Mineral Commodities

Dimension stone

U.S. production, trade and import sources (USGS gives no world total)

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Where U.S. imports came from, 2021–24, by value (share of import quantity or value as reported)

  • Brazil 21%
  • Italy 19%
  • China 17%
  • India 16%
  • Other countries 27%

Net imports covered 81% of U.S. dimension stone consumption in 2025. Brazil supplied 21% of U.S. imports of dimension stone in 2021–24, more than any other country.

United States

supply, trade and import sources

81%

Net import reliance in 2025, as a percentage of apparent consumption (based on value).

202184
202284
202382
202482
202581
United States, 2021–2025 (thousand metric tons, unless the row says otherwise). W = withheld by USGS; NA = not available; 2025 estimated.
Item20212022202320242025
Sold or used by producers: Quantity2,3602,4402,3002,3002,300
Sold or used by producers: Value, million dollars415419420430460
Imports for consumption, value, million dollars2,2002,3201,9702,0002,000
Exports, value, million dollars4748475143
Consumption, apparent, value, million dollars2,5702,6902,3002,4002,400
Granite only: Quantity, sold or used by producers433463430420410
Granite only: Value, sold or used by producers, million dollars105100110110110
Granite only: Imports, value, million dollars903905751683670
Granite only: Exports, value, million dollars1112131510
Granite only: Employment, quarry and mill, number800800800800800
Granite only: Net import reliance as a percentage of apparent consumption (based on value)8990878685

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Dimension stone chapter (PDF page 186). How to read these figures.