Semen Indonesia - April 2018


Semen Indonesia sold 6.79Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2018, up four per cent YoY. Domestic sales accounted for 6.19Mt of this, marking a 1.3 per cent improvement YoY. Exports, meanwhile, advanced by 44.9 per cent YoY to almost 0.6Mt. This compares to national growth of 6.6 per cent YoY with Indonesia reporting total cement sales of 15.72Mt in the 1Q18, compared to 14.75Mt in the same period a year earlier, according to the Indonesian Cement Association.

March saw domestic consumption improve by 3.4 per cent YoY to 5.21Mt, supported by strong demand in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Indonesia’s exports also grew, surging by nearly 80 per cent YoY in the 1Q18 to 701,63-t, versus 390,728t in the 1Q17. Government spending on infrastructure development is expected to remain strong in 2018 and 2019, fuelling cement demand going forward.