Brazil is the second-largest exporter of granite in the world. Despite marble exports being lower than granite exports, they rank Brazil in the top ten largest suppliers internationally.
Brazil’s marble exports in 2021 set a five-year record. Granite exports were up in 2019 and 2020 but still far from 2017 levels. Between 2020 and 2021, marble exports recorded higher growth than granite exports:
The record high in marble exports is due to a rise in exports of both marble blocks and slabs and finished marble. For granite, the increase is mainly due to the finished granite exports increasing.
Worth noting is that the average prices per tonne of marble and granite blocks and slabs showed a higher increase than that of finished marble.
In 2021, the main destinations of Brazilian granites were, in order, the United States, China, Mexico, Italy and Taiwan. In marble, the main destinations were the U.S., China, and Italy.
*The statistics are derived from the analysis of the Tariff Class Codes – Harmonized System (HS) Codes:
Marble Products:
251511: Marble and travertine, crude or roughly trimmed.
251512 Marble and travertine, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape.
680221: Marble, travertine and alabaster articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802,10, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
680291: Marble, travertine and alabaster, in any form (excl. tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, buttons, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and flagstones).
Granite products:
251611: Granite, crude or roughly trimmed (excluding already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones).
251612: Granite, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excluding already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones).
680223: Granite and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excluding with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802 10 00, setts, curbstones and flagstones)
680293: Granite, in any form, polished, decorated or otherwise worked (excluding tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and flagstones)
*Due to consistent data flow, statistics may alter during the year
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