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| TABLE 17 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIMENSION STONE, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Value- | Value- | Major source | ||||||||||||
| Type | Quantity- | (thousands)- | Quantity- | (thousands)- | for 2015, by value | |||||||||
| Marble and alabaster2 | metric tons | 21,500 | $27,600 | 25,900 | $31,700 | Italy, 34%. | ||||||||
| Slate, roofing- | million square feet | 10 | 10,100 | 11 | 10,500 | Spain, 42%. | ||||||||
| Slate, roughly trimmed or simply cut3 | do. | 8,000 | 3,610 | 7,360 | 3,210 | China, 49%. | ||||||||
| Slate, worked and articles of slate, and other4 | do. | NA | 57,200 | NA | 58,900 | China, 57%. | ||||||||
| Travertine, monumental or building stone and articles thereof 5 | do. | 22,000 | 11,200 | 35,700 | 13,600 | Mexico, 29%. | ||||||||
| Travertine, worked monumental or building stone6 | do. | 29,400 | 18,200 | 25,600 | 17,200 | China, 27%. | ||||||||
| do. Ditto. NA Not available. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.- | ||||||||||||||
| 2Simply cut with a flat surface. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Rectangular blocks or slabs. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Other than roofing, including agglomerated slate. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Simply cut with a flat surface, other than tiles and granules. | ||||||||||||||
| 6Dressed or polished but not further worked. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
