Peru: November dispatches up 3.6%

Peru’s November cement dispatches remained stable MoM at 928,981t, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. However, YoY figures show a 3.6 per cent rise. Production increased 2.8 per cent from 945,992t in October to 972,529t in November.

November exports reached 26,625t of cement, up 14.6 per cent YoY, and 27,501t of clinker (from a zero base in 2013.

In the January-November 2014 period, domestic deliveries increased 0.57 per cent YoY to 9,460,630t. Production expanded by 1.5 per cent YoY from 9,598,594t to 9,742,831t in 11M14.

Cement exports were up 47.3 per cent from 182,427t in 11M13 to 268,7786t in 11M14 while the country’s cement producers also exported 393,821t of clinker between April and November.