StatWatch: November 2010

SLATE VALUE
Total: $4.9 million (28.9%)
Sector leader: China @ $2.0 million (21.3%)

Backfill: The market for dimensional, non-roofing slate seems to be picking up; India’s import value for U.S. shipments in November 2010 increases by 34 percent from the previous year, and comes in only $19,000 under China’s total.

The United Kingdom (up 225.2 percent from November 2009) and Brazil (up 142.3 percent) stage a closer race for third place, with the former’s $277,100 barely edging the latter’s $277,049.

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