The country could again increase its export- and value turn-over / Imports of raw blocks down with a rise in imports of slabs
In view of the difficult times, figures could hardly be better:
Italy’s stone branch (excluding machinery and tools) took the magical 2
billion € hurdle for exports for the first time since introduction of
the €. In numbers: 2.064 billion € were turned over, whereby the magical
mark remains vanquished even if chips and powders are left out of the
statistic.
http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/06/italys-natural-stone-exports-2015-a-shining-performance-despite-difficult-times/
http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/06/italys-natural-stone-exports-2015-a-shining-performance-despite-difficult-times/
