Under the influence of European economic crisis, more and more decorative stone company in Portugal turned to emerging market led by China. In 2011, the export volume of Portugal reached 437 million EUR, about 5.4 million got into China among it. It increased 8% compared with the previous year, and the market share was 12%, increased 4.8 percentage compared with two years ago.

In the first 5 months in 2012, its export volume to China reached 27.40 million, which showed a good trend and it will get historical record in the year according to the data. The AICEP Capital Global - Sociedade de Capital de Risco, S.A. (AICEP) showed a data that China covered 18% in Portugal stone export volume from Jan. to Apr. in 2012, which ranked second place behind France (20.2%).

As the largest decorative stone manufacturer and consumer in the world, China becomes more and more important on the aspect of Portugal decorative stone export.