Tiles companies allege that a minimum of 25% of US orders have been suspended, with potential for further halts following the petition for anti-dumping duty submission to the US government. This setback comes already reduced demand, attributed to increased duties in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and economic deceleration in Europe.
Ambarish Der, the working president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) and former MLA from Rajula Assembly seat in Amreli district, has started distributing kites among students of primary schools in his area.
"In the run up to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, the state government has organised the Vibrant Gujarat-Vibrant District event. The event is meant to facilitate government support to different sectors. Morbi s ceramic, Rajkot s machine tools and engineering and brass of Jamnagar are renowned all over the world," said state Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel.
According to the Gujarat government, the district accounts for nearly 90 per cent of the country’s ceramic production and also produces 75 per cent of the country’s wall-clocks. It exports ceramics to 180 countries.
Entitled to Rs 10 lakh ex gratia from the state and Central governments, the families emphasise that they have little use of the money now that their lives have been upended