China Hard Surfaces Show Up-and-Down 2025
Exports of natural and man-made stone show small increase, but value makes double-digit drop.
Category: Stone Imports
Monthly, semi-annual and annual reporting of U.S. dimensional-stone imports.
Hard-Surface Report: Quartz Surfaces and Covid-19
Global shutdown slows shipments to United States by almost half of last year’s totals.
StatWatch December 2019: Goodbye & Hello
Hard-surface import data is moving to a new website next month.
StatWatch October 2019: Mixed Market
Quartz steady, marble up and travertine goes positive (a wee bit).
StatWatch November 2019:See-Saw
Quartz, granite and marble look good. Don’t ask about the “other” stones.
StatWatch September 2019: What Quartz Glut?
Imports remain strong for quartz surfaces.
StatWatch July 2019: No Big Void in Quartz
China out of the quartz scene, but others pick up the slack.
StatWatch August 2019: Bit of a Lull?
Summer’s dog days slow shipments.
StatWatch June 2019: One More Time
Quartz surfaces continue a comeback, but the show’s over now for China.
StatWatch May 2019: They’re Back ….
Just when the Chinese looked to be out of quartz surfaces, they pull back in.
