U.S. Countertop Materials Imports: April 2026
U.S. imports of countertop materials totaled $302.7 million in April, down 10.6% from the same month a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The figure covers natural stone and engineered quartz and excludes ceramic tile, cement and concrete. Natural stone accounted for $198.2 million, or 65.5% of the total, while engineered quartz made up $104.4 million, or 34.5%. Both categories fell from April 2025, but engineered quartz dropped harder, down 14% against an 8.7% decline for natural stone.
Quartzite was the lone major natural stone category to grow. Imports rose 13.8% to $47.4 million, reversing a sharp decline the month before. Brazil drove the gain, shipping $37 million in quartzite, up 15% year over year and accounting for roughly 78% of all quartzite imports.
The quartzite surge lifted Brazil to the top of the source country rankings at $56 million, ahead of Italy at $50.6 million and India at $39.2 million. India's total fell 41.6% from a year earlier.
In engineered quartz, Thailand overtook India as the leading source. Thai imports climbed 50% to $29.3 million while Indian imports collapsed 54% to $18.5 million, continuing a retreat that has reshaped the category over the past year. Malaysia jumped 85% to $8.6 million.
Granite continued its slide, falling 26.5% to $37.2 million, while marble slipped 16.2% to $73.3 million.
U.S. Countertop Material Imports: April 2026
Category Change: Apr 2025 → Apr 2026
Quartzite bucked the trend and rose — granite fell hardest
Country Change: Apr 2025 → Apr 2026
Top source countries — teal is Apr 2025, brown is Apr 2026
| Country | Marble | Granite | Quartzite | Eng. Quartz | Total | YOY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Brazil |
$1.9M | $10.9M | $37.0M | $589K | $56.0M | -7.9% |
1Italy |
$34.0M | $3.4M | $6.0M | $720K | $50.6M | -8.0% |
2India |
$4.3M | $11.9M | $1.3M | $18.5M | $39.2M | -41.6% |
6Thailand |
$64K | $48K | $28K | $29.3M | $29.5M | +50.5% |
4Turkey |
$16.3M | $4K | $86K | $3.5M | $28.6M | -20.1% |
5Vietnam |
$1.8M | $347K | $409K | $19.9M | $22.8M | -9.7% |
7China |
$4.8M | $4.2M | $562K | $161K | $12.9M | -18.6% |
8Spain |
$758K | $931K | $81K | $8.4M | $12.7M | -21.1% |
9Canada |
$14K | $3.4M | $1.7M | $3.2M | $12.3M | +10.2% |
10Malaysia |
$1.2M | $62K | $0K | $8.6M | $9.9M | +107.3% |
11Mexico |
$3.1M | $33K | $63K | $172K | $6.5M | +8.9% |
12Indonesia |
$263K | $33K | $123K | $3.7M | $4.3M | +16.3% |
Data sourced from the U.S. International Trade Commission DataWeb (dataweb.usitc.gov); dashboard visualizations were generated with the assistance of AI.
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Jason Kamery is the Managing Editor and Group Digital Editor of Stone World. With more than a decade of experience covering the stone and countertop industry, he has conducted hundreds of interviews with fabricators, manufacturers, and industry leaders, and hosts the Stone World. podcast. He reports from events worldwide, including TISE, Coverings, and Marmomac, and his coverage extends to worker safety and silicosis, trade policy and tariffs, and fabrication technology. Kamery has also served as a speaker and panel moderator at The International Surface Event (TISE). He graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. in Mass Communication.
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