China's Joint venture of SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has set up its lab for building and metal materials in Xiamen. It means Xiamen stone companies can easier get CE official certification on stone export to European, African and Asian countries.



Jue Qikang, supervisor of the lab said: "The lab in Xiamen can directly send inspection results to the head office in Switzerland, and the companies can get the certification in Xiamen. The time for the whole process will be shortened to 10 days from the previous 40 days."



Stone exporting is the traditional and most important industry in Xiamen, occupying an important position in Xiamen exports for a long time. Stone production and exports in the south of Fujian Province are centuries-old and well-known at home and abroad. The area is rated as one of the main stone production and export bases in China and even in the world.



Xiamen has already been the biggest stone trade base in China. According to statistics, one third of the containers exported from Xiamen port are stone. In 2008, the volume of import and export of stone through the port of Xiamen was 2.88 billion USD. This accounts for 60% of the total volume of the stone trade in China. The export volume of natural stone reached almost 4.44 million tons, amounted to 1.25 billion. The import volume went up to 2.56 million tons with the amount of 470 million.

Xiamen has already been the biggest stone trade base in China