Mexican prices see slight increase

During May, cement prices in Mexico and the United States showed a slight increase.

Grupo Financiero Banamex said that according to its latest survey, the average regional retail price in the country reached up to MXP123/50kg.

However, he noted that price adjustments across the country were varied. "The price change was mixed, as for example in Monterrey and Guadalajara prices rose two per cent in Mexico City was an increase of one percentage point, in Aguascalientes, Tijuana and Chihuahua prices remained unchanged and in Merida registered a decline of one per cent,” he said. (Abstracted from El Porvenir, Mexico)