Pakistan exports to the USA for the first time

Pakistan’s DG Khan Cement Co (DGKCC) has announced that it will export 600,000t of low-alkali cement to the USA each year. This marks the first time Pakistan has exported cement to the USA, according to Farid Fazal, executive director, DGKCC.

The first consignment of 50,000t was dispatched in June 2022, with a second shipment of 37,500t leaving for Houston this month. The third delivery will leave for the US in February this year. Pakistan has become one of 25 countries exporting cement to the US, reports Business Recorder, and hopes to gain a 10-15 per cent share of the US market. 

DGKCC operates three cement plants in Pakistan, located at Dera Ghazi Khan, Kalar Kahar and Hub. Its latest state-of-the-art plant at Hub has a six-stage preheater, vertical grinding mill based on COPE drive system, and multiple chamber cement storage silos to store different products at the same time. It is from this plant that DGKCC is exporting the second shipload of low-alkali cement to the USA.

The company is also reportedly in talks with buyers in the UK, France and Germany with the aim of also entering the European market.