World Production and Consumption of Ceramic Tiles - Figures for 2019 and Forecasts for 2020

摘要

In 2019, world ceramic tile production decreased to 12,673 Mm~2 (-3,7% on 2018); tile consumption also dropped by 4% to 12,4 Gm~2. World import-export flows increased by just 31 Mm~2 (+1%) to 2,837 Mm~2. Further sharp fall in Chinese exports. For 2020, world tile production may experience a further contraction of around 8,5%. The 8th edition of the publication "World production and consumption of ceramic tiles" produced by the Italian MECS/ACIMAC Research Department was released in October 2020. Consisting of 260 pages of charts, tables and commentary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2019 in terms of industry, markets, per capita consumption and export flows in geographical macro-regions and in the 76 largest tile producer, consumer, exporter and importer countries.