Cement consumption and production growth in Colombia

Grey cement production improved by 15.9% y/y in Colombia in April 2014. According to DANE, production levels reached around 1.03 million t during the month, while domestic sales increased by 4.3% y/y to 957 000 t. Cement dispatches improved in Huila (18%), Bolívar (10.3%), Antioquia (6.5%) and North Santander (35.3%). However, they declined by 30.1% in Córdoba.

In January – April 2014, production grew to 3.84 million t, up 11.8% y/y. Domestic dispatches in the first four months of this year came in at approximately 3.74 million t, 11.6% higher than in the corresponding period in 2013.

Over the last 12 months to April 2014, production levels rose by 8.1% y/y and national dispatches by 7.8% y/y, reaching 11.66 million t and 11.25 million t, respectively. Dispatches of grey cement increased in 15 of the 21 regions analysed, including Antioquia, Cundinamarca, North Santander, Bolívar and Valle del Cauca.

Adapted from press release by Louise Fordham

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