For the first time since starting our monthly survey in 1993, stone shipments from Canadian ports have topped 1 million tons. July loadings at Smelter Bay, Manitoulin Island, Port Colbourne and Bruce Mines totaled 1,044,932 net tons. U.S. stone ports did not share in the bounty; shipments totaled 3,467,865 net tons, a decrease of 11.2 percent from the corresponding period last year.
July 2001 | July 2000 | Season-To-Date 2001 | Season-To-Date 2000 | |
| U.S. Ports | 3,467,865 | 3,906,185 | 13,428,763 | 14,449,145 |
| Canadian Ports | 1,044,932 | 797,908 | 3,544,309 | 3,224,514 |
Total | 4,512,797 | 4,704,093 | 16,973,072 | 17,673,659 |