ISLAMABAD – According to data released by the All Pakistan Cement ManufacturersAssociation (Apcma), cement export has registered a healthy growth of 12.66%.While during the first two months of the fiscal year, the domestic demandsaw a decline of 5.50%.
The export in July 2019 was 0.53 million tons, registering a nominal 2%increase as compared to the corresponding month of last year, which was0.52 million tons. While exports increased from 0.56 million tons in August2018 to 0.68 million tons in August 2019, registering a rise of 22.67%.
However, the overall dispatches in August 2019 declined by 3.55% from 3.46million tons in August 2018 to 3.33 million tons in August 2019.
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During the first month of the fiscal year (July), the domestic demanddecreased by 2.55 percent, from 3.04 million tons in July 2018 to 2.97million tons in July 2019. Whilst in August 2019, the domestic sales stoodat 2.66 million tons which decreased by 8.58 percent as compared to 2.90million tons in August 2018.
