Brazil Natural-Stone Exports Hit New High

VITÓRIA, Brazil – The Brazilian stone industry ended 2025 with a bang, setting a record in exports.

The Brazilian Natural Stone Association – Centrorochas – reports an all-time performance in exports last year, even as new U.S. tariffs took effect..

Natural-stone shipments reached $1.48 billion USD. in 2025, a 17.5% increase from the previous year. The figure also surpasses the previous record set in 2021. The average export price rose 14.2% last year. 

Foreign natural-stone sales in 2025 totaled 2.11 million metric tons, an increase of 2.9% from 2024.

“This figure is impressive, especially considering they were achieved during a challenging year, marked by the tariff hike, which caused significant decreases in exports of granite, marble and slate,” says Tales Machado, the president of Centrorochas.

Machado suggests that if the sales performance of those materials had remained the same as in the first half of the year, sales revenues would have reached close to $1.6 billion in 2025.

He notes that the volume of granite exported in 2025 dropped by 8.7% and marble sales were reduced 7.5% during the same period. However, those declines were offset by the growth of other materials, such as quartzite.

The United States remains the main destination for Brazilian natural stone, according for 53.6% of exports. U.S. revenue of $795 million showed an increase of 11.8% from 2024.

However, China’s share of Brazilian exports rose 17.5%, and the cash value of those sales increased 19%, to $260.1 million. Italy, Brazil’s third largest customer, registered a significant growth of 42.2%.

Mexico, the United Kingdom and Spain rounded out the top six markets for Brazil.

All Brazilian exports came under a 40% punitive tariff assessed by President Donald Trump last August over several legal issues unrelated to the natural-stone industry. A later presidential action in 2025 exempted quartzite from the tariff.