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Pakistan's cement industry saw a mixed export revenue trend in 9MFY22-23 and March

25 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry saw a negative trend in export revenue on the back of a range of factors, including a slowdown in economic activity in Pakistan and overseas. According to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), in the 9MFY22-23 the cement industry earned US$135.439m by exporting 2.91Mt of cement and clinker, compared with US$199.372m from 5.23Mt exports in the 9MFY21-22. This shows that exports slid by 32.1 per cent in value, and volumes were down by 44.4 per cent. In lo...

Pakistan cement earns US$117.69m during the 8MFY22-23

21 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry constantly saw a negative to mixed export revenue trend in the 8MFY22-23 (July 2022-February 2023), according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). The country's political and continued economic uncertainty, high business costs and cooling world economy have impacted overseas and local dispatches. Overall, a delay in loan disbursement also hurt the sentiments of cement and other industries. BMA Capital Management Ltd adds that it has been a challengi...

Pakistan cement industry's exports fall in 7MFY22-23

21 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s cement industry saw a negative export revenue trend on overseas dispatches in the 7MFY22-23 (July-January 2023), according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). During the 7MFY22-23, the cement industry earned US$100.63m by exporting 2.061Mt of cement and clinker, compared with US$160.92m from 4.315Mt exports in the 7MFY21-22. As a result, exports plummeted by 37.5 per cent in value, and volumes were down by 52.2 per cent. In local currency terms, export sales rece...

Domestic dispatches rise and exports fall in January

06 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's total cement industry dispatches increased by 1.2 per cent in January 2023 to 4.01Mt from 3.96Mt dispatched during the same month of last fiscal year. Local cement dispatches advanced by 5.2 per cent YoY to 3.587Mt in January 2023 from 3.409Mt in January 2022. However, exports dispatches declined by 24.1 per cent as volumes fell from 551,006t in January 2022 to 418,067t in January 2023, says the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Moving forward, the manage...

DTI imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on Vietnam exporters

30 December 2022, Published under Cement News

The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) welcomed the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties against cement imports from Vietnam, according to a report in the Manila Bulletin. In a statement, CeMAP reiterated its view that there is sufficient domestic capacity to serve local demand for cement. It claimed that even without cement imports, the domestic industry is highly competitive with 14 integrated cement plants operating in the country, with further capacity...

CEMBUREAU welcomes ETS and CBAM agreements

20 December 2022, Published under Cement News

CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, welcomed the trilogue agreements struck by EU negotiators on the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).  “The agreements on CBAM and ETS are essential to create a global level playing field on CO 2 and support our sector in its transition to carbon neutrality. It is positive that the EU institutions strengthened some key aspects of CBAM”, commented Koen Coppenholle, CEO of CEMBUREAU.  “We howev...

Cement exports and production fall during 5MFY23 and 4MFY23

19 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry export revenue in the first five months of FY22-23 (July-November 2022) drastically fell on account of value and volumes, leading to reduced export earnings on YoY and MoM basis, according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). The production also contracted during the first four months of the current financial year. During the 5MFY22-23, the cement industry earned US$76.87m by exporting 1.547Mt of cement and clinker, compared with US$115.99m from ...

Pakistan cement dispatches contract in November and 5MFY23

06 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry has recorded a YoY contraction of 16.82 per cent during November and 21.78 per cent in five months (July – November 2022) of the current FY2022-23. Cement dispatches/sales were disrupted due to a host of factors, including increased fuel prices, overall economic slowdown, flood impacts in the southern region, political unrest and multiple hikes in interest rates. The government increased interest rates last week by one per cent to 16 per cent. This will also dent...

Bangladesh earns cement revenue of US$2.77m in 4MFY23

15 November 2022, Published under Cement News

During the first four months (July and October) of FY22-23 (July-June), Bangladesh exported cement worth US$2.77m compared to US$2.44m in the same four months last year. This translated to a growth of 15.42 per cent but was down on forecast (-16.06 per cent ) to reach the target of US$3.3m set for these months of the ongoing fiscal year. The figure also includes a minor amount of salt, stone and related products, says the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. Bangladesh has set a...

Indonesian cement and clinker exports decrease 36% in June

29 August 2022, Published under Cement News

Total exports from Indonesia declined by 35.5 per cent in June 2022 as the country’s cement producers supplied 665,760t of cement and clinker to overseas destinations, according to the Indonesian cement association, ASI. In June 2021 exports reached 1,032,486t. Cement exports slipped by 2.1 per cent to 115,455t in June 2022 from 117,960t in June 2021 while clinker exports decreased by 39.8 per cent to 550,305t from 914,526 over the same period. January-June 2022 In the first six months ...