Argentina’s cement dispatch by Feb. is free falling
The the first two months of 2024, Argentina’s cement dispatch declined by -21.7% to 1.462 Mt. In January the decline has been -19.9%, while the decline in February has been -23.7%.
The the first two months of 2024, Argentina’s cement dispatch declined by -21.7% to 1.462 Mt. In January the decline has been -19.9%, while the decline in February has been -23.7%.
In 2024 Argentina’s cement dispatch started with a huge -20.0 % decline to 0.773 Mt, after 0.966 Mt last year. The decline is even higher than in the Corona year 2020, when the dispatch declined to -14.3%.
Argentina’s annual cement production in 2023 decline by -3.2% to 12.557 Mta, after 12.976 Mta in 2022 and 12.117 Mta in 2021. This corresponds to cement capacity consumption of 67.9% in 2023.
Argentina’s annual cement consumption in 2023 decline by -3.0% to 12.498 Mta, after 12.889 Mta in 2022 and 12.011 Mta in 2021. In 2023 this corresponds to cement consumption (PCC) of 269 kg per capita.
In Argentina, from January to November 2023, the cement dispatch declined by -2.5% to 11.741 Mt. However, after a 0.1% increase in October, in November the dispatch declined by -10.9% to 1.026 Mt, after 1.151 Mt in November last year.
From January to November 2023, the cement exports by Argentina declined by -41.0% to 0.049 Mt after 0.083 Mt in the same period last year. The exports become almost insignificant, although in November there has been a small recovery by…
From Jan. to Oct. 2023 in Argentina there has been a -1.6% YoY decline in the cement dispatch to 10.707 Mt after 10.884 Mt in the same period 2022. Up to now, largest monthly YoY declines were in July and…
In Argentina, in the first 9 month of 2023, the cement consumption declined by -1.8% to 9.581 Mt, while the YoY decline increased each quarter. In the 3.Q (July to September) the decline has been -5.5% from 3.601 Mt in…
In the first 8 month the decline in the cement dispatch in Argentina has been -0.9% to 8.461 Mt from the level of 8.535 Mt in the same period the year before. However, the cement consumption only declined by -0.5%…
The cement consumption is slightly up by +0.5% in the first half of 2023, when compared to the first half of 2022. The consumption amounted to 6.179 Mt in first half 2023, after 6.151 Mt in first half 2022.