Ceramic industry regional demand analysis

Ceramic industry after decades of development, has been firmly rooted in the market. In 2014, China was the EU's largest source of ceramics imports. The United States and Germany are respectively the world's largest importer of ceramic products and the world's second largest importer of ceramics.

 

At present, the competition of the international ceramic market has been heated, and the ceramic market has the characteristics of art, diversification and so on.

 

Demand analysis of major countries and regions

 

The US is the world's largest importer of ceramic products. In 2014, the United States imported $5.190 billion in ceramic products, up 1.68 percent from the previous year. Among them, the imports of sanitary ceramics, daily ceramics and art ceramics were 812 million US dollars, 1.144 billion US dollars and 374 million US dollars respectively, accounting for 15.65%, 22.05% and 7.21% of the total imports of ceramics. China is the largest exporter of ceramic products to the US. In 2014, the US imported 2.262 billion dollars of ceramics from China, down 0.41 percent from the previous year, accounting for 43.58 percent of the total US ceramic imports.

 

 

 

In 2014, the EU imported ceramics from 174 countries and regions around the world. China is the largest source of ceramics imports for the EU, accounting for more than half of the EU market share. In 2014, the value of ceramics imported to the EU was 4.083 billion US dollars, down 9.36% from the previous year. Among them, the imports of daily use ceramics, sanitary ceramics and art ceramics were 1.433 billion US dollars, 516 million US dollars and 398 million US dollars, respectively, down 4.55%, 7.45% and 18.28% year-on-year. In 2014, the EU imported 2.099 billion US dollars of ceramics from China, down 9.47% year on year, accounting for 51.41% of the EU's total imports of ceramics.

 

 

 

Germany, the world's second largest importer of ceramics, imported $2.951 billion in 2014, down 5.96% from the previous year. Among them, the imports of domestic ceramics, sanitary ceramics and art ceramics were $453 million, $286 million and $132 million, respectively. China is the second largest exporter of ceramics to Germany. In 2014, Germany imported 439 million dollars of ceramics from China, down 4.40 percent year on year, accounting for 14.88 percent of Germany's total imports.

 

After decades of development, the division of labor in the global ceramic industry is quite clear. Most foreign ceramic factories are engaged in a certain link or process of the ceramic industry according to their core capabilities and superior resources. Ceramic production centers are gradually shifting. Due to the limitation of energy and raw materials, as well as the increase of human cost year by year, developed countries and regions are gradually transferring technology and production capacity to developing countries. In recent years, due to the rise of the emerging ceramic producing countries and the substantial increase in the output of ceramic products in developing countries, the total output of ceramics in the world has increased significantly, and the international ceramic market has presented the characteristics of artistic market demand, diversification, individuation, fierce market competition, market sales and so on.

 

 

 

With the expansion of the market scale, the global ceramic market demand is diversified and personalized. Based on the differences in living standards, cultural backgrounds, art appreciation and other aspects of different countries and regions in the world, it is difficult for a single ceramic variety on the market to meet the needs of different regions.