The German cement industry registered 2.54Mt of domestic cement sales in June 2010, translating to a 6.7% increase from June 2009. Total cement sales for the second-quarter of this year were 7.078Mt, up 4.8% compared to the same quarter in 2009.
Total sales for the first half of 2010 stood at 10.21Mt , down 3.8 per cent on the first half of 2009.
Second quarter sales are broken down as follows:
Domestic monthly dispatches
Old Länder New Länder Total
April 1,807,168 508,084 2,315,252
May 1,730,950 484,901 2,215,851
June 1,976,395 570,624 2,547,019
2Qtotal: 5,14,513 1,563,609 7,078,122
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