The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction (MoC) has estimated that the country’s cement exports will rise 43 per cent YoY to 2.2Mt in September. The country’s exports from Jan-Sept 2018 are estimated to have reached 23.28Mt, already surpassing the full-year target set by the MoC of 18-19Mt.

The country’s cement producers have recorded a cement sales volume of 72.82Mt for the year-to-date period, an increase of 38 per cent YoY, reaching 85 per cent of the full-year target. Domestic consumption came in at 49.54Mt.