In September 2015, overall profit of the cement industry in China fell about CNY 4.1 billion (€586.23 million/US$645.88 million) to CNY 2.7 billion when compared with September 2014.
According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics, overall profit of the cement industry fell around 65% or CNY 34.9 billion to about CNY 18.4 billion in January-September 2015.
The average monthly profit of the industry for the first nine months of 2015 was reported at CNY 2 billion, nearly one-third of the CNY 5.9 billion recorded in 2014.