The Ceramic Industrial News under World Crisis (2009/12/18)

The 16th World Ceramic Forum held in Taiwan recently to participate in the forum are China (including Taiwan), Brazil, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Japan, the United States and other ceramic tile producers, representatives of almost occupied Ceramic production in the world as a whole 80% of the share. Delegates to explore the theme of the Forum include the world consumption and production and consumption trends, the impact of financial crisis for the ceramics industry.

In 2008, the world ceramic tile production rose to 8.5 billion square meters, 2009 annual production is the same with 2008. Ceramic tile consumption in the Asian region to maintain a good upward trend, while Europe, Japan and the United States of these the world top 10 economies from 2008 began a gradual downward trend in consumption of ceramic tiles. As the impact of financial crisis, this year declines in sales of ceramic tile in some countries as much as 20% -50% .2008 so far this year, China, Brazil, Italy and Spain have always dominated the world's ceramic tile production in the first few big countries. Representatives of other countries and regions as well as data reporting point of view, the situation in China a single good, Italy, Spain, more powerful industry hit the United States is full of future market expectations. (by China Leiyuan, 2009/12/18)