Peru Jan-November cement deliveries up 16.62%

Domestic cement shipments in Peru jumped 16.62 per cent to 8.756Mt in the first 11 months of 2012, according to the Peruvian Association of Cement Producers (Asocem).

Production followed suit with a 16.72 per cent increase to 8.979Mt. Meanwhile, cement exports in the January-November 2012 period grew by 200.18 per cent YoY to 173,198t.

Cement production in Peru reached 8.98Mt in the first 11 months of 2012, rising by 16.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2011. Production in November 2012 alone reached 929,150t.

Last year, cement shipments rose 2.4 per cent from 8.294Mt in 2010 to 8.493Mt.