Category: StatWatch (Monthly Report)

Travertine and other calcareous stone post U.S. import numbers that clearly beat last July. Unfortunately, it’s a different situation with granite.

Granite values up, but tonnage down at mid-year.

Stone charges ahead, fueled by big increases in granite value and volume and good performances from the marble sector. Other stone categories offer mixed results.

Marble moves up in March.

Short month, short numbers for imports in February.

January 2011 gets another jump-up of increased imports.

Granite makes a big increase in tonnage to end 2010.

An uneven month across the board with dimensional stone.

Granite’s recovery at the start of Fourth Quarter 2010 is robust; although marble is in the doldrums and travertine is declining from a peak in mid-summer. Other calcareous, meanwhile, is just plain wacky.

Good gains continue with granite and marble as the import market begins to recover. Travertine looks static, other calcareous is weak, and slate suffers from China dropping its export of the stone by a third.