According to relative report that Chinese trade deficit on the Portuguese stone. In 2003, Portugal's total trade with China about 6.689 million Euros. Among them, the Portuguese exports to China marble 3,608,000 Euros, 984,000 Euros granite , limestone € 1,323,000; Portuguese limestone imported from China, 759,000 Euros, 100,000 Euros finished and finished € 219,000.

Trade between Portugal and China stone aggregate, while not great, but many dealers are still very bullish on China's stone market, such as the Portuguese FILSTONE companies to expand export business to China, but also in the first half of 2006 and opened an office in Shanghai dedicated to development and management of the Chinese market customer base.

According to the Portuguese marble, granite and stone industry associations like the person in charge, China Granite lower prices (per square meter lower than the Portuguese stone about 5 dollars), the quality is better, has made a number of Portuguese granite stone importers will look turned to China, and with the expansion of the European market, Chinese stone began to squeeze the Portuguese original European market. A few years ago, the Portuguese occupied the German market, 46% granite stone has been reduced to 14%, and most of the German importers turn to import from China. A few years ago, as China Granite expanding exports to Portugal, Portuguese quarry industry once caused widespread concern and worry, and even asked the Government to the Chinese granite stone that "dumping" charges. Portuguese granite main origin of the entrepreneurs and workers that since the influx of similar products in China, not only hundreds of quarry workers, employment and socio-economic stability is threatened, and truck drivers, the main gas stations, restaurants, and other survival industries are facing the risk of failure. They spontaneously formed a "people's resistance quarrying," the organization; they are prepared to put pressure on the Government to take necessary measures to protect their national industries, job security. The responsible person also briefed on the Portuguese quarrying enterprises complains that the Portuguese importer held a different view. They think that the Portuguese stone products are not competitive, low-quality, high cost, but good quality Chinese granite stone in Portugal, and the price is lower 60%. If not from China, the importer will not survive. Some Portuguese importers imported stone from China except in the Portuguese domestic market, also resell other European countries, some in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and other countries set up a distribution warehouse.