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Overall analysis For several months now, governments and the European community have been warning us of the need to continue with cooling and containment measures to combat the inflation which, since the end of the pandemic, has hit the economies of all countries hard. Governments have gradually scaled back stimulus […]

Exports accumulated to September 2023 (Tn.)

29 November, 2023 in estatistics / Sin categoría / statistics by administrador

The situation in the slate market continues along the same lines as in recent months; demand remains very high and puts pressure on production, which is pushed to its maximum, without being able to fully satisfy its customers. 1 – General analysis. This shows how the volume of exports in […]

Slate exports in 2022

7 February, 2023 in estatistics / Sin categoría / statistics / Valdeorras by administrador

The media are reporting on the problems facing the sector. The newspaper La Región summarises the causes in this article. The closure of companies in recent years and the lack of stocks are reducing the sector’s capacity. Slate producers are having real difficulties in meeting foreign demand. The almost total […]

International demand for slate exceeds production.

8 July, 2022 in estatistics / Sin categoría / statistics / Valdeorras by administrador

Traditionally, we compare industry statistics with the previous year. Nevertheless, the statistics of the first part of the year 2020 can be misleading in the comparisons, because the production of slate in Spain was closed for at least 6 weeks, between March and April, due to the containment. For this […]

Statistics – the first 4 months of 2021

21 July, 2021 in estatistics / statistics by administrador

1- Analysis of the month. In November 2020, 42,456 tonnes of exports were achieved, confirming the upward trend. November is a period in which we usually note a decrease in exports, mainly due to the arrival of bad weather and the inventories of distributors. However, this year, these factors have […]

November continued the path of recovery

15 February, 2021 in estatistics / Sin categoría by administrador

As it is usual every year, August brought with it a slowdown in slate exports abroad. The figures speak of a 34.35% decrease in product output this month, when 30,865 tons were exported, compared to July of this year 2020, when the tons exported were 47,016. This is a logical […]

The arrival of August slows slate exports

24 November, 2020 in estatistics tagged august / exportation / statistics / tonnes by administrador

The recovery in slate exports, which began timidly last June, continues. The figures speak of a 10.75% increase in product output in July, when 47,016 tons were exported, compared to June of this year 2020, when the exported tons were 42,452. Regarding billing, the increase has been 10.61%. From the […]

July continues the path of export growth

21 October, 2020 in estatistics tagged data / exports / growth / statistics by administrador

After three consecutive months of falling of the slate exports, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in our country in March, data of June reflect a small recovery. 42,452 tons left the Spanish borders, 6’4 % more than in the same month of the previous year. These data translate […]

June announces the recovery of slate exports

31 August, 2020 in estatistics tagged coronavirus / exports / statistics by administrador

The slate industry closed its doors in April due to the restrictions imposed to face the global coronavirus pandemic in Spain. The effects of this decision were already noticeable in March, but the worst was yet to come. 2020 April figures speak for themselves: almost 45% less slate exports compared […]

Covid 19 pandemic causes a fall of exports in April

29 June, 2020 in estatistics tagged coronavirus / estatistics / pandemic by administrador