Since the pandemic outbreak, imports of processed marble, granite and ceramics are steadily rising while breaking records set in previous quarters and years. At a difficult time for the global economy and trade, the rise recorded by the largest importer of processed marble, granite and ceramics is limiting the losses of supplier countries.
The second quarter of 2022 saw growth and record imports of all three materials. The table below depicts the changes in import value and import quantity between the second quarters of 2021 and 2022 and the first and second quarters of 2022.
Between the second quarters of 2021 and 2022 and the first and second quarters of 2022, imports of processed marbles recorded a more considerable increase than granites and ceramics.
Ceramics imports in the second quarter of 2022 reached $712 million and dominated the U.S. market. They are followed, at a distance, by processed granite imports at $384 million and marbles at $330 million.
*The statistics are derived from the analysis of the Tariff Class Codes – Harmonized System (HS) Codes:
6907: Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing (excl. of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, refractory goods, tiles specially adapted as table mats, ornamental articles and tiles specifically manufactured for stoves).
680221: Marble, travertine and alabaster articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802,10, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
680223: Granite and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802 10 00, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
680291: Marble, travertine and alabaster, in any form (excl. tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, buttons, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
680293: Granite, in any form, polished, decorated or otherwise worked (excl. tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
*Due to consistent data flow, statistics may alter during the year
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