The European ceramic industry in numbers
Ceramic Roadmap
TO 2050
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-01.png)
30
Member countries
Pan-European perspective
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-02.png)
80%
SMEs
Local jobs
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-03.png)
€26bn
Production value
Motor for growth
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-04.png)
€5.1bn
Positive trade balance
Export champion
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-05.png)
up to 30%
Production costs related to energy
Sensitive to energy prices
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-06.png)
200,000
Direct jobs
Source of employment
![](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-07.png)
150 years
Average lifespan of a brick house
Durable products
![in-graph-01](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-graph-01.png)
CERAMIC APPLICATIONS
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PRODUCTION VALUE
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NUMBER & PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS
EMPLOYED PER CERAMIC SECTOR
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END-USE OF REFRACTORIES
(AS % OF TOTAL PRODUCTION)
![in-grapgh-09](https://www.ceramicroadmap2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/in-grapgh-09.png)