Staff Reporter
Karachi
The domestic cement despatches in the first five months of this fiscal reached 16.854 million tons posting a positive growth of 2.91 percent while exports reached 3.608 million tons depicting a growth of 21.46 percent.
Overall cement despatches grew by 5.76 percent to 20.462 million tons. In November 2019, cement industry despatched 3.538 million tons in domestic market, depicting a growth of 5.11 percent while export dispatches were 0.808 million tons showing a growth of 43.53 percent. Overall cement dispatches grew by 10.61 percent to 4.346 million tons.
The cement mills based in the northern part of the country despatched 3.241 million tons while south based cement mills dispatched 1.105 million tons clinker and cement. The domestic consumption in the North amounted to 2.976 million tons while 0.264 million tons of cement was exported.
