StatWatch: U.S. Stone Imports, August 2013

OTHER STONE

VALUE
Total: $28,731,957 (+22.4%)
Sector leader: Brazil @ $11,853,518 (+35.7%)

VOLUME
Total: 30,231 metric tons (+15.7%)
Sector leader: Brazil @ 11,362 metric tons (+21.8%)

Backfill: Other stone’s performance slips slightly in August, ending a six-month string in 2013 of rising tonnage to the United States. This August’s total is still ahead of last year’s shipments, with strong support from India (8,400 metric tons, +6.1%) and China (3,874 metric tons, +41.4%).

SLATE

VALUE
Total: $6,092,749 (+12.4%)
Sector leader: China @ $3,177,504 (+8.9%)

Backfill: August is a good month for all the leaders in this sector, including India’s $1.7 million (+7.3%) and Brazil’s $700,691 (+26.4%).

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