Thailand's ceramic industry may grow 42.9% in 2010(7/21/2010)

The IDB is expected to Lampang, Thailand, in 2010, including domestic and export markets, including ceramics market is expected to total 40 billion baht, is expected to grow 42.9% year on year. Recovery in the first half of ceramics, from the growth in foreign orders for more than 1 times, and very depressed last year so ceramic ceramics business situation in order to survive the cuts have gone very differently. More than 40% of the exporters from the original emphasis on total exports 70% of the U.S. and European market to open up the Middle East and South American

Kasikorn Research Center that, since 2009, has continued down-sizing, ceramics may be the same as other industries facing labor shortages. Currently, many industries began to pick up orders, which led to competing labor problems, improve returns by some factory, to pay overtime to solve the problem, may have production costs and competitiveness on the world market impact.
(by China Leiyuan, 7/21/2010)