India March cement shipments up 8.5 per cent on YoY

India March cement shipments up 8.5 per cent on YoY
17 April 2008


Cement shipments in India rose 8.5 per cent in March from a year ago, the Cement Manufacturers’ Association’s Web site showed.

Sales in March were 16.41Mt, compared with 15.12Mt in the year-ago period.

Production rose 9.2 per cent to 16.37Mt last month, against 14.99Mt a year earlier.

For the full year ending March 2008, cement shipments rose about eight per cent to 167.65Mt and production to 168.29Mt from a year ago.
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