近几年,世界石材产量连年上升,石材产品品种有所调整,1993年世界石材产量达3400万吨,比10年前增加了72％。 世界上大约有80多个国家生产石材,但具有一定规模、年产量超过10万吨的也就30多个。1993年世界年产100万吨以上的十大石材生产国排名为:意大利、西班牙、中国、希腊、南非、印度、美国、葡萄牙、巴西和法国。这10个国家的石材总产量占世界总产量的三分之二。 1993年石材出口量在10万吨以上的有17个,其中在50万吨以上的国家有6个: In recent years, the world’s stone production has increased year after year, and the variety of stone products has been adjusted. In 1993, the world’s stone production reached 34 million tons, an increase of 72% from a decade ago. There are about 80 countries in the world that produce stone, but there are more than 30 of them with a certain scale and an annual output of more than 100,000 tons. In 1993, the world’s top ten stone producing countries with an annual output of more than 1 million tons ranked: Italy, Spain, China, Greece, South Africa, India, the United States, Portugal, Brazil and France. The total output of stone in these 10 countries accounts for two-thirds of the world’s total production. In 1993, there were 17 stone export volumes over 100,000 tons, of which 6 were in countries with over 500,000 tons: