     42,674 6      
TURKEY
 19,880 7 12,422,228 22,357 31,565 30,312 41
UNITED KINGDOM
     157,646 14 35,247 38,712 38
VIETNAM
 72,710 89 438,780 482 19,808 174,580 201
OTHER
 2,460 5 82,189 34      
TOTAL OCTOBER 2019
 65,958,106 110,583 49,778,826 52,197 2,675,073 8,319,110 197,807
TOTAL OCTOBER 2018
 69,972,806 115,957 63,609,597 68,120 6,422,982 8,177,206 204,172

*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

October 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
 13,127 4          
ARUBA
     18,621 5      
AUSTRALIA
     8,498 1   15,388 16
BAHAMAS
 105,666 88 271,634 239 7,628 16,368 12
BARBADOS
 5,192 2          
BELGIUM
 9,356 48          
BELIZE
     5,401 5      
BERMUDA
     8,000 2   3,625 19
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 21,906 4 6,398 1 12,589 89,283 5
CANADA
 1,291,068 2,283 2,326,583 17,564 140,400 3,842,534 10,965
CAYMAN ISLANDS
 15,403 3       94,571 41
CHILE
     16,293 3      
CHINA
 240,643 491 3,784 1      
COLOMBIA
           4,352 8
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     63,009 33   8,756 17
EGYPT
     5,249 4      
FIJI
         3,022    
FINLAND
     782,061 1,738      
FRANCE
     2,983 1   5,350 1
GERMANY
     5,777 99      
HONG KONG
 27,233 41 11,124 5      
INDIA
         4,568    
IRELAND
           3,641 34
ITALY
 191,038 729 549,794 417 31,341 184,000 460
JAMAICA
 24,335 18       45,579 26
JAPAN
           8,161 40
KUWAIT
     12,523 6   3,000 3
MALAYSIA
 22,604 3          
MEXICO
 81,793 55 136,380 584 48,688 69,260 264
NETHERLANDS
     47,488 382   2,524 1
PORTUGAL
     30,970 532      
RUSSIA
 14,678 29          
SAINT KITTS
     67,105 8      
SAUDI ARABIA
 21,400 43       4,080 1
SINGAPORE
           4,990 19
SOUTH AFRICA
           32,838 39
SPAIN
         23,038    
TAIWAN
 535,758 1,078          
THAILAND
 15,854 4     134,035    
TRINIDAD
           9,360 19
TURKEY
     3,072 18      
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 6,082 1          
UNITED KINGDOM
     16,321 1 31,777 26,660 27
VENEZUELA
     6,000 10   3,866 8
OTHER
 125,383 56 10,767 3 3,341 7,711 3
TOTAL OCTOBER 2019
 2,768,519 4,980 4,415,835 21,662 440,427 4,485,897 12,028
TOTAL OCTOBER 2018
 2,996,907 5,404 5,989,064 22,143 260,618 5,484,968 12,464

*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