In Peru, in the first 2 months of 2024 the cement production declined by -3.0% to 1.742 Mt, after 1.796 Mt in the same period last year. However, the huge decline from last year has not continued.
In Peru, in the first two months of the year the cement trade declined significantly. While the exports declined by -23.1% to 20 kt, imports declined by -35.2% to 35 kt.
In 2023, El Salvador’s cement consumption increased by +2.0% to 1.792 Mta, after 1.756 Mta in 2022. The quarterly data for the cement consumption in 4Q. has been almost constant YoY, after the decline in 3.Q. The per capita cement…
In 2023, in Panama the cement exports declined by -22.9% to 0.159 Mta. While in the first 3 quarters of the year, still the YoY decline has been moderate, in the 4.Q the decline decreased to -62.9% YoY.
In 2023, in Panama the cement production increased by +0.5% to 1.370 Mta. However, the production declined steadily from the 2.Q and the growth rate declined each quarter. The cement capacity utilization increased to 47.2%.
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%.
After a YoY decline in the cement dispatch in January by -2.4%, in February the dispatch in Brazil increased in by +3.9% YoY to 4.624 Mt, which results in a plus of 0.6% in the accumulated data for the first…
In 2023, in Mexico the annual cement production by the integrated cement plants increased by +1.3% to 41.488 Mta. The production data from the integrated plants cab be used as a benchmark for Mexico’s total cement production. There has been…
Colombia’s local cement dispatch has been this January with 0.891 Mt-4.2% lower than in January last year with 0.930 Mt. This is now the 3rd year that the January dispatch is declining.
Colombia started into the new year with a minus of -4,4% in the cement production with 1.001 Mt after 1.048 Mt in January 2023. The minus is the result of a lower cement demand in January.