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Argentina’s cement demands fall 11% in June

Jul, 04, 2019 Posted by datamarnews

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The Argentine cement market fell 11.4% compared to the same period last year, to 860,631m tons in June, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. Domestic demand was fully met by cement producers in Argentina, which produced 863,924 tons of cement during the month.

Regarding foreign trade, unlike June 2018, when 2,302 tons were imported, there was no cement imports in June 2019. However, the country’s cement companies exported 3,293 tons of cement in June 2019, but the volume fell compared to June 2018, when the volume exported was 5,067 tons.

Accumulated 2019

In the first six months of 2019, cement consumption in Latin American countries fell 6.4% to 5,511m tons from 5,889m tons in the first six months of 2018, with all the volume being supplied by local manufacturers.

In addition, cement exports increased from 38,825 tons in the first half of 2018 to 49,839 tons in the equivalent period this year.

Source: Cement News

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