From 2017 CeramBath Big Data, See 2018 Ceramic Industry Trend

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Regarded as the most large-scale and influential ceramic and bathroom exhibition in China, The biannual China International Ceramic & Bathroom Fair, Foshan (CeramBath) rounded off successfully in 2017.

2017 DATA

Exhibitor Data

Exhibitors from CeramBath have covered the world’s major producing countries as well as domestic major production area of ceramic and bathroom.

【 International Exhibitors】

International Exhibitors are mainly from America, German, Italy, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Brazil, Swiss, UAE and so on.

【Domestic Exhibitors】

Domestic exhibitors covers 22 provinces and cities from Foshan, Zhaoqing, Guangzhou, Zibo, Jinan, Fujian Province, Hebei Province, Zhejiang Province, Sichuan Province, Jiangsu Province, Guangxi Province, etc.

Exhibit Data

Seen from the two sessions in 2017, large-size ceramic tiles sprung up one after another. Especially during the 30th session, more enterprises joined the production team, introducing the sizes like 1200 × 2400mm and 3200 × 1600mm. At the same time, sizes specially designed for public decoration such as 450 × 900mm, 900 × 150mm and other less common specifications also appeared while words like modern rustic tile, stereoscopic, silk effect grasped more popularity.

Buyer Data

【General Information】

The 29th and 30th CeramBath, which were respectively held on Apr. 18-21 & Oct. 18-21, 2017, successfully attracted 54,397 and 60,930 visitors, with the further 12% growth. The number of oversea visitors in the 30th CeramBath occupied 9.7% of the overall visitors number.

Comparison of CeramBath Visitors In Recent 3 Years

【Oversea Buyers】

Both the 29^th and 30^th CeramBath received thousands of visitors from 134 different countries and districts.

2017 CeramBath Oversea Buyers Continental Layout

Korea ranked the 1^st place and accounted for 14% in the overall visitors number, India 11%, Pakistan 7%. In general, oversea visitors are mainly from Southeast Asian, American and European countries and districts.

2017 CeramBath Oversea Visitors from Top 10 Countries/Districts

2018 TREND

Exhibitor Trend

Exhibitors from CeramBath have covered the major producing countries as well as domestic major production area of ceramic and bathroom. CeramBath has constructed a bridge for international exhibitors accessing to Chinese market and its role is becoming more significant and obvious.

Exhibit Trend

In 2017, modern rustic tiles and the products of large-size category are more hot-spotted and have entered the mainstream and their market share will be further enhanced.

Traditional products such as polished tiles, micro-crystal tiles and glazed tiles are still the major profitable products on the market and will still occupy a relatively high market share for a long period of time.

Buyer Trend

Buyers from the emerging markets like Southeast Asia and East Europe increased while many buyers from USA also choose CeramBath as the platform to purchase their target products.

Chinese ceramic exporting volume dropped due to the decrease of low-end products exports. Therefore, middle and high-end products will attract more attention in the future, and these market share will improve too.

Visitors from decoration and real estate companies increased steadily and will become the main sale targets for the ceramic and sanitaryware companies to expand their markets.