Ceramic Product

Introduction:
Ceramic Products is basically a development of indigenous pottery works. Broadly,
ceramics denote the manufacture of any product made from a non-metallic mineral
hardened at high temperatures. Industrial ceramics comprise all industrially used solid
materials that are neither metallic nor organic. Major ceramic products include glass,
earthenware, porcelain, and white-ware, porcelain enamels, brick tiles and terracotta,
refractories, cement, lime and gypsum and certain abrasives.

Manufacturing and Manufacturer of Ceramics Products:

Ceramic manufacturing is a gas-based, labor intensive and skills-oriented business.
The types of ceramic products mainly produced in the local markets of Bangladesh
include insulators, tiles, float glass, tableware, sanitary ware, and tamla (drinking
water glass).

Ceramic industry took a formal start in this country in 1958 with the establishment of
Tajma Ceramic Industries Ltd. at bogra. It is the oldest modern ceramic
manufacturing plant in Bangladesh and is also the only ceramic factory located in
North Bengal. Its production was very small and the quality of the product was not
good. The Pakistan Ceramic Industries Ltd. was established in early 1960s and it went
into production in 1966. It manufactured ceramic products for the domestic market. It
was renamed as Peoples Ceramic Industries Ltd after the independence of
Bangladesh.

In 2011, Bangladesh has 21 ceramic industry units. Six of them are fairly large and
these are Monno Ceramic Industries, Shinepukur Ceramic Industries, Bengal Fine
Ceramic Industries, Standard Ceramic Industries, Far Ceramic Industries and Peoples
Ceramic Industries.

Monno, Shinepukur, Bengal Fine, Standard, Peoples and National Ceramic are
engaged in tableware while RAK, Fu Wang, China-Bangla and Mir are engaged in
tiles and sanitary ware. Monno, Shinepukur, Bengal Fine and Peoples Ceramic are the
major players in local ceramic tableware market.

These companies produce high quality ceramic and porcelain wares. The annual
production is about 15,000 tons of ceramic items. About 5,000 tons is exported to 45
countries. The remaining amount is consumed locally. Initially, all ceramic industries
catered to the domestic market only.

Ceramic manufacturers also urged the government to reduce tariff on gas, used in the
ceramic factories. It will help them compete in the International market.

Manufacturers Companies of Ceramics in Bangladesh :

Different Models of Ceramic Products:

Export Statistics:

Bangladesh ceramic industry, which exports the products mainly to the EU countries
and the US, imports raw materials from China, Rumania, Indonesia and Germany.

Bangladesh exports ceramic products to about 50 countries including USA, UK, Italy,
Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Poland, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile according to BCWMA data.At least 75 per cent of
the total exports of the products go to Europe, about 15 per cent to the US market and
remaining 10 per cent to other markets, they added.

The export of ceramic tableware products has been registering more than 6.0 per cent
yearly growth for the last ten years making a substantial dent in the US and European
markets. Bangladesh exported ceramic tableware worth over $33 million in fiscal
2008-09, of which over 80 percent was destined to Italy, UK, USA, Germany, France,
Canada and Sweden.

Country's export earnings from ceramic sector declined by 10 per cent in the just
concluded fiscal year (2011-2012) due mainly to global meltdown. The country's
ceramics products export fetched Tk. 1.58 billion during the last six months (July-
December) of 2012, registering an increase of about four per cent compared to the
same period of the previous year (2011).Ceramics goods worth Tk. 1.54 billion was
exported during the corresponding period of 2011, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)
data show.

Ceramics export of Bangladesh witnessed negative growth in the last financial year
due to an economic crisis in Europe, the biggest export destination. Ceramic exports
brought $33.75 million in the financial year 2011-12, down by more than 10 per cent
from that of the previous year, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

Earnings from ceramics export stood at $14.62 million during July-November period
of this financial year, down by 2.66 per cent from that of the corresponding period of
the last financial year.EPB data show ceramics export target was missed by 3.88 per
cent in the first five months of the current financial year.

According to recent press reports, local ceramic ware manufacturing industry is

expecting a steady growth with a US$100 million return from exports by 2015 as the
global market favors more shipments from Bangladesh. As many as 21 leading
ceramic manufacturing plants earned more than US$ 35 million from exports of their
products to 50 countries in the last fiscal year. Of the products, ceramic table wares
are being exported to about 50 countries including the United States and Canada, tiles
to India, Nepal and Bhutan and sanitary wares to the Middle East, especially to the
United Arab Emirates.
Growth of Ceramic Tableware Exports from Bangladesh
(1995-96 to 2004-05):

In million US$