Portugal Investigation Stone Industry

    First, the overall situation

    Portugal is the world's fifth largest producer of natural stone. Decorative marble and stone industry is the oldest Portuguese one of the traditional industries. Portugal Allen Stone industry originated in Ru (Alentejo), Fetima (Fátima) and He Lubinhailu (Pero Pinheiro), the main production of marble, granite and sand rock, a Portuguese one of the growth industries. In 1986 to 1999 the output doubled from 590,000 tons expanded to 1.2 million tons, employing more than 20,000 people, then the output value of about 160 million US dollars.

    According to the Portuguese marble, granite and similar Stone Industry Association, Portugal Stone with diverse natural beauty, quality, variety can be used, the characteristics of rich reserves. Portugal currently about stone mining, stone processing, import and export, Stone Stone enterprises more than 2,000. Although the majority of stone processing plant in Portugal He Lubinhailu (PeroPinheiro) region, but in recent years, in an RU Allen (Alentejo) and Fetima (Fátima) in a number of stone processing plant important growth, both a region has become an important Portugal Natural Stone Processing Center. Many processing plants cater to the domestic and international market, equipped with sophisticated production lines, employing skilled labor workers, play a mature marketing initiative, in accordance with the orders (mainly export orders) requirements, using advanced technology standardized processing Stone. With the continuous improvement of customer requirements, many stone processing enterprises in Portugal on stone processing facilities, Stone choice, quality control, human resources and technical resources, and other have adopted a more stringent standards. At present, the Portuguese architectural decoration industry at home and abroad on marble, granite stone, such as the growing market demand, Portugal can be used for the exploitation of rich industrialized stone reserves and Portugal human relatively low labor costs have greatly stimulated the development of marble entrepreneurs decorative Stone industry and the enthusiasm, Portugal Stone industry improved technical and economic potential. China Stone Network - www. stone-buy. com-related Stone
Second, import and export situation

    Portugal stone industry is an important trade surplus industry. In recent years, the Portuguese marble and decorative stone industry in imports, exports were maintained a modest growth. In 1999, import volume of 150,500 cubic meters, while imports amounted to 40.85 million euros, the export volume of 165,700 cubic meters, exports to 196.22 million euros, resulting trade surplus 155.37 million euros; 2000, import volume for the 157,200 cubic meters, and import volume for the 46.18 million euros, the export volume of 1.2253 million cubic meters, exports to 220.16 million euros, resulting trade surplus 173.98 million euros. In 2000 the export structure of the stone, marble accounted for 57.6%, granite accounted for 16.3%, slate or 2.16 percent, and the cubic stone paving stones of 23.3 percent. Major export markets for the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and other EU countries. imports marble products 13.543 million euros, the export of marble products 81.362 million euros, and imports from the granite products 26.283 million euros, exports granite products 33.342 million euros.

    Third, and China's trade situation Stone

China's trade deficit Portuguese stone. Among them, China's exports to Portugal marble 3.608 million euros, granite 984,000 euros, limestone 1.323 million euros; Portugal imports from China limestone 759,000 euros, marble products 100,000 euros, granite products 219,000 euros.
Portugal and China's Stone Although the total volume of trade is not great, but many of its dealers are still very optimistic about China's Stone markets, such as Portugal FIL-STONE companies for the expansion of China's export business, but also in the 2006 first half opened an office in Shanghai, specialized responsible for the development and management of the China market customer groups. China Stone Network - www. stone-buy. com-Stone Press

    According to the Portuguese marble, granite and stone industry associations similar to the official, China's granite stone lower prices (per sq m lower than the Portuguese-stone about five US dollars), better quality, the Portuguese have left some importers, the eyes of Granite Stone to China, and with the expansion of the European market, China started invading the Portuguese granite stone original European market. A few years ago, the Portuguese occupation of Germany granite stone market 46% now to 14%, most German importers turn imports of Chinese products. A few years ago, the Chinese granite stone on Portuguese exports growing, and once Portugal quarrying caused widespread concern and worry, and even asked the government to the Chinese granite stone to the "dumping" charges. Portuguese granite main origin entrepreneurs and workers that since the influx of similar products in China, not only hundreds of quarry workers of employment and social and economic stability are threatened, and truck drivers, auto gas station owners, restaurants and other's survival the industry is facing the danger of collapse. They spontaneously formed a "people's resistance quarrying," the organization, ready to exert pressure on the government, asking the government to take the necessary measures to protect its national industries to protect employment. The official also briefed the Portuguese quarrying enterprises complain that the Portuguese importers held a different view. They believe that no stone Portuguese-competitive, low quality, high cost and good quality Chinese granite stone in Portugal and the prices are low 60 percent. If imports from China, importers will not be able to survive. Some Portuguese importers imported from China Stone except in Portuguese domestic sales, but also resell other European countries, and some in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and other countries set up a distribution warehouse.

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