The final 2024 statistics processed by the CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center showed a double-digit downturn in exports of Italian technologies for extracting and processing natural stones, after average annual growth of more than 7% in the three years post-pandemic. Last year the foreign sales of the Italian techno-stone industry – which account for some 75% of the sector’s total revenue – in fact decreased in value by 14% from 2023, going from 1,127.3 to 969.4 million euros.
Negatively influencing export performance was the heavy drop in orders from some of the sector’s main reference buyers, especially the United States – always the top market for stone-working machinery, installations, equipment and tools Made in Italy – whose 2024 imports lessened by 22.5%, to worth of 137.5 million euros. Turkey rose to second place in buyer ranking (+7.1%, to 68.6 million) and France took third (+24.6%, to 58.3 million).
As for the rest of the top ten importers of stone technologies Made in Italy, purchases by the United Kingdom held steady (+7.6%, to 42.9 million) as did Brazil’s (+3.6%, to 30.4 million), while unfortunately there was a decided downturn in sales to other leading European and North American markets: Spain (-19.5%, to 53.1 million), Canada (-12.4%, to 52.5 million), Germany (-24%, to 42.2 million), Poland (-23.9%, to 31.9 million) and Portugal (-13.8%, to 31.2 million).
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