In the first quarter (1.Q) of 2024, Japan’s cement exports significantly recovered by +25.4% to 1.859 Mt, after 1.482 Mt the same period last year. In March 2024, the recovery even has been +69.0%, YoY.
In Japan, in the first quarter of 2024, the cement production declined by -4.1% to 11.339 Mt, after 11.819 Mt in the same period last year. However, with a production of 4.214 Mt in March, for the first time after…
In the first two month of 2024, Japan’s cement exports significantly recovered by +4.8% to 1.053 Mt, after 1.005 Mt in the same period last year. February even saw a +19.5% YoY exports growth, while the January exports still declined…
In the first two month of the year, Japan’s cement production declined by -6.3% to 7.125 Mt, after 7.608 Mt in the same period last year. Anyhow, the situation slightly improved, with a February decline by -3.9% YoY and a…
Japan’s cement exports further declined in January 2024 to only 0.482 Mt, after still 0.848 Mt in 2022. This is a decline by 43.2% in just 2 years.
In January 2024, Japan produced 3.310 Mt of cement, which is a decline by -9.8%, when compared to January 2023. Accordingly, the negative trend in Japan cement production continues.
In Japan in the last two years, the cement exports nearly halved from 11.460 Mta 2021 to ‘only’ 6.478 Mta in 2023. Since 2021, in each year year there has been a 2-digit YoY decline, the massive minus of 32.3%…
In 2023, in Japan the annual cement production declined by -10.4% to 47.656 Mta, after 53.207 Mta in 2022 and 55.580 Mta in 2021. The cement capacity utilization declined from 78.2% in 2022 to 70.1% in 2023.
In Japan, the accumulated cement exports in the first 11 month 2023 declined by massive -34.4% to only 5.866 Mt Mt from 8.947 Mt in the same period last year. In November the exports only declined by -3.2% to 0.536…
In Japan, in the period from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement production declined by -10.9% to 43.441 Mt, after 48.739 Mt in the same period last year. In November the cement production declined by -8.0% YoY to 4.145…