China's cement output in 2013 rose by 9.57% year-on-year to 2.41 billion tonnes, up from 2.18 billion tonnes in 2012.
Only Shanghai, Liaoning and Hebei reported negative growth with Shanghai down by 5.65%.
The cement sector posted a total profit of CNY 76.60 billion (€9.15 billion/US$12.57 billion) in 2013, up 16.4% from CNY 65.7 billion in 2012 but still down from CNY 102 billion in 2011.
The estimated capacity utilisation rate in 2013 stood at 76% compared with 74.4% in 2012 and 70.6% in 2011.
The per tonne profit for cement in 2013 increased to CNY 30.78 in 2013 from CNY 30.08 in 2012 but down from CNY 49.44 in 2011.
In 2013, only 72 new dry-process cement production lines were added compared with 102 lines in 2012; 166 in 2011 and 211 in 2010.
China National Building Material had the biggest share of cement clinker output in 2013 at 297.8 million tonnes followed by Anhui Conch at 156.1 million tonnes; Sinoma at 83.3 million tonnes; Jidong at 68 million tonnes and China Resources at 55.7 million tonnes.
