Upcoming natural stone markets

The natural stone market is a very volatile market, with ups and lows depending on the market demand, construction sector situation and a diversity of other factors. Based on our own portal´s statistics, we analyse here the markets where there has been considerable demand for natural stones in the past six months.


- USA: we see a clear recovery on this market, particularly from the wealthy areas of New York, California, Miami and others. After the housing crash, the USA seems to be clearly recovering and an increasing demand and visitors are a clear sign of this. Confidence in this market seems to be back.


- Russia: it is no surprise for stone professionals that Russia is an upcoming market. As a wealthy emerging economy, Russia is building a lot. We see increasing visitors on our portal and consistent enquiries from Russian clients. What is interesting to note is that not all visitors are coming from Moscow, but also from alternative places in Russia.


- Middle East: the boom in this market is clear, but which exact countries should we focus on? Well, we would like to highlight few of these countries. United Arab Emirates is clearly on the top, with a large number of visitors and considerable enquiries. This is followed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia and a the surprise Lebanon. If you would like to focus your commercial attention, then focus on these countries.


- Old Europe: despite the crisis, we see an incredible and consistent number of visitors and enquiries from the old players like France, UK and Germany. These are the three major economies in Europe and considerable stone markets. Not to be missed.

Category: Global Trade

Updated: 2013/10/19

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