China is the world's largestCeramic tileProducer, in 2012 total output accounts for 45.7% of the world, is also one of the countries is growing rapidly;Domestic production in the United StatesCeramic tileCo., LTD., the world's ceramic tile producer before 30 18th;Italy, Spain, and Russia was the country's 5, 6 and 13, respectively.In 2012 the United States production of ceramic tile is only an increase of 3 million compared with 2011 m2, growth of 3.6%, the ceramic tile total changed little;Ceramic tile production in Italy, Spain and Russia in 2012 compared with 2011 rose 3.2%, 7.1% and 7.6%, respectively, the average growth rate of 10.3% are less than 30 countries.
China ceramic tile consumption is in the world leading position, accounting for 38.6% of the total 2012 global ceramic tile consumption.In 2012, up 14.3% from 2011;Number 8 in the United States, Russia, Italy, Spain, respectively row 9, 14 and 15.Notable is, compared with 2011 in 2012, Italian and Spanish ceramic tile consumption showed a trend of decline, fell by 8.1% and 8.1% respectively.
In 15 of the world's major ceramic tile exporter, China, Italy, Spain, the top three, and the United States, Russia did not appear in the top 15 in the league table.China is the world's biggest exporter in 2012, exports accounted for 17.3% of domestic production, accounting for 39.0% of the world's total exports, up 16.1% from 2011.From the number of export, the export of Chinese ceramic tile is 2.79 times of Italy, 3.16 times that of Spain, but is not high (about 17.3%) of total output is exported, still give priority to with domestic consumption, and export-oriented Italy and Spain, exports more than 60% of total output.
The United States is the world's largest importer of ceramic tile, ranked first, in 2012 the United States imported ceramic tile accounted for 69.3% of all domestic consumption, which accounted for 6.2% of global imports.Russian import global rank seventh ceramic tile, imports accounted for 30.9% of the total consumption of 2012, accounting for 2.6% of the world's total imports, and imports up 35.7% from 2010 in 2012.It should be said that the United States is ceramic tile importer, imports is 2.34 times that of Russia.But we can see that, since 2007, the United States imports ceramic tile is a downward trend, the financial crisis have a significant impact on the U.S. economy, in the past two years began to gradually improve.