Catalina Research Presents

NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCT INDUSTRY CR065 Released July 2010

Catalina Research and ceramic Tile & Stone Consultants announces the release of the 250-page Catalina Report on Natural and Manufactured Stone Products.  This fact-filled report provides the action-oriented executive with up-to-date information on granite, marble, limestone, travertine, and other rough and fabricated dimension and manufactured (precast concrete) stone products.   Each page will assist the stone industry executive exploit growing product lines, improve plant efficiency, strengthen distribution, penetrate end-use markets, and plan for 2010 and beyond.

Catalina Reports contain 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.  So turn to a Catalina Report when developing strategies to take advantage of the current recovery in the residential remodeling market and the future rebound in new residential and nonresidential construction markets, penetrate countertop and flooring markets, and improved operating efficiency.

SUBJECT MATTER

U.S. NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE INDUSTRY TRENDS (1982-2015)

· Dollar dimension and manufactured stone markets     

· Imports and U.S. shipments share of supply

· Quantity dimension stone product supply                   

· Granite, marble and travertine, limestone, and other stone markets

· Sales of blocks, monuments, and other stone products  

· Dimension stone price trends

· Source of supply by country of origin                  

U.S. SHIPMENTS OF ROUGH DIMENSION STONE AND NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCTS (1977-2010)

· Dimension stone shipments by stone type: granite, limestone, marble, and other stone                  

· Dimension stone shipments by use: building, monument, and other uses            

· Manufactured stone shipments by product: bricks, tiles, countertops, and structural

· Dollar and quantity rough stone shipments by stone type: granite, limestone, and others

· Price trends by rough stone type

U.S. IMPORTS OF ROUGH DIMENSION STONE AND NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED STONE PRODUCTS (1992-2010)

· Building and monument stone imports by type: granite, marble and limestone, and travertine, and other stone                                      

· Imports of marble slab, stone with a flat or even surface & other worked by stone type             

· Imports of roofing slate, other worked slate, setts, mosaic tiles, cubes and others         

· Imports of agglomerated stone products by type: blocks and bricks, floor and wall tiles, flagstones, countertops, and other structural components

· Rough stone imports by stone type: slate, marble, travertine, granite, sandstone, and other stone

· Imports for 15 top countries of origin

· Imports for 15 products by country

· Import costs: product, freight and insurance, and tariff charges

· Average prices by product and country

· World rough stone production, trade, and consumption, and for 10 country markets  

· World stone product by use

U.S. STONE INDUSTRY COST STRUCTURE, PROFITABILITY, AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT (1987-2010)

· Number of quarries, processors and fabricators, and manufactured stone plants

· Profit margins by industry sector  

· Processor/fabricator labor and material costs and operating ratios                  

· Mine and quarry operating ratios       

· Manufactured stone plant operating ratios                  

· Rough block purchases                                 

· Number of dimension stone quarries and processor/fabricators by state         

· Stone fabricator/installer revenues     

· Stone industry capital expenditures

· Stone working machinery shipments, imports, and exports

· Sales estimates for 18 companies

· Sales and profitability for Rock of Ages

· Leading U.S. stone product importers and foreign-based suppliers

END-USE MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS (1992-2010)

· Sales by end-use market: new residential, households, new nonresidential,                    

 maintenance and repair, and government           

· Sales by application: building stone, flooring, countertops, monuments, furnishings and others  

· Stones share of U.S. flooring and countertop markets

            · Natural versus manufactured stone sales by product

            · Flooring and countertop retail channels

SURVEY OF LEADING U.S. IMPORTERS (2003- 2010)

· General characteristics of fabricators and importers                                                      

· Fabricator facilities, sales trends, and products sold                                                   

· Importer sales, products, and applications     

· Products imported: modular tile, slab, rough slab, and mosaics

· Sales by customer, end-use, and application  

· Sales and profit rankings by stone type                           

FACTORS AFFECTING U.S. STONE PRODUCT DEMAND (1987-2010)

· Spending on residential and nonresidential buildings by type of structure                        

· Total housing demand, starts and permits       

· Average price and size of new housing units   

· Number of new baths per new housing unit    

            · New and replacement kitchens and bathrooms by type of structure

            · Homeowner remodeling jobs and spending

            · Mortgage rates and personal income

            · Household demographics

U.S. EXPORTS AND CANADIAN STONE INDUSTRY TRENDS (1992-2010)

· Rough dimension stone and stone product exports                 

· Exports by type of stone: granite, marble and travertine, slate and other stone

· Manufactured stone exports by product                       

· Exports by major country of destination           

· Export price trends                                       

· Canadian rough and worked stone supply, use, and price trends                                

· Canadian exports and imports

· Canadian mined stone production by stone type: granite, limestone, marble, sandstone and slate