Argentina records 6% fall in dispatches for August

Argentina has recorded a 5.8 per cent YoY decrease in cement dispatches to 1.052Mt for August 2019, compared with 1.117Mt in the year-ago period. Domestic dispatches fell to 1.047Mt from 1.113Mt, while exports declined to 4230t from 4611t in August 2018.

The country’s demand was met by domestic production and as such, no imports were recorded for the month.