As per NMI database, based on UNFC system, the total reserves/resources of felspar as on 1.4.2015 has been placed at 634 million tonnes of which 320 million tonnes (50.47%) constitute as “Reserves” and 314 million tonnes (49.53%) as “Remaining Resources”. In terms of grades, Unclassified grade accounts for 57%, Pottery/Ceramic grade 18%, Glass grade 13% and Not-known & Others grades (6% each) of the total resources. By States, Rajasthan alone accounts for about 90% of the total reserves/resources followed by Telangana (4%), Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (2% each) (Source: IBM)

Top export destinations of “Felspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar.” from India in 2019:

• Vietnam with a share of 26% (12.6 million US$)
• Bangladesh with a share of 22% (10.5 million US$)
• Indonesia with a share of 13.4% (6.35 million US$)
• China with a share of 7.76% (3.66 million US$)
• Thailand with a share of 6.05% (2.86 million US$)
• Iran with a share of 4.57% (2.15 million US$)
• Malaysia with a share of 4.46% (2.11 million US$)
• United Arab Emirates with a share of 3.83% (1.81 million US$)
• Other Asia, nes with a share of 2.92% (1.38 million US$)
• Japan with a share of 1.19% (564 thousand US$)

Top trading partners (import of “Felspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar.”) of India in 2019:

• China with a share of 42% (46 million US$)
• South Africa with a share of 29% (32 million US$)
• Thailand with a share of 16.6% (18.3 million US$)
• Morocco with a share of 4.16% (4.6 million US$)
• Vietnam with a share of 2.51% (2.77 million US$)
• United Arab Emirates with a share of 1.12% (1.23 million US$)
• Hong Kong – 952 thousand US$
• Netherlands – 837 thousand US$
• Spain – 635 thousand US$
• Norway – 388 thousand US$

The total reserves/resources of quartzite in the country as per NMI database, based on UNFC system as on 1.4.2015 has been estimated at
1,658.80 million tonnes out of which Reserves are placed at 83.47 million tonnes (5%) and the Remaining Resources at 1,575.32 million tonnes (95%).
Statewise bulk resources of about 884.18 million tonnes are located in Haryana (53%) followed by Bihar 277.82 million tonnes (17%), Odisha 140.55 million tonnes (8.47%), Maharashtra 90.70 million tonnes (5.46%), Punjab 81.91 million tonnes (5%) and Jharkhand at 40.70 million tonnes (2.45%). Grade-wise resources of Refractory grade-I & II are estimated at 579.45 million tonnes (35%), Ceramic & Pottery grade at 215.91 million tonnes (13%), BF grades at 66.50 million tonnes (4%) and the remaining resources of 796.92 million tonnes (48%) are of Ferro-Silicon, low, Unclassified, Others & Not-known grades. (Source: IBM)

Top export destinations of “Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape.” from India in 2019:

• Malaysia with a share of 13.7% (11.1 million US$)
• China with a share of 12.7% (10.4 million US$)
• Vietnam with a share of 10.6% (8.69 million US$)
• Japan with a share of 7.45% (6.09 million US$)
• Korea with a share of 7.14% (5.83 million US$)
• Bangladesh with a share of 6.35% (5.19 million US$)
• USA with a share of 5.76% (4.71 million US$)
• Bhutan with a share of 5.64% (4.6 million US$)
• Canada with a share of 4.74% (3.87 million US$)
• Oman with a share of 2.5% (2.04 million US$)