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Section 14

Ceramic and vitrified tiles

India’s exports: 2,848.4 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
2
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with CAPEXIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Many small exporters are merchant exporters who buy from Morbi plants and handle documents, containers and buyers.
  4. Keep a catalogue with sizes, finishes and container loading per size.

Top buyer countries

  1. United Arab Emirates163.98 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Russia136.18 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United States130.77 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. United Kingdom110.75 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Iraq106.56 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CAPEXIL RCMC (ceramics panel)
  • CE marking to EN 14411 for the EU; test reports to ISO 13006 / ISO 10545
  • SASO / Gulf conformity certificates for Saudi Arabia and GCC

Watch out for

  • Anti-dumping duties on Indian tiles exist in some markets; check before quoting.
  • Gas prices drive production cost.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Ceramic Tile Manufacturing →Ceramic Washbasin (Sanitaryware) →Ceramic Tableware (Stoneware and Earthenware) →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "J5, CERAMICS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 6907, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023