India's ceramics and tiles industry faces shutdown as Middle East conflict disrupts fuel

Record ID: 2362514

  • Title: India's ceramics and tiles industry faces shutdown as Middle East conflict disrupts fuel
  • Date: 6th March 2026
  • Summary: MORBI, GUJARAT, INDIA (MARCH 3, 2026) (ANI - No use India) WOODEN BOXES / WORKERS PICKING TILES FROM ASSEMBLY LINE AND STACKING THEM TILES MOVING ON ASSEMBLY LINE MACHINERIES AT TILES MANUFACTURING UNIT TILES MOVING THROUGH MACHINE ON ASSEMBLY LINE WORKER SITTING IN FRONT OF ASSEMBLY LINE VARIOUS OF TILES MOVING ON ASSEMBLY LINE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MORBI-BASED CERAMIC CONT
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  • Keywords: Ceramics Conflict Fuel India Iran Supplies Tiles
  • Location: MORBI, GUJARAT, INDIA
  • City: MORBI, GUJARAT, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001162806032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PART AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    India's 650 billion rupees ($7 billion) ceramics and tiles industry risks grinding to a halt as the escalating Middle East conflict puts pressure on fuel supplies, threatening hundreds of thousands of livelihoods, industry officials said.
        Morbi, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat in India's west, is one of the world's largest ceramic manufacturing hubs and the backbone of India's tile industry.
        Many of the cluster's roughly 800 ceramic units, which produce tiles, sanitary ware and other products, have been hit by fuel supply cuts and a pause in exports to the Middle East, the officials said.
        Several using propane have already shut or are close to shutting operations due to shortages, while arranging on-site food and lodging to retain workers during the stoppage.
        President of the Morbi Ceramic Association, Manoj Arvadiya, said that if the supply is not restored in the next three to four days, 'we will have to close the industry.' 
        The industry is also unable to ship finished goods to the Middle East, which normally takes about a quarter of Morbi's 30,000 monthly export containers.
    (Production: Reim Nahaboo)
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