The Cement Manufacturers Association(CMA) said India's total cement sales were 9.84Mt in the month of December, 2003, up 3.5 per cent from 9.51Mt a year ago. Total cement output was 9.96Mt in the period under review, up 3.9 per cement from 9.59Mt a year ago. Cement sales in December rose 9.4 per cent over November, while output was up 6.3 per cent during the period.  For the April-December period, total cement sales was at 84.84Mt, up 4.26 per cent, from 81.37Mt in the corresponding period last year.  Total cement output rose 4.31 per cent during the first ten months of 2003-04 to 85.11Mt, from 81.59Mt last year.