Over a period of hundreds of years, the Indian ceramics industry has undergone new innovations in product profile, quality and design, and has formed a sizeable industrial base. The market has been sluggish due to the economic slowdown for the last two years, yet India maintained 2.5% of the total global ceramics production. India's per capita ceramic tile consumption remains low at 0.36m2, however this is set to increase as rural households increase consumption.The Indian ceramics industry has its base both in large and small-scale sectors with wide variance in type, size, quality and standard. Manufacturing units are spread all over the country. The share of organised sector is characterised by the existence of a few large producers accounting for 55% of the total production. The small and medium industrial sector produces more than 50% of the total market in India, offering a wide range of articles including crockery, artware, sanitarywares, ceramic tiles, and refractory and stoneware pipes among others. Most of the players are grouped together in clusters.Bikaner in Rajasthan is known as a hub for insulators, while another hub for potteries is Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. There are two very important hubs which require special mention.
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