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almost entirely made up from imports. India and South Korea recordedthe largest rises in consumption in percentage terms in 2002, increasing42% and 41% respectively. The biggest decline was in Indonesia whichrecorded a decline of 58 million sq. metres or 35% to 110 million sq.meters in 2002. Indonesian exports slightly offset this drop, increasingby 20 million sq. metres for the same period. Taiwan continued itslong decline, consuming 22% less in 2002 than in 2001.Australia was the world’s 26th largest tile consuming nation in 2002,moving up from the 30th position when we last published the surveyfigures in issue #37, due largely to the recovery in residential housingconstruction.Top Exporting Countries (Table 4) reveals that exports of ceramictiles amounted to 25.5% of global consumption and 23.4% of globalproduction in 2002. Exports have been steadily increasing by roughly0.5% per annum since the mid 1990’s. The widening of integratedmarkets such as the enlarged European Union will mean that referringto exports within these areas will become increasingly meaningless asgeographic borders become irrelevant to trade. Italy and Spain are stillthe largest exporting countries but they are experiencing increasedcompetition for export sales from emerging manufacturing nations,particularly from Asia and Brazil. During 2002, Italy and Spain togetheraccounted for 57.3% of world exports. This was a drop from 70.6% ofworld exports in 1996, 66.3% in 2000 and 64.2% in 2001. Assopiastrellehas reported that Italian export volumes declined by 2.6% in the firsthalf of 2003 and estimate a fall in export sales of 5.5% during the full2003 calendar year.The 2002 export figures supplied by the China Building Ceramics andSanitaryware Association in Table 4 are thought to be overstated byCeramic World Review, however there can be no doubt that Chineseexports are quickly increasing as evidenced by a glance at the productsin many importers’ warehouses. Brazil improved their exportperformance in 2002, overtaking Turkey as the fourth largest exportingTABLE 2 TOP MANUFACTURING COUNTRIESRANK COUNTRY 1999 2000 2001 2002 % OF WORLD % CHANGE(Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) PRODUCTION 2002 2001 TO 20021 CHINA 1,600 1,600 1,700 2,100 35.6% 23.5%2 SPAIN 602 621 638 651 11.0% 2.0%3 ITALY 606 632 638 606 10.3% -5.0%4 BRAZIL 428 453 473 508 8.6% 7.4%5 INDONESIA 130 200 220 230 3.9% 4.5%6 TURKEY 150 175 150 162 2.7% 8.0%7 MEXICO 130 138 167 159 2.7% -4.8%8 INDIA 85 97 109 150 2.5% 37.6%9 IRAN 60 71 78 105 1.8% 34.6%10 VIETNAM 29 55 95 105 1.8% 10.5%11 THAILAND 70 56 63 90 1.5% 42.9%12 EGYPT 42 50 65 83 1.4% 27.7%13 MALAYSIA 50 58 67 72 1.2% 7.5%14 PORTUGAL 60 64 66 69 1.2% 4.5%15 RUSSIA 25 30 45 58 1.0% 28.9%16 USA 59 60 55 58 1.0% 5.5%17 SOUTH KOREA 39 48 50 56 0.9% 12.0%18 GERMANY 64 62 57 54 0.9% -5.3%19 JAPAN 54 54 53 51 0.9% -3.8%20 POLAND 30 35 46 49 0.8% 6.5%21 UAE 30 40 40 48 0.8% 20.0%22 FRANCE 50 49 44 41 0.7% -6.8%23 TAIWAN 88 68 45 37 0.6% -17.8%24 MOROCCO 23 30 35 35 0.6% 0.0%25 ALGERIA 30 30 30 30 0.5% 0.0%26 CZECH REPUBLIC 27 30 30 29 0.5% -3.3%27 COLOMBIA 25 26 26 26 0.4% 0.0%28 PHILIPPINES 22 25 25 25 0.4% 0.0%29 SOUTH AFRICA 9 15 15 20 0.3% 33.3%30 TUNISIA 15 15 17 19 0.3% 11.8%TOTAL 4,632 4,887 5,142 5,726 97.0%TOTAL WORLD PRODUCTION 4,841 5,107 5,348 5,904 100.0THE 30 MAJOR MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES COVER ALMOST 97.0% OF WORLD PRODUCTIONtiletoday.com.au ISSUE 4229
