Interest in marble diminishes in the US
When we see the whole picture, the fact that the interest in marble and travertine is diminishing in the US, is revealed to us. The world giant, which exported 1.2 million tons of marble and travertine in 2015, made do with an export of 848 thousand tons in 2018. However, the amount of money spent for natural stone export increased from $741.9 million to $802.3 million in 2017. The USA’s granite export, which had surpassed the barrage of $1.9 million in 2014, was recorded as $1.3 million in 2018.