Export Market
At present, most of the production is consumed within the country as there is a huge demand for the mineral within the country. Designated as a medium-value mineral, there are no restrictions on exports and imports of china clay. Exports are confined mainly to neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. China clay trade globally is done in processed form and the major suppliers in the world now are the US, the UK, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Australia and Turkey. The mine owners can make systematic efforts to increase exports to traditional markets like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal besides Ethiopia, Kenya, Philippines, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria and Bahrain. The potential untapped export markets for Indian china clay are said to be in Taiwan, Finland, Japan, Italy, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain and Sweden. These markets can be tapped in only if the mine owners invest upon the technology to produce high quality China Clay. Beneficiation and Processing system in India needs a huge improvement, as we will have to bring in world class good technology to replace the still in practice traditional processing means.
