StatWatch: The New #1 in Quartz

 

Smaller growth trend continues for U.S. quartz-slab shipments. Israel becomes the top shipper for September.

Spain continues to lead in quartz-slab values, besting September 2011 imports by 2.1% — although this September’s $5-million total is a big comedown from May’s spike of $9.4 million. Israel pushes its value to $4.4 in September, up 34.6% from the same time last year; and Canada does a turnaround by gaining 11% from September 2011 with $1.39 million.

U.S. Quartz Slab Imports – Value
(U.S. dollars)
Sep-12 Sep-11 Change
Spain $5,031,361 $4,927,518 2.1%
Israel $4,443,506 $3,302,087 34.6%
Canada $1,485,613 $1,250,917 18.8%
China $1,397,164 $1,258,642 11.0%
Italy $569,128 $1,671,188 -65.9%
India $404,362 $55,151 633.2%
Vietnam $178,971 $123,481 44.9%
Korea $98,332 $80,477 22.2%
Portugal $92,066 $94,041 -2.1%
Taiwan $41,804 $0  N/A
Belgium $30,915 $228,364 -86.5%
Kenya $18,178 $0  N/A
All Others $0 $71,495  N/A
Total $13,791,400 $13,063,361 5.6%
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission, Stone Update analysis

Israel takes charge of September’s quartz-slab import volume, making a 69.2% leap from last year to 535,246 ft². Spain drops to a close second while improving by 11.8% from last September; China remains a solid third. India and Vietnam also keep up the pace.

U.S. Quartz Slab Imports – Volume
(square feet)
Sep-12 Sep-11 Change
Israel 535,246 316,373 69.2%
Spain 512,308 458,262 11.8%
China 203,438 164,257 23.9%
Canada 110,707 121,514 -8.9%
India 44,347 4,768 830.0%
Italy 28,137 142,654 -80.3%
Vietnam 21,086 16,189 30.3%
Korea 12,056 13,057 -7.7%
Portugal 10,796 11,507 -6.2%
Belgium 3,660 13,961 -73.8%
Kenya 2,573 0 N/A
Taiwan 2,067 0 N/A
All Others 0 5,909 -100.0%
Total 1,486,419 1,268,450 17.2%
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission, Stone Update analysis

StatWatch is a snapshot of U.S. dimensional-stone and hard-surfaces imports, offering a summary and exclusive Stone Update analysis of data from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Comparisons are made mainly to gauge market trends. Analysis is made on import figures of the latest month available.

 

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