IBÉRICA Stone Fair, Portugal 27-29 March 2025
Why Portugal:
Portugal, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe’s greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities—geographic and cultural—with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Its cold, rocky northern coast and mountainous interior are sparsely settled, scenic, and wild, while the country’s south, the Algarve, is warm and fertile. The rugged Estrela Mountains (Serra da Estrela, or “Star Mountain Range”), which lie between the Tagus and Mondego rivers, contain the highest point of mainland Portugal.
Portugal’s economic freedom score is 70.8, making its economy the 31st freest in the 2022 Index. Portugal is ranked 21st among 45 countries in the Europe region, and its overall score is above the regional and world averages. The Portuguese economy contracted in 2020, but growth resumed in 2021. In the past half-decade, a robust expansion of economic freedom has continued. Aided by substantial score increases for fiscal health and rule of law, Portugal has recorded an impressive 8.2-point overall gain of economic freedom since 2017 and has climbed into the “Mostly Free” category for the first time in the 28-year history of the Index. Monetary freedom and trade freedom are healthy, but the economy continues to be burdened by heavy government spending.
Portugal is an old and important natural stone producer and exporter – 380 M USD in 2015 (roughly
over 70% of it as finished products) being, on a per capita basis, the largest world exporter. The
country’s stone exports have a high added value, its average price being one of (if not) the largest in
the world.
The Portuguese natural stone production is diversified, ranging from marble and limestone quarried
in the South and Centre of the country to granites in the Centre and North of Portugal. The country
also has an important stone manufacturing base, with factories located near Lisbon (Pero Pinheiro) and
in the main quarrying centers. The country is also a manufacturer of specialized equipment and
machinery for the stone industry.
The natural stone industry is fragmented, being composed mostly of family owned businesses.
All these factors contributed along millennia to a stone culture in the country – Portugal has the largest concentration of pre-historic stone monuments in Europe and natural stone is used in virtually every single house in
Portugal.
The country is well placed to be a trade platform between Europe, Africa and the Americas with good transport infrastructure and competitive specialized manpower.
Exhibition Name: STONE IBERICA
Date: 27-29 March 2025
Organizer: EXPONOR
Web: https://exposalao.pt/pt/feira/stone
For more information call below numbers:
+98 9188650703
+98 8643222057-9
