Again in 2025 China was the undisputedly top market for Italy’s raw stone materials. According to data from the CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center, last year Italy’s exports of marble and granite blocks to the Asian giant reached a new peak [...]
April 19, 2026
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Again in 2024 (the last final data available), India was in 4th place – behind China, Italy and Turkey – among the biggest exporters of natural stones, with foreign sales worth $US 1.7 billion and a 10.1% share of the world [...]
April 18, 2026
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January 27 to 29 were the dates at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas for the 2026 edition of THE INTERNATIONAL SURFACE EVENT (TISE), one of the reference tradeshows for the North American and international stone sector. This [...]
March 29, 2026
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In the first ten months of 2025 Switzerland’s natural stone imports grew by 6.2% from the same period in 2024, for worth of $US229 million (data from the CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center). Italy, with $US104.7 million in sales (-1.4% on [...]
March 28, 2026
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Again this year CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE – in close collaboration with ITA-Italian Trade Agency and in the framework of the promotional plan for the sector promoted by the association with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International [...]
March 27, 2026
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Elite Stone is rooted in a family tradition built on the extraction and transformation of Italian marble, particularly Calacatta Borghini — one of the few stones that can truly be defined as iconic. A material that carries history, origin and [...]
March 26, 2026
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