US full-year shipments reach 82Mt – preliminary data

Total shipments of blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in 2013 including imports reached 82Mt, preliminary data from the USGS show.

Domestic shipments were 75.624Mt while imports amounted to 6.383Mt.

In December 2013, total shipments were 5.146Mt, comprising 4.756Mt of domestic deliveries and 390,188t of imports.