The impact of the stone market on GDP growth
Vice President of Iranian Stone Association: Fortunately, stone exports have been steadily increasing in the last five years as exports of cut stone have grown by 14% year over year, but what is at stake is that the conditions are in line with our assets and capacity does not have.
According to the Iranian Stone Exhibition, Malik Rahmati, Vice President of the Iranian Stone Association, provided the following note: We must work internationally to stone the field and try to enter the export markets by devising and adopting the necessary policies. Show ourselves to the world.
What we are aiming for, and of course harming, is the lack of necessary export markets and competition with countries such as China and Turkey that are recognized as our serious competitors. In the meantime, we need to make a comprehensive plan for our neighboring countries and the region and move forward.
Of course, we have taken action in this area and we have some work in progress. For example, we intend to increase the export of stone in a five-year plan from two hundred and fifty million dollars to two billion dollars. To achieve this, the industry needs to be supported because it can grow even further.
We used to cut saws in the building stone industry, but today the domestic machine makers meet all our needs. Fortunately, stone exports have been steadily increasing in the last five years as exports of cut stone have grown by 14% year-on-year, but what is at stake is that the current situation does not match our assets and capacity. We are far from the desired point, so if the austerity and uncertainty are slightly reduced, the stone industry will become one of the most influential capacities in the country's GDP. To solve this problem, we need to plan to get to the point where we can make the most of our capabilities.
