Vietnam has surpassed Indonesia

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has surpassed Indonesia to become the Southeast Asian
region’s largest ceramic and granite tile producer, according to the chairman of
Vietnam ’s Building Ceramic Association, Dinh Quang Huy.

Vietnam currently has an annual production output of roughly 300 million square
metres of ceramic and granite tiles, while Indonesia has a little over 200
million square metres.

With this great leap, Vietnam was also recognised as the world’s sixth-largest
ceramic and granite tile producer, Huy said.

The country boasts major ceramic and granite tile producers such as Prime, Viglacera
and Dong Tam, of which the first was ranked fifth among the world’s largest tile
producers by World Ceramics magazine.

The recent inauguration of Prime’s new plant in central Quang Nam province,
which is the largest ceramic tile plant in the ASEAN region, has contributed to
helping the country gain its current position. The 1 trillion VND Prime plant has
eight production lines with an annual output of 24 million square metres.

According to the association, the country currently has more than 45 ceramic and
granite tile producers. The industry has seen a growth rate of roughly 29 percent
yearly on average for the past few years. Aside from the domestic market,
Vietnam ’s ceramic tiles have also been exported to many countries worldwide,
including Australian and the Republic of Korea , with a yearly turnover of
roughly 110 million USD.-Enditem