U.S. Exports Of Dimension Stone, By Type

TABLE 13
U.S. EXPORTS OF DIMENSION STONE, BY TYPE¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2005		2006		Major destination
Type	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	in 2006²
Marble, travertine, alabaster worked³	42	$4,320	42	$5,310	Canada, 43%.
Marble, travertine, crude or roughly trimmed	3	1,040	2	1,420	Canada, 59%.
Marble, travertine, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise⁴	5	1,700	3	3,030	Canada, 25%.
Granite, crude or roughly trimmed	123	33,000	99	34,600	China, 58%.
Granite, merely cut by sawing or otherwise⁴	12	5,010	9	5,110	Mexico, 20%.
Sandstone, crude or roughly trimmed	5	1,580	5	1,610	Canada, 62%.
Sandstone, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise⁴	5	1,680	4	1,540	Canada, 87%.
Slate, worked and articles of slate	NA	4,150	NA	4,820	Canada, 40%.
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut⁴	NA	733	NA	655	Canada, 38%.
Other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster⁵	36	8,730	68	12,900	Canada, 94%.
Other monumental or building stone⁶	33	4,130	13	5,020	Canada, 90%.
Total	XX	66,100	XX	76,000
NA Not available. XX Not applicable.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²By value.
³Further worked than simply cut with a flat surface.
⁴Blocks or slabs.
⁵Crude, roughly trimmed, or merely cut into blocks or slabs. Other than marble and travertine (includes alabaster).
⁶Crude, roughly trimmed, or merely cut into blocks or slabs. Other than calcareous stone and alabaster, granite, sandstone,
slate, dolomite, quartzite, and steatite.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.