Cement News tagged under: Dane
Colombia’s cement dispatches stable in July03 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsGrey cement dispatches in Colombia remained stable at 1.051Mt in July 2024, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bulk dispatches expanded by 1.9 per cent YoY, but sales of bagged cement were down 1.1 per cent when compared with the equivalent period of the previous year. Deliveries to ready-mix concrete suppliers saw a 3.4 per cent YoY drop in July 2024, but the off-take by construction companies and contractors was up 1.5 per cent YoY. Sales to the retail sector saw a 2.6 p... |
Colombia’s cement market contracts 9% in June 202405 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsGrey cement dispatches in Colombia fell 8.7 per cent YoY to 943,500t in June 2024 from 1.033Mt in June 2023, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bulk deliveries fell by 9.2 per cent YoY while bagged cement deliveries were down by 8.4 per cent. There was an 11.8 per cent YoY decline in purchases by ready-mix cement companies while supplies to construction companies and contractors fell by 11.1 per cent YoY in June 2024. The off-take by the retail sector decreased by four per... |
Colombia’s cement shipments fall 11% in May04 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia declined 10.9 per cent to 1.003Mt in May 2024 from 1.126Mt in May 2023, according to statistics agency DANE. Production was down 11.6 per cent YoY to 1.094Mt in May 2024 from 1.237Mt in the year-ago period. The market contraction was larger in the bagged cement segment, where sales were down 12 per cent. Bulk deliveries fell by 8.8 per cent YoY. In terms of market segments, the retail sector reported a 9.2 per cent YoY decrease while construction companies and... |
Colombian cement market expands 9% in April04 June 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia increased by 8.7 per cent YoY to 1.073Mt in April 2024 from 0.988Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Bagged cement sales saw a 10.5 per cent YoY uptick, reflecting a 13.8 per cent expansion of the retail segment. Bulk sales were up 5.1 per cent YoY as concrete companies increased their off-take by 6.1 per cent, and sales to construction companies and contractors edged up by two per cent. On the supply side, production by Colombian cement ... |
Colombian market contracts 19% in March16 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia fell 19.1 per cent YoY to 0.941Mt in March 2024 from 1.163Mt in March 2023, according to the nation’s statistics office, DANE. Bagged cement sales decreased by 20.2 per cent YoY while bulk cement sales were down 16.8 per cent YoY in March 2024. The retail sector saw the largest contraction by 9.1 per YoY, followed by the construction companies and contractors segment (-4.2 per cent) and ready-mix concrete companies (-3.9 per cent). Other markets saw sales slip ... |
Colombian cement market contracts 4% in January06 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia declined 4.2 per cent YoY to 0.891Mt in January 2024 when compared with 0.93Mt dispatched in January 2023, reports the country’s statistics office, DANE. The decrease was attributed by DANE to a drop in sales in Norte de Santander (-38.9 per cent YoY), Valle del Cauca (-11.7 per cent) and Atlántico (-12.4 per cent). Bagged cement sales declined by six per cent YoY with decreases in dispatches in Norte de Santander (-32.9 per cent), Valle del Cauca (-13.2 per c... |
Colombian cement dispatches fall to 12.9Mt in 202307 February 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia slipped by 2.6 per cent to 1.093Mt in December 2023 from 1.122Mt in December 2022, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Of this total, bulk deliveries declined by 5.2 per cent while bagged cement dispatches were down 1.4 per cent. While retail sales increased 2.5 per cent YoY in December 2023, ready-mix concrete companies and the construction and contractor segment reduced their off take by eight and 11.9 per cent, respectively. Output from do... |
Colombia's cement market contracts 1% in November03 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia fell by 1.3 per cent YoY to 1.103Mt in November 2023 from 1.118Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total, the retail sector reported a 2.5 per cent uptick, but ready-mix concrete companies reduced their off take by 4.2 per cent, and deliveries to construction companies and contractors were down by 6.1 per cent YoY. Bulk dispatches decreased by 3.7 per cent YoY while bagged cement deliveries slipped by 0.2 per ... |
Colombia's cement market contracts 1% in October08 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Colombia slipped 0.8 per cent YoY to 1.114Mt in October 2023 from 1.123Mt in October 2022, reported the country's statistics office, DANE. Of the total October 2023 dispatches, deliveries to construction companies and contractors were down seven per cent YoY, while ready-mix concrete companies reduced their off-take by 3.9 per cent. However, sales to the retail segment picked up by 2.6 per cent YoY. This was also reflected in a 0.6 per cent uptick in bagged sales while... |
Colombia’s cement demand decreases 5% in September08 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Colombia declined 4.9 per cent to 1.131Mt in September 2023 from 1.19Mt in September 2022, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. The Valle del Cauca market saw the largest contraction, by 18.8 per cent YoY, followed by Norte de Santander (-16.5 per cent), Caldas (-13.7 per cent) and Colima (-13.4 per cent). Meta, ear and Sucre were the only markets that showed growth – by 4.1, 2.1 and one per cent, respectively, in September 2023. Sales in the capital ma... |