MIA+BSI has introduced a new resource for importers and exporters of natural stone: the Natural Stone Supplier-to-Buyer Manual. The purpose of the manual is to establish industry standards and best practices for domestic and international suppliers and buyers of natural stone. The manual suggests rules and provides guidelines for the complicated and sometimes confusing process of purchasing from, or selling to, overseas clients.

“Our purpose was to provide a resource to streamline communications and offer expectations for the buying and selling process,” said primary author Jeffrey Matthews of Trade International. “The manual also provides definitions of industry-specific terms intended to avoid misunderstanding among those engaged in stone transactions.”