Faced with increased cost of production, tile makers in Morbi, India’s largest cluster of ceramic industry,Morbihave decided to raise the prices of their products by about 10-15%, The new prices will come into effect from September 1, according to ceramic industry players.

The tilemakers in Morbi have decided to raise prices to pass on the increased production cost, which has gone up by around 15% due to increase in prices of natural gas, raw materials, coal as well as a surge in transportation cost following spiralling diesel prices, said players.
GujaratGas Limited (GGL) hiked the price of natural gas supplied to ceramic and sanitaryware units in Morbi and Surendranagar. For 3-month minimum guaranteed offtake (MGO), GGL increased the rate by Rs 4.37 per SCM (excluding taxes).