Category: StatWatch (Monthly Report)

April 2012 growth of 48% in slabs still healthy, but there’s a new face in second place.

Granite takes another pause in March, but marble remains strong. And don’t sweat some of the major drop with other stones … yet.

March ’13 imports still beat last year’s volume by 60%.

Shipments are up in every stone category. All of them. But there’s a catch.

February imports increase another two-thirds from 2012 volume.

At the start of the year, granite, marble and other calcareous ahead of 2012 start. Travertine drops.

Last November’s volume beat the previous year by 100%. On the nose.

Granite shipments increase by nearly half from 2011; marble also robust.

Spain regains its #1 status for U.S. quartz-slab shipments.

Granite nudges up slightly; other varietal stones show impressive gains.