Canadian imports of ceramic tiles decrease
Canadian imports and consumption of ceramic tiles decreased to 41 million sq.m in 2018.
As there is no significant ceramic tile production in Canada, imports approximately equal consumption.
The five countries from which the most tiles were imported into Canada through Nov. 2018 were China(14.4 million sq.m, -4.1%; -6% in value), Italy (8.6 million sq.m, -14.4%; +2,4% in value), Turkey (5.8 million sq.m, -24% both in volume and value), Spain (3.8 million sq.m, +29.7%; +16.6% in value) and the United States (3 million sq.m, +82.8%; -8.9% in value).