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Colombian cement dispatches decline 8% in June

09 August 2023, Published under Cement News

Colombia cement dispatches were down 7.5 per cent to 1.033Mt in June 2023 when compared with 1.117Mt in June 2022, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Output from domestic producers fell 6.1 per cent YoY to 1.117Mt in June 2023 when compared with 1.189Mt ion June 2022. First half of 2023 In the January-June 2023 period consumption declined by 5.1 per cent YoY to 6.297Mt from 6.638Mt in the first half of 2022. Domestic production decreased by four per cent YoY to 6.886M...

Colombian cement consumption up 2% in May

11 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Colombia’s cement market expanded by 2.1 per cent YoY to 1.126Mt in May 2023 from 1.104Mt in May 2022, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. Sales to ready-mix concrete companies were up 5.8 per cent YoY while retail sales increased by 5.3 per cent YoY in May 2023. However, off-take by construction companies and contractors declined by 12.6 per cent in May 2023 when compared with the year-ago period. Domestic cement production slipped by 1.1 per cent to 1.237Mt in may 2023 w...

Colombian grey cement market contracts 9% in April

07 June 2023, Published under Cement News

Grey cement dispatches in Colombia declined 9.3 per cent YoY to 0.987Mt in April 2023 from 1.089Mt in April 2022, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bulk cement sales were down 5.6 per cent YoY while bagged sales saw an 11.1 per cent drop. Construction companies and contractors represented the largest contraction, by 19.9 per cent YoY, followed by the retail sector, where sales were down 9.1 per cent. Ready-mix concrete companies reduced their off take by 2.4 per cent YoY. ...

Colombian cement consumption declines 8% in March

03 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Cement dispatches in Colombia fell 7.5 per cent YoY to 1.163Mt in March 2023 from 1.257Mt in March 2022, according to national statistics agency, DANE. While deliveries of bulk cement edged up by 0.8. per cent YoY, reflecting 3.5 per cent growth in the ready-mix concrete segment market in March 2023, bagged cement sales were down 11.2 per cent yoY as construction companies and contractors reported a 13.6 per cent contraction and the off-take by the retail sector dropped by 11.5 per cent wh...

Cement demand in Colombia falls 4% in February

04 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Cement consumption in Colombia fell by 4.4 per cent YoY to 1.058Mt in February 2023 from 1.107Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total, bagged cement sales showed a 7.1 per cent fall, but bulk sales were up by 1.3 per cent YoY. Sales to construction companies and contractors contracted by 14.1 per cent while the retail sector saw a six per cent reduction in offtake. Ready-mix concrete company sales increased by 3.6 per cent YoY. Colombian cement producers dis...

Colombia's cement market contracts 4% in January

08 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Colombian cement dispatches declined 3.5 per cent to 0.93Mt in January 2023 from 0.964Mt in January 2022, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. When compared with January 2019 cement demand increased 1.4 per cent from 0.917Mt. The 3.5 per cent drop in dispatches was driven by the contraction in Antioquia (-9 per cent) and Nariño (-64.9 per cent). While bulk dispatches remained stable, bagged cement sales fell by five per cent YoY in January 2023. Bulk sales growth of 14.3 p...

Colombian cement market expands 4% in 2022

02 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Grey cement dispatches in Colombia slipped 1.1 per cent YoY to 1.122Mt in December 2022 from 1.135Mt in December 2021, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bagged cement sales in December 2021 were down by 2.9 per cent YoY but this was offset by a 2.9 per cent increase in bulk sales. The 12.5 per cent YoY increase to ready-mix cement companies was unable to offset the decline in other market segments in December 2022. Sales to construction companies and contractors dropped b...

Colombian cement market contracts 4% in November

03 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Grey cement consumption in Colombia declined by 4.2 per cent in November 2022 to 1.118Mt from 1.167Mt in November 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. While bulk dispatches increased by 3.7 per cent, bagged cement deliveries were down 7.7 per cent YoY in November 2022. Sales to the ready-mix concrete sector increased by 19.4 per cent YoY while retail sales were up by 1.2 per cent YoY in November 2022. However, construction companies and contractors reduced their off tak...

Colombia’s cement dispatches up 5% in 10M22

14 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement dispatches in the Colombian market decreased by 2.4 per cent to 1.123Mt in October 2022 from 1.15Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total bulk sales saw a 4.3 per cent increase but bagged cement sales were down by 5.4 per cent YoY in October 2022. Sales to ready-mix companies increased by 9.9 per cent YoY in November 2022, but the off-take by construction companies and contractors, and the retail sector declined by 7.7 and 5.4 per...

Colombian cement market expands 2% in September

07 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement dispatches in Colombia increased 2.1 per cent YoY to 1.188Mt in September 2022 when compared with September 2021, when 1.164Mt of cement were dispatched, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. When compared with September 2019, dispatches increased 10.2 per cent. Of this total, bulk sales were up 9.3 per cent while bagged cement sales posted a 1.3 per cent decline. Dispatches to ready-mix concrete suppliers increased 14.9 per cent but construction companies and contract...