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After 2012-1-1 all price are going up about 15% (12/7/2011)
Southeast Network - Channel Guide December 6 (Reporter Zhang Shun and) group of about 15% of external price increases,
 prices set in the time unity of January 1, 2012 sailing.
Herald reporter recently interviewed a number of stone export enterprises
in Xiamen was informed, with the rate rising labor costs rise in the export industry occupies a pivotal position in Xiamen stone export,
 is preparing a price increase of foreign collective action.

Prices 15%!

Fujian Stone Association issued a mobilization order

Recently, Herald Correspondent in the stone industry to obtain a "monument Fujian Stone Industry Association Professional
Committee on Foreign price" initiative noted, stone export company is preparing a collective price hikes, prices of the
time the node is scheduled
In the January 1, 2012 sailing.

"Not only is the monument, the stone export industry should raise prices." Yesterday, Herald reporter revealed that, in fact,
from a number of companies have started on December 1 price increase, while price increases throughout the industry in
 the New Year's Day next year in place, the price increase
the range of about 15%.

Fujian Stone Industry Association of price increase initiatives show that the price increase,
 the general type plus 360-432 U.S. dollars / M3, advanced type in the general model based on the 216-324 U.S. dollars / M3,
 that is, raising U.S. $ 576-756 / m3
.


It is revealed that, in fact, stone export price in the industry of foreign long-awaited.
Prior to this,
industry associations have adopted more than three months of investigation and communication, not only in the industry
to achieve a relatively uniform consensus, but also won understanding of foreign customers.

Higher costs

Stone under great pressure to export

"Exchange rate appreciation, rising labor costs, the stone export industry under great pressure." Costs this year to a variety of
 stone increased by 5% -10%.

The first nine months of this year, the RMB has appreciated by 4.5%, wages increased by 30%, equivalent to about 7.5% cost increase,
 only these two, stone suppliers to bear the cost rise reached nearly 12%.

To make matters worse, in the context of rising wages, export diversification and foreign stone type style, artistic style
 monument increase, making the export price is far behind the cost increases.

In fact, in the same time last year on the node, Stone Industry Association, initiated a price increase of external initiatives.
Herald reporter has learned that last year's price increase initiatives, depending on the price of the product, the price increase,
 respectively, 10% to 20%.
Among them, only the price of 161-200 yuan per dollar of stone, 11% -13% price increase, only the price
of each product below $ 60, price 20%.
If you count the exchange rate, wages and a variety of materials, the cost blocks rising prices, the cost of growth far
 exceeded the price increase.