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Argentina: Cement despatches rose by 28% year-on-year to 844,000t in April 2025, compared to 661,319t in April 2024, according to data from the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland (AFCP). Total despatches for the first four months of 2025 reached 3.18Mt, up by 15% year-on-year from 2.76Mt in the previous corresponding period.

Domestic consumption, including imports, rose by 28% year-on-year to 837,000t in April 2025, from 655,000t in April 2024. Total consumption increased by 15% to 3.14Mt for the first four months of 2025.

Argentina: Cement despatches in the first three months of 2025 reached 2.3Mt, up by 11% from the same period in 2024. In March 2025, despatches rose by 17% year-on-year and by 1% month-on-month from 0.63Mt and 0.73Mt respectively. The country exported 7791t of cement in March 2025, bringing the year-to-date total for exports to 24,971t. Argentina imported 61t in March 2025 and 618t so far in 2025.

Argentina: Cement production reached 0.74Mt in February 2025, up by 9% from 0.68Mt in February 2024, according to the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland. Of this, exports contributed 8855t, from 5384t in February 2024, representing an increase of 64% year-on-year. Domestic cement consumption stood at 0.73Mt, an 8% rise from 0.68Mt in the same month of 2024. Of this, imports contributed 212t, a fall of 76% from 919t in February 2024. ​

Argentina: Cement despatches rose by 9% year-on-year to 0.84Mt in January 2025, the Association of Portland Cement Manufacturers (AFCP) has reported. This marks the first increase following 21 consecutive months of decline. The country recorded its lowest volume of cement despatches in 15 years in 2024 due to government capital expenditure cuts. In December 2024, despatches fell by 5% year-on-year, following 12 months of declines exceeding 40%.

Argentina: Cement despatches dropped by 24% year-on-year to 9.56Mt in 2024, the lowest annual level reported since 2009, according to the Association of Portland Cement Manufacturers. Total dispatches in 2024 reached 9.5Mt, 24% lower compared to 2023 when dispatches were 12.5Mt. Dispatches in December 2024 showed the lowest yearly percentage decline, falling by 5% year-on-year to 0.77Mt, 12% less than was recorded in November 2024. This marks 21 consecutive months of declines. The declines recorded from December 2023 coincide with the decision announced by President Javier Milei to end the execution of public works by the national government.

Argentina: Cement shipments remained below pandemic and pre-pandemic levels in October 2024, which marked the sixth decline so far in 2024, according to Clarion newspaper. October 2024 saw shipments down by 20% year-on-year and 1.1% month-on-month, according to the Portland Cement Manufacturing Association (AFCP). In October 2024, sales dropped to 907,421t. 7.9Mt of cement was sold in the first 10 months of 2024 compared to 10.7Mt in the same period in 2023. Consumption also suffered a year-on-year decrease of 20% ​​and a monthly decline of 1.3%. The industry attributes the downturn primarily to a halt in national public works, as well as rising costs such as taxes on limestone and quarry exploitation fees.

Damián Altgelt, executive director of AFCP, said "The cement sector is going through a difficult year, with a drop of close to 25% compared to 2023. We confidently hope that the macroeconomic measures that the government is undertaking will allow us to overcome this transition period soon and recover the highest levels of activity again. In the past four months we have seen around 0.9Mt of cement sold (per month), which is clearly higher than the very depressed levels we had in the first half of 2024.”

Argentina: Cement shipments across Argentina totalled 12.6Mt nationally in 2023, down by 3.2% year-on-year from 13Mt in 2022. Central de Noticias News has reported that the Portland Cement Manufacturers Association (AFCP) attributed this to the continuing ‘paralysis’ of private and public construction projects. The Construction Index dropped by 7.9% year-on-year in 2023.

Argentina: Cement shipments reached 0.96Mt in January 2023, while exports totalled 7403t, a joint increase of 8.9% year-on-year and an increase of 3.0% compared to December 2022. No imports were registered.

Argentina: Portland Cement Manufacturers Association (AFCP) members sold of cement sold 13Mt of cement in 2022, up by 7% year-on-year. Local press reported that sales volumes were at their highest since 2012. Exports dropped by 24% year-on-year to 83,300t, from 115,000t.

Argentina: Shipments of cement fellby 1.3% year-on-year to 1.14Mt in October 2022. This was the first decrease following nine consecutive months of year-on-year growth, according to the Portland Cement Manufacturers Association (AFCP).

In the first 10 months of 2022 the country produced 10.9Mt of cement, a rise of 9.5% year-on-year compared to the same period in 2021. The entire volume was consumed domestically with no exports.

The AFCP’s provisional projections for 2022 show a total production estimate of 13.2Mt that, if realised, would represent growth of 8.9% year-on-year compared to 2021, as well as the highest volume since 2017.