Turkey’s stone exports: raw materials decrease, finished goods hold steady

After two years of downturns (-6.8% in 2018 and -2.2% last year) many analysts predicted a return to growth in 2020 of Turkey’s exports of stone materials, as the upward trend in the second half of 2019 and in January 2020 seemed to indicate. Starting in February, however, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in China and subsequent spread around the world put a significant brake on Turkey’s exports of natural stones.