Int’l Exhibition of Ceramic and Tiles in January 2023 

The 27th International Exhibition of Ceramic and Tiles, Sanitary Ware and Related Industries is scheduled to be held from Jan. 19-22, 2023, at the Tehran International Fairground.
The event is an opportunity for producers and exporters to contribute to Iran’s industrial growth and development in line with the target to increase non-oil exports, the news portal of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture reported.
Around 73% of Iran’s tile and ceramic exports go to neighboring Iraq, according to the head of the National Tile and Ceramic Producers Guild Association.
“This is both an opportunity and a threat to our exports. We plan to keep our foothold in the Iraqi market but also need to expand our export destinations. We are currently taking measures to include African counties in our export list,” Morteza Safdarizadeh was also quoted as saying by Fars News Agency.
The official noted that despite economic sanctions, Iranian tiles and ceramics are exported to 52 countries.
“At present, our tile and ceramic production capacity stands at 750 million square meters. The industry has created more than 450,000 direct and indirect jobs,” he added.  
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, the UAE, Tajikistan, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan are other buyers of Iranian tiles and ceramic.
Using half the production of tiles and ceramics domestically, Yazd Province is the production hub for these products in Iran,
Iran’s tile industry enjoys cheap energy and raw material resources, combined with local expertise, although producers have to compete with foreign producers, especially the Chinese, that have much lower production costs and considerably higher economies of scale.