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Colombian cement market expands 9% in January

05 March 2020, Published under Cement News

Cement dispatches in Colombia increased by 8.5 per cent YoY to 995,400t in January 2020 from 917,100t in January 2019, according the country’s statistics office, DANE. Shipments to the retail segment advanced by 12.1 per cent YoY while construction companies and contractors increased their offtake by 3.9 per cent in 1M20. However, there was a decline in ready-mix companies and pre-manufactured products sales of 1.8 and 2.9 per cent, respectively. Sales of bagged cement in January 2020 in...

Colombian cement market expands 11% in December

05 February 2020, Published under Cement News

Colombian grey cement dispatches advanced 10.9 per cent to 1.079Mt in December 2019 from 0.973Mt a year earlier, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Output of grey cement in domestic plants increased 9.3 per cent YoY to 1.191Mt in December 2019 from 1.089Mt. Full-year 2019 In the January-December 2019 period domestic dispatches of grey cement rose by 4.2 per cent YoY to 12.515Mt, from 12.010Mt in 2018. Growth was particularly strong at retail level and in the ready-mix ...

Colombian cement dispatches up 2% in November

03 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Domestic dispatches in Colombia edged up 1.8 per cent to 1.083Mt in November 2019 from 1.065Mt in November 2018, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Colombian cement plants produced 1.113Mt of cement in November 2019, up 1.7 per cent when compared with 1.094Mt in November 2018. January-November 2019 Between January and November 2019, cement dispatches totalled 11.436Mt, which represents a 3.6 per cent rise when compared with the year-ago period, when dispatches reached 11...

Colombian dispatches up 3% in October

04 December 2019, Published under Cement News

Colombia’s cement market expanded by 2.6 per cent to 1.111Mt in October 2019 when compared with 1.083Mt in October 2018, according to the country’s national statistics office, DANE. The increase in dispatches has been attributed to a 34 per cent rise of offtake in the prefabricated segment while a 1.4 per cent rise was reported in the retail sector. Antioquia reported an 8.4 per cent upswing in sales while Santander sales were up 19.4 per cent. The smaller markets of Casanare, Tolima and C...

Colombian dispatches up 5% in September

05 November 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement dispatches in Colombia increased 4.6 per cent YoY to 1.078Mt in September 2019 when compared with 1.031Mt in September 2018, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. While bulk sales picked up by 1.2 per cent, bagged sales rose by 6.3 per cent. Cement production by Colombian cement plants edged up one per cent to 1.094Mt in September 2019 from 1.083Mt in the year-ago period. January-September 2019 In the first nine months of 2019, the domestic market has expanded by fo...

Colombian cement market expands 12% in July

10 September 2019, Published under Cement News

Colombia’s cement consumption increased 12.4 per cent YoY in July 2019 to 1.113Mt, reports the country’s statistics office, DANE. Domestic cement production increased 9.5 per cent YoY in July 2019 to 1.118Mt. Building companies and contractors increased their offtake by 15.8 per cent YoY while sales in the retail sector rose by 12.4 per cent. Sales to ready-mix concrete companies increased by 9.5 per cent. Sales in the key market of Antioquia were up 15.2 per cent YoY in July while in Val...

Colombian market expands 4% in June

08 August 2019, Published under Cement News

Domestic dispatches in Colombia advanced by 3.8 per cent from 0.943Mt in June 2018 to 0.979Mt in June 2019, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. Bolívar and Meta saw deliveries rise by 31-32 per cent YoY, while Valle del Cauca’s market expanded by 25.1 per cent. Casanare noted 12.6 per cent higher sales and both Antioquia and Santander saw dispatches up by 8.2 per cent when compared with June 2018. Smaller gains were noted by Córdoba (7.9 per cent), Huila (5.8 per cent), Ces...

Colombian cement market expands 7% in May

02 July 2019, Published under Cement News

Grey cement dispatches in Colombia advanced by 7.2 per cent to 1.055Mt in May 2019 when compared with May 2018, when domestic dispatches were 0.984Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Grey cement production increased by 11.1 per cent YoY to 1.119Mt in May 2019. In May 2018 output reached 1.007Mt. January-May 2019 In the first five months of 2019 around 4.989Mt of grey cement was supplied to the Colombian market, which expanded by 2.6 per cent when compared with the 5...

Colombian cement market contracts 4% in April

31 May 2019, Published under Cement News

National cement dispatches in Colombia declined 3.9 per cent YoY to 0.991Mt in April 2019 from 1.031Mt in April 2018, according to the country’s national statistics office, DANE. The market of Magdalena noted the largest contraction at 21.6 per cent, followed by Atlántico (-13.5 per cent), Córdoba (-12.6 per cent) and Cundinamarca (-11.1 per cent). Sales in Bogotá declined by 4.9 per cent and in Valle del Cauca they were 5.7 per cent down YoY. Casanare reported a 17.5 per cent advance in o...

Colombian cement market advances 7% in March

01 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Grey cement production in Colombia increased seven per cent YoY to 1.14Mt in March 2019, according to the latest data by the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total, 1.044Mt was dispatched within the domestic market, an advance of 6.6 per cent when compared with March 2018. In regional terms, growth was particularly strong in Casanare (+38.6 per cent), Bolivar (+28 per cent) and Meta (+27.6 per cent) while Cesar, Boyacá, Huila and Risaralda all saw significant growth between 15-17...