All natural stone
China: natural stone trade
World rank, share and growth of China in all natural stone trade, in the latest year it has reported.
Exports
- World rank
- #1
- of 83 countries · 2025 (provisional)
- Share of the total
- 22.2%
- Change vs 2024
- -16.7%
- Average annual growth since 2020
- -10.1%
- Worked products
- 99.4%
- share of processed stone in value
Ranks first, ahead of Italy.
World rank by year
- 2020 #1
- 2021 #1
- 2022 #1
- 2023 #1
- 2024 #1
- 2025 #1
Imports
- World rank
- #2
- of 56 countries · 2025 (provisional)
- Share of the total
- 16.0%
- Change vs 2024
- +0.3%
- Average annual growth since 2020
- -1.7%
- Worked products
- 1.7%
- share of processed stone in value
Ranks between United States and France.
World rank by year
- 2020 #2
- 2021 #2
- 2022 #2
- 2023 #2
- 2024 #2
- 2025 #2
| Year | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100 | 100 |
| 2021 | 88 | 125 |
| 2022 | 118 | 101 |
| 2023 | 94 | 89 |
| 2024 | 70 | 91 |
| 2025 | 59 | 92 |
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By stone
Minerals exported by China
- Nickel ores and concentrates
- Aluminium ores (bauxite)
- Lead ores and concentrates
- Zinc ores and concentrates
- Tin ores and concentrates
- Chromium ores and concentrates
- Tungsten ores and concentrates
- Zirconium ores and concentrates
- Precious-metal ores and concentrates
- Natural graphite
- Fluorspar
- Natural borates
- Natural phosphates (phosphate rock)
- Kaolin
- Bentonite
- Talc and steatite
- Mica
- Natural barytes
- Sulphur
- Magnesite and magnesia
- Gypsum and plasters
- Feldspar
- Quartz
- Salt
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Notes and source
This page shows indicators derived by KEYSTONE. (ranks, shares, growth rates, indices); the reported values are in the dashboards.
Ranks and shares are computed among the countries in the dataset (the leading reporters for each HS code), on values in US dollars at current prices. Each country is shown in the last year it has reported. The unit value compares raw stone (blocks and slabs) with the world average of the same codes.
The source lists only the leading reporters of each code (50 for exports, 30 for imports). When a country is missing from one of those lists its total is not fully known: its rank is then shown as a range (#12–15) and the figures that depend on the total as «—», rather than an estimate.
- Source: UN Comtrade, extracted 08-11-2026 · aggregated and converted by KEYSTONE. · The figures shown are KEYSTONE.'s processing, not official UN statistics.
- The latest year (2025) is provisional until UN Comtrade consolidates its annual data; figures extracted on 08-11-2026 and subject to revision.
- Scope: HS 2514, 2515, 2516, 6801, 6802, 6803 (4-digit headings and 6-digit sub-codes). Values in USD at current prices; quantities in tonnes (net weight).