In January 2004, monthly cement production fell by 28.9 per cent or 148,000t to 364,000t compared with December 2003.  In December 2003, cement production rose by 77.7 per cent compared with December 2002, to 512,000t  For the whole of 2003 cement production rose by 24.7 per cent to 8,916,000t compared to the year 2002.  More than 15 enterprises produce cement in Ukraine, and their total annual capacity is reported at more than 20Mt.