Cement demand in Bolivia dropped 10.5 per cent to 332,833t in July 2026 from 371,762t in July 2025, according to the Bolivian institute for statistics, INE. This followed a 20.2 per cent drop in June, when demand fell to 244,646t from 306,714t in June 2025. 

In terms of regional demand, the country’s largest market, Cochabamba, saw 5.1 per cent YoY growth to 94,051t, while in Santa Cruz, which ranks second, volumes were down 7.9 per cent YoY to 91,906t. In La Paz cement consumption dropped 29.7 per cent YoY to 65,600t. The smaller but still significant market of Chuquisaca grew by 13.3 per cent YoY to 33,181Mt and in Oruro sales were up 50.9 per cent YoY to 19,520t. Off-take in Tarija was down 47.4 per cent YoY to 12,887t while in Potosí the drop was 24 per ent YoY to 9690t. In Beni deliveries dropped by 37.9 per cent to 4505t and in Pando, the country’s smallest market, deliveries were down 34.9 per cent YoY to 1493t. 

In the first seven months of 2026, demand was down 21.9 per cent YoY to 1.759Mt from 2.253Mt in the 7M25. This signals a slight improvement when taking into account the level of decline seen in the January-June 2026 period, when year-to-date demand fell 24.2 per cent YoY to 1.426Mt from 1.881Mt in the 6M25. 

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