Figures released by DANE reveal that dispatches of grey cement increased by 10% y/y in Colombia in December 2014, reaching 996 000 t. On a regional basis, the biggest increases were in Bolívar (22.7%), Nariño (71.4%), Antioquia (7.1%), Cundinamarca (10.9%), Magdalena (32.4%), Santander (12%), Cesar (29.1%), Bogotá (4.2%) and Valle del Cauca (6.5%).
During the month, production volumes came in at around 1.142 million t, up 12.2% y/y.
Full-year 2014
Production volumes totalled approximately 12.397 million t in 2014, 10.2% higher than in 2013. Meanwhile, domestic dispatches improved by 10.3% y/y to 11.983 million t. Increases were seen in 20 of the 21 regions analysed by DANE.
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in November 2014 were 6.5 million t, essentially unchanged from the level in November 2013.