CARRARA, ITALY -- CarraraMarmotec will be presenting the annual report on the world stone industry trends and imports-exports by the Internazionale Marmi e Macchine research office. Now in its 24th edition, the "Stone," publishes statistics on the production and trade of individual countries, and offers interesting reflections on trade and market developments on national and local levels, courtesy of Manuela Gussoni, head of the IMM research office.
It will be particularly interesting to follow the presentation conference for the Stone Sector with a discussion of the statistics. These confirm that, again in 2013, China was the leading country in terms of market share in the natural stone industry, accounting for 34.3% of the total value of world exports. Italy's market share, however, decreased by 12 basis points compared to 2012 (down to 13.61% in 2013). Competition from Turkey and China, the former for marble (especially blocks and slabs), the latter for finished granite products, particularly affected this result.