| President, Indian Ceramic Society. |
M. M. SUR,
Pages : 51-52
DOI :10.1080/0371750X.1944.11012042 |
| Abstract |
| One of the biggest handicap which the Enamel Industry
in India has had to face is the lack of knowledge of the practical
side of manufacture, in spite of the fact that manufacture of
erfamel wares started about 1922 though enamel signs were
made somewhat earlier. The other major handicap has been
provided by Japanese competition to appreciate which a study
of price level is necessary. In 1922, prices were three times
what they were in 1936, when they were the lowest for 25 years.
lt i<> significant, however, that from 1922 sales began to drop
rapidly and by 1926 the price of Japanese imported articles
reached dumping levels, and it was found impossible to compete
with them. Japanese producers were abfe to do this because
they had the advantage as a result of the national policy of
producing raw materials, and particularly black sheets, at a
much cheaper rate than that prevailing in India. Industrial
'chemicals such as borax, soda ash and cryolite were also imported
into Japan duty free. This competition eventually led
to the total collapse of the hollow-ware manufacturing business
in this country. |
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