Britain has become the fifth largest ceramic tile importing countries in the world(2009/8/1)

In the world top 30 major ceramic tile producers did not rank the United Kingdom, ceramic tile production in 2006 was about 9.7 million square meters, it should be said that the British production of ceramic tile is very small.

United Kingdom as a representative of the developed countries, the ceramic tile industry has included restrictions on the industry and out, the consumer to rely largely on imports.

The United Kingdom in 2006 consumption of ceramic tiles for 76 million square meters, among the world first 20.

The United Kingdom from 2002 to 2006, domestic consumption of ceramic tiles is growing, but slowly rising, compared to the United States, France, Germany, the UK consumption is smaller, but more than Japan.

In the world top 15 countries exporting ceramic floor tiles, there is no UK data, there was virtually no export of ceramic tiles.

The United Kingdom in 2006 the total imports of ceramic tiles 66 million square meters, ranking fifth in the world! In the United States, France, Germany, after Saudi Arabia.

Consumption 76 million square meters, while imports amounted to 66 million square meters, gap 10 million square meters. This data is the British national number of ceramic tile production, the fact is also like this.

Spain is the UK largest ceramic tile importing country, ranked second and third difference is that Turkey and Italy, China is the United Kingdom fourth largest ceramic-importing countries, the United Kingdom in 2006 China exports 5.8 million square meters of ceramic tiles, accounting for British imports volume of 8.8%.

China export ceramic tile to United Kingdom, there is certainly some potential, I believe that through our efforts, Chinese ceramic tile will rose 10-15% in exporting to UK.(by China Leiyuan, 2009/8/1)