According to Al-Riyadh newspaper, market sources reported that the total cement exports of the eight operating cement manufacturing companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia increased slightly to 1.6Mt in 2005, up from 1.5Mt in the previous year.

Market sources also reported that the total clinker exports of the eight operating cement manufacturing companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decreased to 74,000t in 2005, down from 218,000t in the previous year.