NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCT INDUSTRY REPORT
for the U.S. and Canadian Markets
FC094 Released December 2015
Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants (CTaSC) and Catalina Research announce the release of our 238-page Catalina Report on Natural and Manufactured Stone Products December 2015. This fact-filled report provides up-to-date information on granite, marble, limestone, travertine, slate, sandstone, and other rough and fabricated dimension stone, and manufactured (concrete) and engineered (quartz) stone products. Each page will assist the stone industry executive to exploit growing product lines, improve plant efficiency, strengthen distribution, penetrate end-use markets, and plan for 2016 and beyond. This is the sixth release of this report since the first release in 2003.
This report contains the timely data that allows users to evaluate market size, growth potential, end-use markets, factors driving demand, profitability, market share, and the competitive environment. Use this report to develop strategies to take advantage of the recovery in the builder and residential remodeling markets and the surge in private nonresidential construction; penetrate countertop and flooring markets; and improve operating efficiency.
The 2015 Catalina Report on Natural and Manufactured Stone report is an in-depth industry investigation of the $10.0 billion U.S. natural and manufactured stone product industry. The U.S. stone product market has been recovering since 2011 and the recovery has continued to strengthen during 2015. The recovery is being led by the recovery in new home construction. The residential remodeling market is also benefiting form the increase in existing home sales, the rise in home prices, and improved homeowner finances. The increase in existing home sales stimulates homeowner remodeling projects and the rise in home prices is an incentive for non-movers to invest in their homes and upgrade to stone countertops and flooring. Remodelers are increasing their preference for quartz countertops. As the residential market grows in importance, stone product suppliers have increased their reliance on the home center channel. Currently, the important nonresidential market is strengthening as the U.S. recovery enters its seventh year.
The table of contents shows the significant data and information included in this report. Each section is summarized to clearly point to the pertinent industry trends. You will find it a valuable planning tool.
SUBJECT MATTER
1. U.S. NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE INDUSTRY TRENDS (1992-2021)
- Dollar dimension/manufactured stone markets
- Sales of blocks/monuments/others
- Imports’ and U.S. shipments’ share of supply
- Dimension stone price trends
- Quantity dimension stone product supply
- Source of supply by country of origin
- Granite, marble, travertine, limestone, and other stone markets
2. U.S. SHIPMENTS OF ROUGH DIMENSION STONE AND NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCTS (1992-2016)
- Dimension stone shipments by type: granite, limestone, marble, and other stone
- Dollar and quantity rough stone shipments by stone type: granite, limestone, and others
- Dimension stone shipments for building uses and monuments
- Price trends by rough stone type
- Manufactured stone shipments by product: bricks, tiles countertops, and structural
3. U.S. IMPORTS OF ROUGH DIMENSION STONE AND NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCTS (1992-2016)
- Building and monument stone imports by type: granite, marble, limestone, travertine, slate, and other stone
- Imports of agglomerate stone products by type
- Imports of marble slab, stone with a flat or even surface & other worked by stone type
- Rough stone imports by stone type: slate, marble, travertine, granite, sandstone, and other stone.
- Imports of roofing slate/other worked slate/setts/mosaic tiles/cubes/others
- Import costs: product, freight and insurance, and tariff charges
- World rough stone production, trade, and consumption, and for 10 country markets
- World stone production by use
- Average prices by product and country
- Imports top 15 top countries of origin
- Imports for 15 products by country
4. U.S. STONE INDUSTRY COST STRUCTURE, PROFITABILITY, AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT (1992-2015)
- Profit margins by industry sector
- Stone Fabricator/installer revenues
- Fabricator labor/material costs/operating ratios
- Stone working machinery shipments, imports, and exports
- Mine and quarry operating ratios
- Manufactured stone plant operating ratios
- Stone industry capital expenditures
- Rough block purchases
- Number of dimension stone quarries and processor/fabricators by state and revenues
- Profiles of leading suppliers: quarries, importers, distributors, and fabricators
5. END-USE MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS (1992-2015)
- Sales by end-use market: new residential, households, new nonresidential, maintenance and repair, and government
- Stones share of U.S. flooring and countertop markets
- Sales by application: building stone, flooring, countertops, monuments, furnishings and other
- Natural versus manufactured stone sales by product
- Flooring/countertop retail channels
- Sales of stone/ceramic/glass tiles
- Imports by port of entry
6. SURVEY OF LEADING U.S. IMPORTERS (2003-2015)
- General characteristics of fabricators and importers
- Products imported: modular tile, slab, rough slab, and mosaics
- Fabricator facilities, sales trends, and products sold
- Sales by customer, end-use, and application
- Sales and profit ranks by stone type
- Importer sales, products, and applications
7. FACTORS AFFECTING U.S. STONE PRODUCT DEMAND (1992-2016)
- Spending on residential and nonresidential buildings by type of structure
- New and replacement kitchens and bathrooms by type of structure
- Total housing demand, starts and permits
- Homeowner remodeling jobs/spending
- Average price and size of new housing units
- Mortgage rates and personal income
- Number of new baths per new housing unit
- Household demographics
8. U.S. EXPORTS AND CANADIAN STONE INDUSTRY TRENDS (1912-2016)
- Rough dimension stone/stone product exports
- Export price trends
- Exports by type of stone: granite, marble, travertine, slate and other stone
- Manufactured stone exports by product
- Exports by major country of destination
- Canadian rough and worked stone supply
- Canadian exports and imports
About Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants:
Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) and Catalina Research offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in assisting action-oriented executives in uncovering industry intelligence. Our research director, Stuart Hirschhorn, researched construction material, building equipment, and related industries for over three decades. Stuart was also the founder and president of Specialists Business Information (SBI) from 1977 until 2001. Catalina Research provides the most in-depth, up-to-date, and insightful data on construction materials and building equipment markets. Catalina Reports include pertinent information from government agencies, proprietary research sources, and competitor intelligence. CTaSC and Catalina has relationships with leading business associations and trade publications to deliver the most insightful industry intelligence.
Catalina has worked with Donato Pompo president of Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants, Inc., a leading ceramic tile and stone industry consultant to produce and publish this in-depth industry report.
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