Pakistan records higher year-on-year domestic sales of cement July-November 2015

Pakistan's cement exports have declined by 25.68% to 3.01 million tonnes from July to December 2015 compared to 4.06 million tonnes during the same period in 2014.

Cement factories in Pakistan's southern region registered 26.67% year-on-year (y-o-y) fall in export volume to 1.11 million tonnes in the second half of 2015.

Meanwhile, cement plants in the northern Pakistan posted 25.09% y-o-y drop in exports to 1.9 million tonnes.

Pakistan's cement sales rose by 10.53% from 3.11 million tonnes in Dece

In the first six months ended 31 December, 2015, Pakistan's cement market showed a yearly hike of 6.38% in cement shipments to 18.21 million tonnes from 17.12 million tonnes, according to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.

This was mainly due to local consumption which rose by 16.34% from 13.06 million tonnes to 15.2 million tonnes of cement. The figure is divided into the South and North sectors with an increase of 21.63% and 15.32% in cement dispatches recorded, respectively. The South ceme

Pakistan domestic cement sales are up, but the country’s cement exports are down, according to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) data. Domestic cement sales July-November 2014 rose year-on-year by 9.39%, while cement exports were down 2% over the same year-on-year period. In the month of November 2014, domestic cement dispatches stood at 2.37 million, representing a year on-year increase of 11.51%, while cement exports saw a year-on-year increase of 9.76% to 659,000. Total dispatches in