Gujarat Ambuja cement has recorded a 11 per cent rise in cement despatches at 1.254Mt in December 2004 against 1.123Mt registered in the same month a year ago. Gujarat Ambuja said in a statement, the despatches for the period July-December 2004 grew 15 per cent to 7.031Mt  from 6.086Mt in the corresponding period a year earlier. The company’s production grew by 14 per cent last month at 1.263Mt compared to 1.107Mt in the same period last year. Prodcution of the July-December 2004 has recorded a 16 per cent growth at 7.045Mt against 6.075Mt  in the year-ago period, said the statement.