{"id":93267,"date":"2023-04-04T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=93267"},"modified":"2023-04-04T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:11:14","slug":"cement-imports-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-imports-sales.html","title":{"rendered":"APCMA reports 48% rise in cement imports, 24% drop in sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) released a report revealing that cement exports witnessed a boost of 48.46% as the export volume hiked to 438,433 tonnes in March 2023 against 295,321 tonnes in March 2022, according to news published on April 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/apcma-drop-cement-demand-feb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APCMA records drop in cement demand during February, shares statistics<\/a><br>As per the report, the total cement sales in March 2023 stood at 3.795 million tonnes against sales of 5 million tonnes recorded in March 2022 \u2013 which shows a decline of 24%. The local cement sales by the industry were recorded at 3.356 million tonnes as compared to 4.710 million tonnes sold in March last year, which shows a decline of 28.75%.<br>During March 22023, the north-base cement plants sold 2.82 million tonnes of cement, with a decline of 28.22% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. Similarly, the South-based plants sold 374,467 tonnes of cement in March 2023, with a 9.48% decline as compared to figures recorded in March 2022. In the local market, the North and South-based cement mills witnessed a 29.33% and 26.14% decline (respectively) in March 2023, as compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-sector-registers-growth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cement sector registers mild growth in Jan 23<\/a><br>The report mentioned that exports from Northern mills hiked by 24.63% and that of Southern mills hiked by 57.40% in March 2023, as compared to March 2022. An APCMA spokesperson associated the dip in sales with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-prices-steel-rise-low-activity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">construction activities<\/a> in the northern and southern regions being slowed down. He said the turmoil in the economic situation is affecting the construction and allied industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) released a report revealing that cement exports witnessed a boost of 48.46% as the export volume hiked to 438,433 tonnes in March 2023 against 295,321 tonnes in March 2022, according to news published on April 3. Read: APCMA records drop in cement demand during February, shares statisticsAs per the report, the total cement sales in March 2023 stood at 3.795 million tonnes against sales of 5 million tonnes recorded in March 2022 \u2013 which shows a decline of 24%. The local cement sales by the industry were recorded at 3.356 million tonnes as compared to 4.710 million tonnes sold in March last year, which shows a decline of 28.75%.During March 22023, the north-base cement plants sold 2.82 million tonnes of cement, with a decline of 28.22% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. Similarly, the South-based plants sold 374,467 tonnes of cement in March 2023, with a 9.48% decline as compared to figures recorded in March 2022. In the local market, the North and South-based cement mills witnessed a 29.33% and 26.14% decline (respectively) in March 2023, as compared to the same period last year. Read: Cement sector registers mild growth in Jan 23The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,15016],"tags":[56820],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-93267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-construction","category-new-developments","tag-apcma-reports-48-rise-in-cement-imports","cat-15013-id","cat-15016-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APCMA reports 48% rise in cement imports - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As per the report, the total cement sales in March 2023 stood at 3.795 million tonnes against sales of 5 million tonnes recorded in March 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-imports-sales.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APCMA reports 48% rise in cement imports - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As per the report, the total cement sales in March 2023 stood at 3.795 million tonnes against sales of 5 million tonnes recorded in March 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cement-imports-sales.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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