STONE IMPORT OF XIAMEN HAICANG PORT REACHES A NEW HIGH LEVE

　　The imported stone in Xiamen Haicang port has hit a record high, it was higher than that of the south region increase the port nearly doubled, which ranks the leading place stone in the list of import and distributing port.

　　In the first quarter of this year, a total of 3026 batch inspection regulation import stone, 963400 tons, a total of $176 million.00, year-on-year growth of 13.50%, 15.54% and 24.15%, respectively. Including import marble block 2655 batches, 803000 tons, value $136 million, respectively 87.74%, 83.35% and 77.28% and 87.74% of total imports; Additional import granite block stone 371 batches, 160400 tons, fell 6.55% year-on-year and down 9.84%.

　　According to understand, the imported especially the marble stone sustained growth that is mainly by the following factors: on the one hand, the Xiamen international stone fair every year, the scale has become the world’s first, the influence is bigger and bigger, the clearance facilitation of the port customs is widely recognized, more businesses choose to import stone from Xiamen port. On the other hand, the rapid development of Haicang port infrastructure construction have been completed 15 ton container berths now, and it has open 42 international air routes, the stone material from a lot of countries and regions can directly reach there. Moreover, the increases in import stone varieties and country, just the import country alone more than twenty from last year's growth to more than 40 today. At the same time, the prosperity and development of domestic construction market, as well as the enhancement of environmental protection consciousness by the people, more and more engineering and family decorate with marble, for that it is in low radiation, beautiful and easy choice.


　　The quantity of import stone in Xiamen Haicang port broke through in 2012, the first time to exceed 3 million tons, which reached 3.6017 million tons, up 24.67% from a year earlier. Import stone 10927 batches throughout the year, up 14.89% from a year earlier. As ports all over the country imports the first stone. Haicang port customs &heavy about 510000 - teu, for all of last year, on average, not three imported &heavy, there is a container loading is stone material.