Natural Stone in Portugal

Natural stone in Portugal is also occupied a very important position in the world market, the output and exports is the fifth of the worldwide. In Europe, Portugal is the third largest stone material production and exporter country, which followed by Italy and Spain, its marble export ranks second all over the world.


40 of stone products in Portugal are assigned to export. In 2000, the consumption of export in European Community occupied 63, while it is 37 outside the European market in the large share of exports. In the European Union, the biggest exporter of Portuguese stone material are Germany, Spain and France. while beyond the EC, there are also the Saudi Arabia and Japan, which become an important market of Portuguese stone material market. Britain, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, even the United States, are the important stone export countries of Portugal. Meanwhile, Spain stone material is also entering into the Portuguese market. It is said that this is due to the Spanish government, which adopted the policy of encouraging stone export.


The main stone material resources of Portugal are marble, granite , limestone and schist. The from Portugal is mainly distributed in the western border area, where has almost the same latitude capital- Lisbon, there are many reserves in this area, but the main region of granite is in northern part of Portugal.


The international competitive power of Portugal stone in the market should thanks to the quality itself of its stone material, variety and design and color, but more is benefited to the strict quality control from the stone from the late mining to design and processing.

Category: Global Trade

Updated: 2013/9/20

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