Ceramic Industry In Rajasthan

Around 550 units in the region will cease to operate in the next 15 to 20 days.

Ceramic industry in rajasthan.

About rajasthan ceramics rajasthan ceramics has been big market in indian feldspar and quartz. It has been double whammy for morbi ceramic industry. It has been reeling under the weight of overall economic slowdown with no respite in sight in the near future. The ban was actually imposed last year itself but the ceramics industry in morbi has started feeling the heat now.

With closure of many plants the production has already come down by 60 to 70 claimed jetpariya. The rs 26 500 crore ceramic tiles industry in india is set to witness nearly 9 per cent growth in demand this year higher than the 3 5 per cent growth recorded last year. Latest negative news which has started hitting the industry badly is the ban by the rajasthan government on export of feldspar chips from the state. Ceramic products are manufactured both by large and small enterprises with wide variance in type size and standards.

Ceramic industry in rajasthan the ceramic industry in rajasthan is in a bad shape. In operations for 14 years we were big manufacturer supplier and exporters in this industry and still supply some of the world s leading ceramic companies with our products. The ceramic industry in india is about 100 years old. Rajasthan is the depository and mining hub for all basic ingredients of ceramic and glass and is the sole state that supplies all the raw material for the ceramics and glass industry across india.

Be it feldspar fire clay ball clay or silica. Ban on feldspar lumps export ban. Though ceramic manufacturing units are spread across india most of the units are concentrated in morbi surendranagar and khurja. Rajasthan is a major producer of felspar quartz and bentonite which are the raw materials for ceramic industry.

Nearly 500 ceramic units covering value chain are present in the state.