India——big country for tile consumption

    India is a big country in Asia,which has as many as 1.1 billion of population,the second country,so they is a huge demand for tiles.
    The data suggest that India had a growth rate for tile consumption over 10% from 2005 to 2009.In year of 2009,it reached 22.6%,total tile production capacity 0.49 billion square meters.
    In recent year,importing foreign advanced technology and equipment,ceramic industry has a great development,production quality,production rate,design level and so on have great improvement.Fast firing technology and one time firing technology cut short firing time,some productions coming into 40 minutes or 30 minutes firing cycle.The dissipative fossil fuel has been reduced greatly,which makes the less pollutant in environment.
    In India,the Gujarat,Rajasthant,Mahrshtra area own 27 huge ceramic enterprises and 100 small ones,which has production value for 10 billion rupee.
    Professionals show that this year,the purchasers in India still prefer low-price products,but it will focus on the quality next year.The price is sensitive thing for Indian,while they gradually pay close attention to cost performance.
    So,with economic growth and improvement for life,the market for high-end ceramic products will be extended.