{"id":61116,"date":"2020-02-14T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61116"},"modified":"2020-02-14T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:38:52","slug":"cement-sales-surge-fy-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-sales-surge-fy-2020.html","title":{"rendered":"Cement domestic sales surge to 23.638 million tonnes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Cement sales in Pakistan increased in the first seven months of the Fiscal Year 2020 (7MFY20) as compared to the same time period last year, according to a news source. The country\u2019s domestic cement despatches appreciated by 3.86%, from 22.759 million tonnes to 23.638 million tonnes, while exports increased by 25.23%, from 4.141 million tonnes to 5.148 million tonnes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/psdp-cuts-result-lowered-cement-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PSDP cuts result in lowered cement prices (opens in a new tab)\">PSDP cuts result in lowered cement prices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This amounted to overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-sales-appreciate-by-6-5-in-h1-fy-2019-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"cement sales (opens in a new tab)\">cement sales<\/a> going up by 7.15%, from 26.9 million tonnes to 28.824 million tonnes. The Southern mills\u2019 performance particularly stood out, as their exports soared by 46.18%, from 2.448 million tonnes to 3.579 million tonnes. However, their local despatches depreciated by 26%, from 4.798 million tonnes to 3.548 million tonnes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) also released figures regarding the Northern mills. These mills despatched 20.09 million tonnes locally, which saw an improvement of 11.85% as compared to the last year, while their exports went down by 5.08%, from 1.692 million tonnes to 1.606 million tonnes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/authority-for-infrastructure-enhancement-via-private-partnership-on-the-cards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Authority for infrastructure enhancement via private partnership on the cards (opens in a new tab)\">Authority for infrastructure enhancement via private partnership on the cards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An APCMA spokesperson stated that the current exports volume\npresented an encouraging situation, but the domestic despatches being low was\nworrying. He added that promoting local housing schemes and construction activities\nwould bring new jobs to Pakistan and help improve the cement sector as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Cement sales in Pakistan increased in the first seven months of the Fiscal Year 2020 (7MFY20) as compared to the same time period last year, according to a news source. The country\u2019s domestic cement despatches appreciated by 3.86%, from 22.759 million tonnes to 23.638 million tonnes, while exports increased by 25.23%, from 4.141 million tonnes to 5.148 million tonnes. Read: PSDP cuts result in lowered cement prices This amounted to overall cement sales going up by 7.15%, from 26.9 million tonnes to 28.824 million tonnes. The Southern mills\u2019 performance particularly stood out, as their exports soared by 46.18%, from 2.448 million tonnes to 3.579 million tonnes. However, their local despatches depreciated by 26%, from 4.798 million tonnes to 3.548 million tonnes. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) also released figures regarding the Northern mills. These mills despatched 20.09 million tonnes locally, which saw an improvement of 11.85% as compared to the last year, while their exports went down by 5.08%, from 1.692 million tonnes to 1.606 million tonnes. Read: Authority for infrastructure enhancement via private partnership on the cards An APCMA spokesperson stated that the current exports volume presented an encouraging situation, but the domestic despatches being low&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":61117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[19290],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-cement-domestic-sales-in-pakistan","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cement sales improved in the first seven months of FY 20!- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cement despatches, both local and domestic, went up in the first seven months of FY20. 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