The ceramics honeycomb structure of the present invention is formed of a
plurality of cells forming a fluid flow passage partitioned by porous
partition walls, and comprising an inflow end part allowing fluid to flow
therein, an outflow end part allowing fluid to flow therefrom, and an
outer peripheral part including an outer peripheral surface, and is
characterized by having a structure where a porosity per unit volume
(cm.sup.3) gradually increases from the inflow end part side to the
outflow end part side at a rate of 0.2%/mm or less, and this ceramics
honeycomb structure has an excellent erosion resistance of partition
walls positioned at a cell opening end part and a high compressive
strength (isostatic strength) at the time of canning, and is suitable
particularly as an automobile exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier.