Belarus increases cement production by 5% in 2019

In 2019 total domestic cement production in Belarus increased 4.6 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt. Meanwhile, the country also imported 502,800t of cement worth more than US$28m, according to the National Statistical Committee. The main importer was Russia with imports reaching a value of US$18m, but also received deliveries from Latvia (US$3.7m), Ukraine (US$2.8m), Turkey (US$2m) and Lithuania (US$1.5m).

The country’s Council of Ministers have since extended the requirement that companies obtain a special license for importing Portland cement from outside the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) for another six months. The requirement has been designed to assist the country’s three domestic cement manufacturers.