U.S. Countertop Materials Exports: April 2026
U.S. exports of natural stone and building stone products totaled $15.2 million in April, down 3.2% from the same month a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The figure covers stone products measured by free-alongside-ship value and excludes raw quartz and quartzite. The decline was far shallower than in March, when exports fell 22.2% year over year, and April's total marked a gain from the $12.8 million shipped the month before.
Canada remained the dominant destination, taking $10 million in stone products, or 65.6% of all U.S. exports for the month. No other country accounted for more than 9%. The Bahamas ranked second at $1.3 million, followed by Mexico at $794,000 and Italy at $645,000. In all, U.S. producers shipped to 49 countries in April.
Articles of cement, concrete and artificial stone made up the largest export category at $7.6 million, or roughly half the monthly total. Because the export classification system does not separate engineered quartz from concrete and cement, the category likely reflects a mix of all three.
Among natural stone categories, limestone and marble drove the month's gains. Limestone exports nearly doubled to $1.7 million, up 91.8%, while marble and travertine rose 42.9% to $1.4 million. Italy was the top destination for U.S. marble at $442,000, narrowly ahead of Canada at $434,000, a pattern that reflects the re-export of specialty blocks and slabs for finishing abroad.
Those gains were offset by sharp declines elsewhere. Other building stone fell 41.7% to $1.5 million and dolomite dropped 32.1% to $1.3 million. Granite exports slipped 15.2% to $865,000.
The figures underscore the scale of the U.S. trade imbalance in stone. The country imported $302.7 million in countertop materials in April while exporting just $15.2 million in stone products, a ratio of roughly 20 to 1.
U.S. Stone Exports: April 2026
| Destination | Marble | Granite | Quartz & Other* | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Canada |
$434K | $413K | $4.9M | $4.2M | $10.0M |
2Bahamas |
$90K | $69K | $1.1M | $50K | $1.3M |
3Mexico |
$67K | $3K | $509K | $216K | $794.3K |
4Italy |
$442K | $178K | $11K | $14K | $644.9K |
5UK |
$4K | $3K | $261K | $366K | $634.0K |
6Turks & Caicos |
$237K | — | $80K | $36K | $353.0K |
7Dom. Rep. |
$3K | — | $312K | — | $315.4K |
8Bermuda |
— | $49K | $27K | $86K | $161.7K |
9Antigua |
$10K | $16K | $108K | $20K | $153.6K |
10Australia |
— | — | $30K | $83K | $113.4K |
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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