Iran's share of the stone trade is not favorable
Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce Mining Commission: Iran's share of stone trade in the world is not desirable and acceptable.
According to Iran Stone Exhibition, Bahram Shakouri at noon today at the inauguration ceremony of the 12th International Stone Exhibition of Markazi Province, referring to the state of stone production and technology in the world, stated: One hundred and forty million tons of stone is produced annually, seventy percent of which Products are from China, India and Brazil.
He added that in 2017 more than twenty-seven billion dollars of stone trade were done in the world, including China Siu five and eight, Italy thirteen and a half, Turkey twelve and one, India eight and one and Brazil seven percent. But our country's share of this achievement was only 1%, which is not desirable.
The head of the Mining Commission of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce stated: "There are three and four billion tonnes of stone reserves in the country. If we want to take this capacity into account we have to contribute at least 20% to the foreign exchange earnings of the stone. To follow.
Shakuri continued: Today, the main goal of stone processing is to reduce waste to zero, and it is worth to say that many manufacturing societies produce value added stone waste, in some cases policy making is inconsistent with the activities of the stone field. This is weakening.
He said: 15 million tons of ore are extracted from domestic mines annually and ninety percent of it is processed domestically and only 10 percent of it is exported. Copper and eighty percent are processed and in Italy twenty-two percent are exported as coup and sixty percent processed.
Head of the Mining Commission of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce stated: In order to remove obstacles to the progress of the stone industry, we should strive to strengthen the research work in the stone association, today we must strive to produce more and sell more because if we invest for the future the right work We have done.
Shakuri said: Our efforts should be based on creating more value added from the stone industry because if we only seek to process the stone and prevent the export of stone, our stone reserves and resources lose their value over time and alternative industries play a role. It reduces pains.
