Import of merely cut granite to New Zealand: Decrease in 2017

The indicator greatly dropped by 61.83 percent compared with the prior year, refreshed statistics from United Nations Statistical Office reveal. Granite import decreased sharply by 255 979 kilogram, as it follows the tendency of the previous year when it diminished by 38.24 percent. The overall changes for the prior 29 years attained a decline of 66.82%. Furthermore, it has attained a negative average annual growth rate of 0.21 percent over the last 5 years with a modest overall decrease since the start of observations. It averaged 389 032.72 kilogram from 1989 to 2017 and it hit its all-time high of 1 574 259 kilogram in 1990 and record low of 73 074 kilogram in 2002.