Peru’s cement deliveries fell by 2.4 per cent to 0.991Mt in January 2025 from 1.015Mt in January 2024, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total, association members dispatched 0.893Mt, down 4.8 per cent YoY from 0.938Mt in January 2024.
Cement production declined by 6.1 per cent YoY to 0.867Mt in January 2025 from 0.924Mt in the equivalent period of the previous year. Clinker production dropped 30 per cent YoY to 0.599Mt from 0.857Mt over the same period.
External trade
Approximately 1.6 per cent was shaved off cement exports, which declined to 10,200t from 10,400t in the first month of January 2024. In contrast, clinker exports were up 122 per cent to 73,600t when compared with 33,100t in January 2024.
Cement imports saw a 63 per cent surge to 50,000t in January 2025 from 31,000t in the previous year’s equivalent period. Approximately 90 per cent of imports originated in Vietnam, six per cent from Chile and four per cent from Bolivia. The average CIF import price at the Tacna land terminal slipped by one per cent to US$126/t while in Desaguadero the price was US$96/t. In the port of Chancery, the average CIF import price was US$69/t.
Clinker imports were down 29 per cent YoY to 44,000t from 62,000t in January 2024. All imports were shipped from South Korea and entered Peru via the port of Callao. The average CIF import price fell 21 per cent YoY to US$49/t in January 2025.
