The State Company for Northern Cement has reduced the prices of its products to compete with similar imported products, the Iraqi Industry Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The step improved the company’s sales of cement from 676,666t in 2008 to 796,202t in 2009," said a release issued by the Ministry on Monday and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
It said that the figures show an increase in sales by 118 per cent.
