May 02, 2024

In 2008, China's stone industry fought against the market

Although China's stone product export situation in 2008 is more difficult than the previous year. However, China's stone industry has made full use of national policies and increased industry adjustments. The trade volume has still increased significantly from the previous year. Import and export trade totaled nearly 5.48 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.14%. Its exports were 3.943 billion US dollars, an increase of 15.06% year-on-year: imports were 1.545 billion US dollars, an increase of 22.72%.

Statistics show that the average growth rate of China's stone industry import and export is higher than other industries of building materials. However, the post-digital analysis also warned us that for the first time, stone exports showed a “single digit” increase in efficiency, and the import structure also changed significantly. Foreign exchange expenditures increased significantly, and the domestic marble deep processing momentum slowed down.

According to the State General Administration of Customs, in the past 2008, although China's stone industry experienced the same hard trade year as other industries in the country, China's stone industry has taken advantage of the situation, opened up new markets, and fully utilized the national encouragement policy. The export value of stone was 3.943 billion US dollars, and the export stone reached 28.33 million tons, which increased by 15.06% and 2.57% respectively over the previous year. The import value of stone reached 1.545 billion US dollars, and the imported stone was 8.19 million tons, which increased by 22.72% and 13.28% respectively over the previous year. The total import and export volume of stone was 5.488 billion US dollars, and the import and export stone was 36.52 million tons, an increase of 17.14% and 4.82% respectively over the previous year. The trade growth of the stone industry has driven the stable development of related industries to a certain extent. It also enabled China to obtain scarce decorative stone, which provided and enriched some decorative materials for the basic construction industry and decoration industry in China.

According to industry analysts, China's stone industry has exported the same amount of products in the past - years. About 11% of foreign exchange is obtained, and the exchange of foreign exchange for domestic renminbi is also relatively reduced, which further reduces the domestic benefits of enterprises. If we look at the export situation of the whole industry, we use the data of export value growth of 15.06% in 2008 to offset the loss of exchange rate changes. For the first time, stone exports show a “single digit” increase in benefits.

The imported data showed that the foreign exchange of 1.545 billion US dollars increased by 287 million US dollars from the previous year. The large-scale increase in the use of foreign exchange was mainly used on imported marble plates. This is due to exchange rate changes caused by the import of marble plates in US dollars than imports. The processing of marble blocks is more cost-effective. To a certain extent, this is also one of the reasons for the lack of construction of domestic or domestic marble sheet production plants and the suspension of production by some enterprises. For many years, China has been mainly importing marble blocks, plates and granite blocks, and there has been no fundamental change. However, in 2008, imported plates grew by a large margin, almost 1:1 ratio with imported marble blocks (the previous year was only one-fifth of imported marble blocks), and industry insiders expect that this will likely cause industry product structure. Major adjustments.