In the first four months of 2024, the value of Italian exports of machines, tools and other equipment for the processing of natural stone decreased by 13.4% 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 55% (2), in the UK by 12.2% (4), in Spain by 0.6% (6), in Saudi Arabia by 288.1% (7) and in Brazil by 35.5% (8) while they decreased in the United States by -41.9% (1), in Canada by -17.5% (3), in France by -3.9% (5), in Poland by -19.7% (9) and in Germany by -47.4% (10).
It’s important to remember that in the first 4 months of 2024, the Italian export of Italian machinery and equipment to the United States (1) was about 2 times the exports to Turkey (2) and about 2.2 times the exports to Canada (3).
Source: Markets Trends Analysis Office CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Association