GLOBAL PRODUCTIONAND CONSUMPTIONof ceramic tilesTABLE 3 TOP CONSUMPTION COUNTRIESRANK COUNTRY 1999 2000 2001 2002 % OF WORLD % CHANGE(Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) (Sq Mtrs mill) CONSUMPTION 2001 TO 200220021 CHINA 1,300 1,300 1,600 1,750 32.3% 9.4%2 BRAZIL 383 395 417 436 8.0% 4.6%3 SPAIN 273 290 312 327 6.0% 4.8%4 USA 195 212 211 243 4.5% 15.2%5 ITALY 192 200 192 187 3.4% -2.6%6 INDIA 85 97 102 145 2.7% 42.2%7 GERMANY 192 184 164 144 2.7% -12.2%8 MEXICO 87 100 129 141 2.6% 9.3%9 FRANCE 114 122 125 124 2.3% -0.8%10 INDONESIA 95 164 168 110 2.0% -34.5%11 VIETNAM 29 55 95 98 1.8% 3.2%12 IRAN 54 65 72 90 1.7% 25.0%13 TURKEY 100 114 94 90 1.7% -4.3%14 SOUTH KOREA 44 49 59 83 1.5% 40.7%15 RUSSIA 31 38 65 77 1.4% 18.5%16 EGYPT 35 43 50 66 1.2% 32.0%17 PORTUGAL 56 68 60 66 1.2% 10.0%18 THAILAND 50 54 60 65 1.2% 8.3%19 POLAND 57 67 71 62 1.1% -12.7%20 SAUDI ARABIA 34 40 53 58 1.1% 9.4%21 UNITED KINGDOM 46 53 62 56 1.0% -9.7%22 JAPAN 56 57 56 54 1.0% -3.6%23 MALAYSIA 41 48 51 45 0.8% -11.8%24 TAIWAN 90 77 55 43 0.8% -21.8%25 ALGERIA 30 30 34 35 0.6% 2.9%26 AUSTRALIA 23 28 29 33 0.6% 13.8%27 MOROCCO 26 30 31 33 0.6% 6.5%28 GREECE 38 35 33 33 0.6% 0.0%29 UAE 23 28 27 29 0.5% 7.4%30 CANADA 20 23 25 29 0.5% 16.0%TOTAL 3,799 4,066 4,502 4,752 87.6%TOTAL WORLD CONSUMPTION 4,485 4,735 5,142 5,426 100.0THE 30 MAJOR MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES COVER ALMOST 87.6% OF WORLD CONSUMPTIONnation. Turkey still derives over 44% of their sales from export markets.The increase in the UAE figures is especially impressive as it is mainlyfrom one company, R.A.K Ceramics.Top Importing Countries (Table 5) reveals that Germany’sdeclining tile consumption has severely effected import levels. TheUSA has now replaced Germany as the top importing country in theworld. Local production in the USA has also increased followingthe construction of new factories by Dal-Tile, in partnership withEmilceramica, and GranitiFiandre. Some Florida Tile productionfacilities were closed prior to the company’s sale late in 2003 withfurther closures announced in December 2003. Imports now make up77% of the USA market. It will be interesting to see if more foreignmanufacturers establish production facilities to take advantage of theflexibility of local supply and the opportunity to build a stronger brandimage within the world’s fourth largest market for tiles.Australian imports of ceramic tiles increased during 2002 and 2003as the market has continued to expand, as we outline in more detailin the accompanying article, Australian Tile Consumption andProduction. Australia is now the seventh largest tile importing nationin the world. The imminent start-up of the new National CeramicIndustries Australia facility should in theory cause a drop in importfigures from mid 2004 onwards, although this will be partly offsetby the closure of Johnson Tiles’ floor tile plant in April 2004 and thereplacement of their local production with floor tiles imported fromother companies within the Johnson group as well as other offshorecontract manufacturers.Statistics courtesy of Graziano Sezzi, Editor, Ceramic World Review, Italy.TABLES 4 & 5 OVERLEAF30ISSUE 42 tiletoday.com.au
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