距离上次看到可靠而详细描述10大陶瓷生产国的报告有一段时间了。

    在这里我将列一个清单，虽然先后顺序可能不那么精确，但是八九不离十，我还会讲述每一个国家的一些小细节。 在下面几周里面拿到新的报告之后，我会再写文章带来更准确的数据。

    1.中国

    目前为止是最大的瓷砖生产国。 总量大概是下面9个国家的总和！拥有巨大的国内消费量。最流行的是大规格的产品，像600mm和800mm规格的抛光产品。

    2、巴西

    新兴的瓷砖生产大国，排名第二。一个正在崭露头角的国家，拥有巨大的国内需求，是世界杯和奥运会的主办国。 他们很大一部分产量是针对国内市场的。以红坯砖为主.只有少数几个顶级品牌可以生产大规格的、全抛的、瓷质的产品。

    3、印度

    下一个生产大国，正在显现出的巨大的经济潜力。 拥有世界第二大人口总量和大量的基础建设，毫无疑问对瓷砖的需求很大。 世界顶级的瓷砖和原料生产商正把这个国家放在显微镜下观察。

    4、意大利

    这个国家曾经在这个榜单上排名第二，但是现在已经掉到第三、第四甚至可能第五了。他们的生产总量和4年之前相比，毫无疑问至少减少了一半。但意大利在质量和创新设计上仍然是最顶级的国家，在总销售金额上是数一数二的。它们大部分的产品用于出口。

    5、土耳其

    在过去的一些年里，面临高涨的国内需求，这个国家增加了很多产能。这是一个想要加入欧盟的国家，但是需要做一些基础设施的升级。

    6、印度尼西亚

    这个世界人口总量第四的国家需要一些能与之相匹配的基础设施和瓷砖需求量。拥有一些在生产总量上排名世界前十的瓷砖品牌的工厂。

    7、西班牙

    受世界经济衰退影响最大的国家之一。 曾经是排名第三，现在已经掉到第七，甚至第八、第九了。它曾经是顶级的墙砖生产国（在数量上也仅次中国）。总的产能比之前减少了50%到60%。

    8、墨西哥

    墨西哥的经济一直比较稳定，这个国家没有像其它国家一样受到世界经济衰退的影响。借助毗邻美国的地理之利，以及较高的人均瓷砖消费量让它的产能一直在持续增长。50%的产能用于红坯砖的生产。

    9、泰国

    Siam Cement Group 是拥有顶级的瓷砖生产集团，年生产量达到了1.3亿平方。

    10、阿拉伯联合酋长国

    石油货币、中东经济以及迪拜、阿布扎比等城市的蓬勃发展，让这个地方对建材的需求非常旺盛。R.A.K .Ceramics有世界第二大的工厂。 这里也是中国陶瓷的主要出口国。 （翻译：耿海波）



It has been a while since the last time I saw a reliable report that would describe more in detail which are the top 10 ceramic tile manufacturing countries.
I going to make a list here that may not be in the exact order but I guess it would be close and I will add some details about each country. When I get the report in the next few weeks I will write a new article with the exact numbers.
1、CHINA. By far the largest manufacturer. The size of the next 10 countries combined! With a very large domestic consumption. Some of the most popular products are large sizes 600x600mm and 800x800mm in polished finished.
2、BRAZIL. The new world big size manufacturer and number 2. A emerging country with huge domestic demand and future holder of the world cup and olympic games. A lot of their production is for domestic market. A good amount is in red body. Only a few top brands can make large sizes, full polished and porcelain tile.
3、INDIA. The next world big size manufacturer with an emerging huge size potential economy. With the second largest population in the world and a lot of new construction going on, for sure has a high demand of tile. The world top tile and raw materials manufacturers are looking at this country under the microscope.
4、ITALY. This country at one point in time was number two on the list but has dropped to number 3 or four maybe even 5. For sure their total output compared to 4 years ago has been reduced at least half. Still Italy is the top quality and innovative country and could be number one or two in total sales. Most of their production is exported.
5、TURKEY. In the past few years this country has added a lot of capacity to cope with the high domestic demand. A country that wants to become part of the European community but has to do some upgrading to their infrastructure.
6、INDONESIA. The fourth largest population of the planet needs to have a decent infrastructure and demand for ceramic tile. Has some of the top 10 manufacturing plants in the world in total capacity.
7、SPAIN. One of the countries if not the top country affected by the world recession. They used to be number 3 in the world and now have dropped to number 7 or even 8 or 9. They also used to be the top wall tile manufacturer in the world (except China in quantity). Their total capacity has been reduced in more than 50% maybe is at 60% less than they used to be.
8、MEXICO. The economy in Mexico has been pretty stable and this country has not been as affected by the world recession as others. With USA as a neighbor and with a high per capita tile domestic consumption has been consistently growing its capacity. Still has at least been manufacturing 50% of the installed capacity in red body ceramics.
9、THAILAND. They have the top manufacturing tile group in Siam Cement Group making almost 130 million square meters per year.
10、UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. With the big petro dollars and economy of the Middle East and booming cities like Dubai, Abu Dhabi this part of the world has a very high demand for construction materials. They have the world’s number 2 largest manufacturer plants of ceramic tile in R.A.K. Ceramics. This is one of China’s main export destinations for ceramic tile.