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Section 14

Granite, marble and natural stone

India’s exports: 1,920.92 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
3
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with CAPEXIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Cut-to-size slabs, tiles, paving and monuments for importers; send photos and samples of each block lot.
  4. Use CAPEXIL and stone fairs (such as Stona and the India Stonemart) to meet buyers.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States266.95 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Vietnam180.22 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United Kingdom92.18 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Poland62.9 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. United Arab Emirates45.88 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CAPEXIL RCMC (granite and stones)
  • CE marking to the relevant EN stone standard for building use in the EU
  • Ethical sourcing and child-labour-free declarations asked by European buyers

Watch out for

  • Colour and pattern vary between blocks; agree on approval samples to avoid claims.
  • Silicosis and mining rules affect quarries and processing units.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Granite Tile Cutting and Polishing Unit →Polished Marble Tiles →Stone Polishing Unit →Marble Inlay (Pietra Dura) Craft →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "F3, GRANIT, NATRL STONE AND PRODCT"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 6802, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023