The Finished Natural Stone Products Japan imported most in 2017

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Japan is one of the most important markets of Finished Natural Stone Products in the world. Let’s find out which one was imported most in 2017.

Stonenews.eu, following their research on the statistic reports of the International Trade Centre and the National Statistical Institutes, is presenting the Finished Natural Stone Products Japan imported most in 2017 with reference to the HS Codes.

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Since 2013, Japan has been reducing their Finished Natural Stone Products imports for almost all HS Codes. Between 2013 and 2017 the total import value declined for -40% and the quantity for -35%.

Out of Finished Natural Stone Products that Japan imported in 2017, Finished Granite Products with HS Code 680293 are standing out, as happened in previous years.

The table below shows in brief Japan’s Finished Natural Stone Products imports  της Ιαπωνίας referring to the variation in value, quantity and price per ton between 2016 and 2017 as well as the shares in total import value and quantity in 2017.

As seen at the table, in 2017 Japan imported with higher price per ton comparing to 2016, the HS Code 680291 for +5,17%, the 680300 for +12,65%, the 680223 for +15,9% and the 680210 for +32,4%. On the contrary, Japan imported with lower price per ton the HS Code 680293 for -2,57%, the 680299 for -1,76%, the 680292 for -1,32%, the 680221 for -6,34% and the 680229 for -2,28%.

In conclusion, it is worth saying that China is Japan’s almost exclusive supplier of Finished Natural Stone Products.

* The statistic reports result from the following HS Codes (Harmonized System Codes):

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).

680291: Marble, travertine and alabaster, in any form (excluding 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).

680299: Monumental or building stone, in any form, polished, decorated or otherwise worked (excluding calcareous stone, granite and slate, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, articles of fused basalt, articles of natural steatite, ceramically calcined, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and flagstones).

680300: Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate (excluding slate granules, chippings and powder, mosaic cubes and the like, slate pencils, and ready-to-use slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces).

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).

680292: Calcareous stone, in any form (excluding marble, travertine and alabaster, 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).

680210: Tiles, cubes and other processed articles of natural stone, incl. slate, for mosaics and the like, whether or not rectangular or square, the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square of side of < 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder of natural stone, incl. slate.

680221: Marble, travertine and alabaster 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, setts, curbstones and flagstones).

680229: Monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excluding marble, travertine, alabaster, granite and slate, those 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).

Source: Stonenews.eu, ITC