U.S. Exports Of Dimension Stone, By Type

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

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2006		2007		Major destination
Type	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	in 2007²
Marble, travertine, alabaster worked³	42	5,310	30	8,560	Turkey, 30%.
Marble, travertine, crude or roughly trimmed	2	1,420	3	1,860	Canada, 74%.
Marble, travertine, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise⁴	3	3,030	5	2,910	Bahamas, 22%.
Granite, crude or roughly trimmed	99	34,600	106	36,000	China, 48%.
Granite, merely cut by sawing or otherwise⁴	9	5,110	6	4,100	Canada, 38%.
Sandstone, crude or roughly trimmed	5	1,610	NA	NA	NA.
Sandstone, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise⁴	4	1,540	NA	NA	NA.
Slate, worked and articles of slate	NA	4,820	NA	6,440	Finland, 41%.
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut⁴	NA	655	NA	678	Canada, 73%.
Other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster⁵	68	12,900	42	8,980	Canada, 96%.
Other monumental or building stone⁶	13	5,020	20	4,850	Canada, 81%.
Total	XX	76,000	XX	74,300
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.