In the first five months of 2024, the value of Italian exports of machines, tools and other equipment for the processing of natural stone decreased by 13.6% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Considering the “top ten” of the main buyers of Italian machinery and equipment, our sales increased in Turkey by 63.7% (2), in Spain by 10.7% (4), France by 13.5% (5), in the UK by 10.1% (6), in Saudi Arabia by 329.5% (9) and in Brazil by 12.2% (10) while they decreased in the United States by -43.4% (1), in Canada by -6.3% (3), in Germany by -32.4% (7) and in Poland by -19.1% (8).
It’s important to remember that in the first 5 months of 2024, the Italian export of Italian machinery and equipment to the United States (1) was about 1.7 times the exports to Turkey (2) and about 2 times the exports to Canada (3).
Source: Markets Trends Analysis Office CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Association
