Who contributes to the check-off program?
Any company that is a first handler and sells $500,000 or more of domestically produced natural stone in a twelve month period and anyone who imports more than $500,000 of declared value of dimension natural stone in a twelve month period will contribute to the NSRPB. This will include: Natural Stone Importers – Importers that import natural stone into the United States as a principal or as an agent, broker or consignee of any person who produces or handles natural stone outside the United States and who is listed as the importer of record for such natural stone will contribute to the NSRPB Natural Stone Processors/First Handlers – any person or business that buys natural stone from domestic quarries and executes the first level of processing of the raw material, adding value and making it into a product that is saleable will contribute to the NSRPB.
